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Articles in category: Mobile Backhaul

1. FCC temporarily suspends effort to deregulate special access Explore FierceTelecom (Aug 24 2012) Access , North America , Mobile Backhaul , National tw telecom, a Colorado-based CLEC, believes this measure is a step in the right direction. Although tw telecom has aggressively built out its own fiber-based Ethernet network targeting businesses, it still has to rent last mile network facilities from the large incumbent players like AT&T and Verizon. (Read Full Article)

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2. Service OAM: Too Much of a Good Thing? Explore CEN Feature (Aug 23 2012) Cloud , Managed Data Services , Mobile Backhaul Knowledge is power. It also can be overwhelming. Just ask any service provider that’s turned on a new set of Ethernet service operations, administration and maintenance (SOAM) tools. But it’s becoming a fact of life as Carrier Ethernet matures into a major player in markets such as cellular backhaul, where success increasingly hinges on the ability to meet customer QoS requirements. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   OAM   Metro Ethernet Forum   Overture Networks

3. Infonetics: China drives 2Q12 IP router/switch sales Explore Lightwave Online (Aug 21 2012) Core , Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Global , Infonetics A new report from Infonetics Research asserts the global service provider router and switch market grew 4% to $3.5 million in the second quarter of 2012. The niche, which includes Carrier Ethernet switches and IP edge and core routers, was a spike in China from a decline, according to the new 2012 (2Q12) Service Provider Routers and Switches report. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Infonetics   Juniper

4. Wireless backhaul to be a $9B market by 2016, says Dell'Oro Explore FierceTelecom (Aug 15 2012) Mobile Backhaul , Other analysts The wireless operator community's move to deploy more cell sites to support upcoming deployments of LTE and their overall migration to IP is creating a healthy market opportunity for transport and router vendors, says Dell'Oro Group. In its recently released market report, the mobile backhaul market, including transport and routers & switches, is forecast to reach $9 billion by 2016. The traditional wireline transport segment of wireless backhaul will grow at a 2 percent compounded annual growth rate to $6 billion by 2016. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   XO Communications   Zayo   Tower Cloud

5. Dell'Oro: Mobile backhaul and optical transport markets to experience growth Explore Lightwave Online (Aug 15 2012) Mobile Backhaul , Other analysts through 2016 August 15, 2012 Lightwave Staff The Dell’Oro Group recently released two new five-year forecast reports on two segments of the telecommunication networking market, mobile backhaul and optical transport. In its mobile backhaul report, Dell’Oro Group says the mobile backhaul market, including transport and routers/switches, is expected to reach $9 billion by 2016. Backhaul transport is forecast to grow at a 2 (Read Full Article)

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6. Bridging the Ethernet-Over-Fiber Gap Explore OSP Magazine (Aug 10 2012) Access , Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul Driven by the convergence of bandwidth-intensive applications like enterprise automation, streaming media, cloud-based services, and mobile data, service providers are pushing their legacy infrastructures to new limits. In the past year the market has seen service providers deploy 100 Mbps service with Ethernet over Bonded Copper, PAETEC announced a 200 Mbps service, and, although with less fanfare, service providers are delivering higher speed on the low end too. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   SLA   Overture Networks   Paetec

7. Tech Valley Snatches Regional Government Customer from Frontier Explore Telecom Ramblings (Aug 7 2012) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , National Up in Albany, it looks as if Tech Valley Communications may have poached a regional government contract from the incumbent, Frontier. The Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors for Fulton County NY has apparently approved a five year contract with the alternative fiber operator for metro Ethernet services and fiber connectivity. There are still some hoops to jump through though. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Zayo   Frontier   tw telecom

8. eircom names CENX's Herb Hribar, T-Mobile UK's Richard Moat to leadership positions Explore FierceTelecom (Aug 7 2012) Mobile Backhaul eircom is making another move forward with its recovery, announcing on Friday that it named Herb Hribar as group chief executive officer--replacing Paul Donovan--and Richard Moat as group chief financial officer. Set to take their new roles at the telco in September, the two telecom veterans will also take a seat on the telco's two key divisions Eircom Holdco and eircom Holdings. Most recently, Hribar served as the CEO of Ethernet exchange operator CENX. (Read Full Article)

