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01/30/2012
PoE Midspans Cut Energy Costs
Calif.-based semiconductor maker Microsemi Corporation chose this week’s Cisco Live London show to unveil its high-efficiency Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) midspans that it says can reduce energy consumption on network cables by as much as 50 percent, compared with alternative midspans and PoE network switches. The Microsemi PowerDsine PD-5524G EEPoE midspan, priced out at $1,799 per unit, […]
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01/30/2012
Core Voice Gear Spending Out, Enterprise Voice/VoLTE In
Service-provider voice core equipment spending in 2016 is expected to hit $6.8 billion, a decline of 10 percent compared to 2011 revenues, predicts Dell’Oro Group. During the next five years, device revenue tied to circuit switching or to converting traffic from circuit to VoIP is expected to decline 8 percent CAGR, while software-based devices tied […]
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01/30/2012
Tool Determines Wi-Fi Offload Options
Advisory firm Wireless 20/20 LLC says its newest version of its WiROI Tool now provides wireless operators with a way to analyze the economic impact of offloading 3G/4G data to Wi-Fi. The WiROI 4G WiFi Offloading Business Case Analysis Tool is part of the company’s latest study and business case analysis, which concluded that deploying […]
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01/30/2012
Ethernet Fabrics: Coming To A Data Center Near You
Broadband data centers are poised for change. Pressures to reduce costs, to improve availability, to increase scalability and to simplify configuration make a compelling case for moving to Ethernet fabrics in the data center. Unlike traditional Ethernet networks that move traffic up and down tiers from access switches to the core (or north and south), […]
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01/27/2012
The Intelligent Spectrum Harvest
Following on the cutover of it first TV White Space (TVWS) network in North Carolina yesterday (click here for more information), Spectrum Bridge now says it’s collaborating with InterDigital Inc. to develop Dynamic Spectrum Management technologies that “intelligently harvest” TVWS and other under-utilized frequency bands. According to Spectrum Bridge, spectrum harvesting opens new blocks of […]
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01/27/2012
More Dark Fiber For Indy
Colo.-based Zayo Group will add dark fiber to ExteNet Systems Inc.’s open network for a distributed-network solution. The deal has Zayo building a metro dark fiber network in and around Indianapolis. No financial details were disclosed. ExteNet designs, builds, owns and operates outdoor and indoor wireless networks for wireless service providers, government agencies and transportation […]