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04/25/2012
Pro-Vision 2.0 Supports MEF Carrier-Ethernet Specs
MRV Communications Inc. says its Optical Communications Systems Division (OCS) has enhanced its Pro-Vision Service Management Solution to allow users to more effectively manage next-generation services via MRV’s OptiSwitch family of Carrier Ethernet products and optical transport Lambda Driver and Fiber Driver elements. The enhanced Pro-Vision solution, dubbed Pro-Vision 2.0, adds such benefits as shorter […]
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04/25/2012
U.K. Touts First Operating ‘White Spaces’ Network
The city of Cambridge in the U.K. reportedly is the site of the world’s first citywide, fully functional wireless network operating in the white space, “enabling a whole host of Smart City applications,” says “Internet of Things” provider Neul. White space is the unused and underused parts of the wireless spectrum. For example, around the […]
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04/25/2012
Price Disparities In The Ethernet World
As enterprises around the world replace traditional SDH/SONET private-line networks with newer-generation point-to-point Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS) and port-based VPLS services, carriers have expanded their Ethernet network footprints rapidly to keep up with the demand. As a consequence of growing EoMPLS service availability, competition is increasing and prices are declining around the world. However, data […]
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04/25/2012
Hotel iTV Guide ‘Better Than Home’
Colo.-based Roomlinx Inc., a developer of interactive TV (iTV) applications for the hospitality industry, unveiled its Interactive "click and go" Program Guide (IPG) aimed at hotel guests. The Roomlinx IPG currently is being used by guests at Hyatt Regency New Orleans and Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center; is set to be installed in 60,000 rooms […]
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04/24/2012
In The U.K.: Are You Getting What You Pay For?
New broadband figures suggest the average broadband download speed in the U.K. is less than half of the average advertised broadband “up to” speed. Research by broadband comparison site Cable.co.uk reveals the average broadband download speed in March 2012 was 7.9 Mbps, compared with the average advertised “up to” speed of 18.5 Mbps. Here’s how […]
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04/24/2012
USB Adapters Increase Wi-Fi Range
Amped Wireless, which makes high-powered, long-range wireless products for the home and office, is marketing two new Wi-Fi directional USB adapters that deliver high-speed Wi-Fi access: the UA1000 High Power Wireless-N 500mW Directional USB Adapter and the UA2000 High Power Wireless-N Directional Dual Band Adapter. “Through the use of advanced high-gain directional antennas, high-powered amplifiers, […]