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Telestone to Install Wireless Fiber Optic Distribution System in Five Sub-Provinces of Inner Mongolia

Telestone Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: TSTC; "Telestone" or the "Company"), a leading developer of local access network solutions, products, and engineering services, announced today it has secured a new project from China Mobile Communications Corporation's ("CMCC") Inner Mongolia branch to install a Telestone Technologies' Wireless Fiber Optic Distribution System (WFDS(TM)) to provide wi-fi coverage for CMCC customers in five sub-provinces of Inner Mongolia.

5 May 2010

Motorola's Unit Introduces New MCN100 Compact Optical Node for Cable Operators

The Mobile Devices and Home business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced availability of the new MCN100 compact optical node, designed specifically for European cable operators looking to meet consumer demand for higher broadband speeds and additional high definition (HD) and streaming video services.

4 May 2010

New Scalable Optical Node from Harmonic Supports Broadcast and Narrowcast Services

Harmonic Inc. today introduced the PWRBlazer™ 3142E, a compact 4x4 scalable optical node that addresses the need for a dense, cost-effective node with forward and return path flexibility.

4 May 2010

New Plastic-Based Technology Helps to Develop Smaller, Flexible Optical Communication Devices

It looks like a piece of gel that slips into the sole of your sneaker, but it's a new nano-based technology that can make computers and the Internet hundreds of times faster ¯ a communications technology "enabler" that may be in use only five or ten years in the future, currently being created by Dr. Koby Scheuer of Tel Aviv University's School of Electrical Engineering.

4 May 2010

Macomb County Receives Fiber Optic Network Connection from Waveform

Waveform Technology, a leading Metro Detroit area commercial data center operator and Internet service provider, is now supplying fiber optic Internet access to Macomb County. The new connection serves both Macomb's 2,500 County Employees and MACnet, the county's own private network, by providing redundancy to the current Internet circuit.

3 May 2010

Clearfield Launches New Broadband Product Development and Marketing Initiatives

Clearfield, Inc., a specialist in the delivery of fiber management solutions for the FTTp (Fiber To The Premise) marketplace, is launching two new product development and marketing initiatives in which broadband infrastructure providers can enhance their product offerings by easily integrating the Clearview Cassette and the Clearview xPAK Cassette into their own product lines.

3 May 2010

Latest Report Shows Packet Optical Networking as Cost Saving Method

Though product sales are not yet enormous, packet optical networking is being positioned as a way to realize strong capex and opex savings for network operators, according to the latest report from Heavy Reading Insider, a paid research service of TechWeb's Light Reading.

30 Apr 2010

Global Fiber Broadband Subscribers Expected to Rise 548 Million in 2015

Fixed broadband services are often eclipsed by the hype and media frenzy surrounding mobile broadband, yet fixed broadband subscriber adoption is still growing robustly.

30 Apr 2010

360networks Provides Fiber Connectivity to Support Frontier Telnet's WAN Expansion

360networks, a facilities-based full service wholesaler of VoIP, Transport, IP, and Local Access services, today announced it is providing fiber connectivity to facilitate the provision of wireless services for Frontier TeleNet, expanding broadband options and opportunities for anchor institutions and citizens in eight rural Oregon counties.

29 Apr 2010

Optimum Lightpath and Mack-Cali Partnership Continues to Meet Market Demands

Optimum Lightpath®, a market leader in Ethernet-based communication solutions for New York metropolitan area businesses, announced today that it continues to strengthen its deep customer relationship and partnership with Mack-Cali Realty Corporation. Mack-Cali, a Northeast commercial real estate leader, has brought Optimum Lightpath's services into more than 70 buildings to meet the stringent demands of its diverse tenant base, which spans financial services, healthcare and mid- to very large-sized enterprise customers.

29 Apr 2010