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9. Demystifying SDN for Carrier Ethernet Networks Explore Converge! Network Digest (Aug 6 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul Software Defined Networking (SDN) is the hottest new technology in networking. Google is running its backbone network traffic on an SDN network built using OpenFlow. Nicira was acquired by VMware for $1.26 billion to accelerate the adoption of network virtualization in the data center. Yet with all the buzz about SDN, it is not clear how it will be deployed in service provider networks and what it means to the expansion of Carrier Ethernet. (Read Full Article)

   Comment Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum   IETF

10. Consumer and business spending on carrier Ethernet Services to hit $5 billion in 2012, but spending growth is slowing, says Insight Research Corp. Explore FierceTelecom (Aug 6 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Other analysts US enterprises and consumers are expected to spend more than $47 billion over the next five years on Ethernet services provided by carriers, according to a new market research study from The Insight Research Corporation. With metro-area and wide-area Ethernet services readily available from virtually all major data service providers, industry revenue is expected to grow from nearly $5.0 billion in 2012 to reach just over $11 billion by 2017. However, year over year spending growth is expected to (Read Full Article)

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11. FairPoint voice-access line losses eat into Q2 revenue - Telco forecast continued growth in broadband and Ethernet-business services Explore FierceTelecom (Aug 3 2012) Mobile Backhaul Despite these losses, FairPoint saw that the increases in broadband subscribers and Ethernet product revenues led to a $2.8 million increase in overall data and Internet services revenue. (Read Full Article)

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12. Lumos Networks bolsters off-net Ethernet reach via Equinix's Ethernet Exchange Explore FierceTelecom (Aug 2 2012) Middle Mile , MEF , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Wholesale , Wholesale / Exchange Lumos Networks (Nasdaq: LMOS) announced Tuesday it joined the Equinix Ethernet Exchange to increase its off-net Ethernet presence. Its membership in Equinix's Exchange comes after the service provider earned certification as a Carrier Class Metro Ethernet Service provider from the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), something that will provide assurance to new and existing customers that its Ethernet products meet well-established standards. Working with Equinix will afford Lumos Netwoks a number of nea (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum

13. Report: Packet Based Microwave Links a Growing Option to Replace Leased Lines for Wireless Backhaul Explore Telecompetitor (Jul 27 2012) Access , Mobile Backhaul Mobile network operator upgrades and transitions to more cost-effective packet microwave systems will drive a 4.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in capital expenditures (Capex) for microwave backhaul equipment, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. Mobile operators will spend $5... (Read Full Article)

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14. Ethernet, IP/MPLS service revenue to surpass $81B by 2016 Explore FierceTelecom (Jul 24 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Managed Data Services , Mobile Backhaul Driven by cloud services and the ongoing appetite for data services, a new Infonetics report indicates that service providers will continue see Global Ethernet and MPLS IP VPN service revenue growth. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Infonetics   Metro Ethernet Forum

15. TelOne leases backhaul transmission facilities Explore Telecompaper (Jul 20 2012) Mobile Backhaul Zimbabwe's fixed-line operator TelOne announced that it is leasing backhaul transmission facilities along its recently commissioned transmission.  Backhaul transmission facilities are now available for leasing in SDH interfaces as well as IP Ethernet interfaces on the Harare to Mutare and Bulawayo routes including towns and centres. (Read Full Article)

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16. Insight Research: Spending on Carrier Ethernet services will hit $5B in 2012 Explore Lightwave Online (Jul 17 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , Other analysts US enterprises and consumers are expected to spend more than $47 billion on Ethernet services provided by carriers over the next five years, according to new market analysis from The Insight Research Corp. With metro-area and wide-area Ethernet services readily available from virtually all major data service providers, industry revenue is expected to grow from nearly $5 billion in 2012 to reach just over $11 billion by 2017. However, year-over-year spending growth is expected to gradually stall (Read Full Article)

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17. Zayo brings fiber network to Albuquerque to target new backhaul and business opportunities Explore FierceTelecom (Jul 13 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul Zayo is taking on the Albuquerque wholesale fiber market, extending its fiber network to the region to fulfill the needs of a wholesale wireless backhaul customer. For this latest initiative, the service provider will build 158 miles of new fiber cable that it says will stretch from the South Valley to the foot of the Sandia Mountains. It said the fiber build will cover Albuquerque from the suburb of South Valley to Bernalillo, east to Highway 556, and west to Highway 448. In addition to accommodating this wireless operator's needs, Zayo can use the new fiber to target possible ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Metro Ethernet Forum   Zayo

