(Telecompaper) Networking equipment maker Overture is expanding its line of Ethernet service demarcation devices...

Overture Networks has added some new muscle to its Caribbean and Latin American sales team by naming Mario Velez as the region's new vice president of sales. Velez has plenty of experience to draw from in helping to shape the vendor's Latin America drive. Before coming to Overture, he oversaw ECI Telecom's Andean and Southern Cone operations. In addition to ECI, Velez held a number of sales and executive management positions with BT (NYSE: BT), Worldcom--now Verizon Business (NYSE: VZ), UUNET (also now part of Verizon Business), Facturnet, Grupo ONO and Telkonet. Coming on the heels of ...

Overture is making an official move to expand its presence in the lucrative Canadian telecom market by appointing Fraser Moffatt as its new regional vice president of sales, Canada.  Moffatt, a 20-year telecom veteran based in Vancouver, British Columbia, is no stranger to this market, having overseen the Canadian sales efforts for Ciena (Nasdaq: CIEN) and ANDA Networks.

Carrier Ethernet edge and aggregation provider Overture is teaming with Cyan, which sells packet-optical transport solutions to give operators “the best possible tools to plan, build, operate and verify Carrier Ethernet networks,” they say. The two decided to formalize a working relationship following completion of several customer engagements in which they both were involved to deliver interoperability for G.8032 Ethernet protection switching and MEF E-Line and E-LAN services. These deployment

Overture Networks and Cyan are putting their collective knowledge of carrier edge and packet optical transport together in a new partnership to target new carrier Ethernet network opportunities. Similar to many other initiatives, the move for the two vendors to partner was driven by their customers. The pair developed a working relationship via a number of customer engagements where both vendors demonstrated interoperability of their platform's ability to deliver G.8032 Ethernet protection switching and MEF E-Line and E-LAN services. Both vendors gain some benefit from the new pact. They will able to jointly deliver an entire solution that ...

Many are using DP-QPSK with coherent receivers for 40G long haul, as well. 100GBase-LR4 Ethernet will be the dominant technology for the metro and enterprise applications, with 10GBase-ER4 used for longer links.

Yep, you heard me right.  After the plethora of smaller fiber deals in 2010 and this years larger combinations, I think 2012 is going to be a bit quieter

The advent of end-to-end Ethernet in the public network would seem to simplify the job for the OEM designing equipment for the enterprise. However, sending out an Ethernet packet to do an isochronous circuit job is not always as simple as might be anticipated.

The Ethernet Alliance has completed its most recent Data Center Bridging (DCB) interoperability plugfest...

Aug 29, 2011 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- Provider of Carrier Ethernet solutions Overture Networks announced on Monday that Spirit Communications, a provider of carrier-class communication services, has deployed Overture's equipment in ...

Spirit Communications, a Columbia, S.C.-based CLEC that provides both retail and wholesale network services, is expanding its business service opportunities by introducing a new suite of Metro Ethernet services.

(Telecompaper) US communications services provider Integra Telecom has deployed networking equipment maker Overture Networks' EoC technology to expand its Ethernet services product portfolio...

The following table provides a quick roundup of how the top U.S. wireline service providers performed in the second quarter of 2011 according to access line loss, broadband and video growth. It also lists ongoing activity such as mergers and acquisitions that can affect quarterly performance. Be sure to take a look at our Q2 2011 earnings summary, which includes more details on each provider's performance in the second quarter of 2011. Or, click on a company's linked title to go to its earnings report for the quarter. Don't forget to see how these figures stack ...

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) announced a deal Tuesday to acquire switch-chip company Fulcrum Microsystems Inc. , a move that puts Intel in the Ethernet business at a time when Ethernet switch prospects are looking hot. The deal is expected to close by Sept. 30; terms were not disclosed.

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