18. Building the case for Software Defined Networking for metro networks Explore FierceTelecom (Jul 10 2012) Middle Mile , Mobile Backhaul Service providers appear to have a strong business case for deploying virtual networking (SDN) solutions in their metro networks whether based upon OpenFlow, MPLS-TP, or some other control to forwarding layer interface. However, it does not seem likely that the Open Networking Foundation initiative will actually open up the networking infrastructure market to a lot of new competition. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   ACG Research   IETF   ITU-T

19. Unleashing LTE Backhaul with Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and SDN/Virtualization Strategies Explore CEN Feature (Jul 9 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul Please join Infonetics, Overture and Cyan for a look at the latest advancements in 4G/LTE mobile backhaul.  This webinar will look at the trends in mobile backhaul and how to achieve the goals that service providers have in terms of capacity growth, small cell implementations, and converged infrastructures.  The speakers will discuss how Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and new Software Defined Networking (SDN) and virtualization strategies will enable the scaling and manageability that is required.  You’ll learn how CE 2.0’s recent enhancements including multi-CoS, interconnected, and managed will improve Ethernet backhaul services. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Cyan   Infonetics   Overture Networks

20. Openreach publishes lower proposed pricing for WES and Ethernet services Explore thinkbroadband (Jul 6 2012) Access , Mobile Backhaul Ofcom published details of its latest consultation into leased line charging the other day and Openreach has published its latest price proposals which if approved will come into effect from 1st October for its WES and Ethernet services. Openreach operates two main types of Ethernet access, EAD (Ethernet Access Direct) and Ethernet Backhaul Direct, EAD is suited to capacity requirements up to 1 Gbps, which Openreach refer to as low-capacity backhaul. As point to point links the pricing includes (Read Full Article)

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21. Why 10-Gigabit Ethernet is the new bandwidth currency for metro access networks - Lightwave Explore Lightwave Online (Jul 6 2012) Access , Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul With 1 billion consumers owning smartphones by 2016, the demand for access to content through mobile devices alone is escalating at a feverish pace. In parallel with the tremendous growth in wireless, wireline traffic is also escalating as more devices become IP-enabled and more services shift to the cloud. Metro providers must meet these capacity demands while delivering superlative quality of customer experience, managing costs, increasing performance, and driving revenues. Deployment of 10-Gi (Read Full Article)

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22. Worldwide Survey Finds Mobile Operators Aren’t fully Benefitting from the Value of IP/Ethernet Backhaul Architectures Explore Proactive Network News (Jul 3 2012) Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul InfoVista and Billing & OSS World teamed up on a survey examining the telecom industry’s state and perception of IP/Ethernet mobile backhaul performance. The results found that although Carrier Ethernet is very likely to become the most popular choice for next-generation backhaul architectures it hasn’t been completely adopted by the industry yet. Although IP/Ethernet backhaul is frequently implemented to minimize the costly effects of rapid mobile data traffic growth, not all mobile network ... (Read Full Article)

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23. Zayo completes AboveNet acquisition, gains greater enterprise/wholesale balance Explore FierceTelecom (Jul 3 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul , National While AboveNet initially had a strong focus on selling high bandwidth optical and Ethernet services to enterprise customers, Zayo's main focus was predominantly wholesale. "Zayo was predominantly 80/20 carrier and AboveNet was predominantly enterprise, so if you put the two together you end up with a balance of 50/50 of carrier and enterprise-oriented businesses," Russo said. (Read Full Article)

    Comment Mentions:   Zayo Group   Metro Ethernet Forum   Zayo

24. Alpheus continues to branch out into the business service market Explore FierceTelecom (Jul 3 2012) Middle Mile , Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet , Mobile Backhaul Alpheus Communications, a regional Texas metro fiber provider, is moving forward with its plans to even make a bigger name for itself in the competitive yet lucrative services market. Image source: Alpheus Targeting medium-sized businesses, it plans to invest over $10 million in 2012 to simultaneously expand its workforce by 30 percent and its fiber network. Particularly, it has added 20 ... (Read Full Article)

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