Archive for May, 2009
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Net Insight Wins KPN Deal
Friday, May 15th, 2009
STOCKHOLM — Net Insight today announced an order from Dutch KPN Broadcast Services for an expansion of its existing national multi-service media network to also provide TV feeds from the top 18 football stadiums in Holland.
KPN Broadcast Services operates a large multi-service network “MexNet” based on Net Insight’s Nimbra platform. The network has been operational since the beginning of 2006 and provides services like video, data and audio connectivity between all major TV-studios in the Netherlands, all TV feeds for the digital terrestrial TV and mobile TV services.
KPN Broadcast Services is now deploying new Nimbra switches to also connect the Dutch “Honorary League” football arenas for live sports coverage.
“KPN Broadcast Services is running a demanding media network where they utilize most of the multiservice more
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JDSU Tests 10 GigE
Friday, May 15th, 2009
MILPITAS, Calif. — JDSU today announced new features for the T-BERD/MTS-6000A Multi-Services Application Module, the industry’s most compact 10 GigE multi-function tester for the installation and maintenance of Carrier Ethernet and IP services. The T-BERD/MTS-6000A is on display this week at Light Reading’s Ethernet Expo 2008 in New York, October 20-21 (booth 123).
With the new features, JDSU continues to combine in one product a high degree of packet and optical network test power. New features include Fibre Channel (1/2/4/10G), OTN (OTU1/OTU2), Ethernet Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM), Provider Backbone Bridge/Provider Backbone Transport (PBB/PBT), and electrical test functionality (DS1/DS3 and E1/E3/E4/STM1e).
Testing high-bandwidth services like IPTV has become a requirement beyond the access network because of the convergence of more
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Nortel Does Ethernet Interop
Friday, May 15th, 2009
BERLIN — Nortel (Toronto:NT.TO – News)(NT – News) will join over 27 leading international vendors to stage the world’s largest and most advanced live, public Carrier Ethernet multi-vendor interoperability showcase at Carrier Ethernet World Congress(2) in Berlin on September 22.
Carrier Ethernet technologies enable service providers to confidently use Ethernet to deliver high-bandwidth services such as IPTV, mobile video and business services. The live Berlin event comprises a network of more than 100 devices and provides proof-of-concept for network operators planning or considering migrating and utilizing next-generation Carrier Ethernet services.
“Service providers and enterprises are hugely interested in Carrier Ethernet for business, residential triple play and mobile backhaul and are looking for cost and service differentiation from a more
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Witbe Boasts French Success
Friday, May 15th, 2009
PARIS — In today’s competitive market, controlling end-to-end quality of service is essential for operators who wish to keep their customers, increase their revenue and grow their market share.
Witbe, with their unique Quality of Experience (QoE) multi-play (voice-data-video-mobile) monitoring technology, has been chosen by all of the French operators to provide service validation, real-time supervision, performance monitoring and communication to the market.
Alice speaks about quality: The operator first got in touch with Witbe to validate the developments of its TV and VoD services and to carry out Triple Play service monitoring from Lille, Marseille and Toulouse. This project meant that Alice are now able to publish a report on their website, updated weekly, on their Triple Play services.
Bouygues Telecom integrates Witbe from the start of their offers: more
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Witbe Tests Channel Changes
Friday, May 15th, 2009
PARIS — Channel change time and image quality are central to TV service suppliers in today’s competitive market.
With its unique QoE monitoring technology*, Witbe carried out a study of digital TV services (via DSL, cable, FTTH, satellite and DTT), looking at 30 operators in 16 countries on 4 continents.
The average channel change time measured using P /P- was 1.9 seconds. If the user chooses the channel number, the change time came out at 3.4 seconds with a more uniform distribution than in P /P- mode.
Witbe noted important variations between operators but also between technologies. Witbe distinguished amongst these factors:
The broadcasting technology: satellite is twice as slow as IPTV
The maturity of the services tested: services launched recently are often slightly slower
The IPTV system used: for example, Microsoft more
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Valid8 Tests Backhaul
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
WOBURN, Mass. — Valid8.com has announced a new mobile backhaul testing solution that allows telecom service providers and network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) to emulate different networks in mobile environments. The Valid8 mobile tester is a cost effective, all-in-one solution that enables providers and NEMs to prove the reliability of their backhaul pseudowire systems involving CESoP or SAToP technologies. The testing platform can be configured for 2G GSM Abis, 2.5G GPRS Abis or 3G UMTS IuB, or customized to meet specific requirements.
“This one product allows you to test many different types of mobile application,” says Valid8.com President and CEO Ian Carpenter. “Before this exciting new test solution was developed, you would need to buy multiple products for each mobile interface which can be costly. Because the Valid8 multi-protocol mobile tester is just on more
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Fluke Tests IPV6
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
EVERETT, Wash. — Fluke Networks, provider of innovative Network SuperVision Solutions(TM) for the testing, monitoring and analysis of enterprise and telecommunications networks, today announced a new version of its award-winning OptiView Series III Integrated Network Analyzer. The OptiView analyzer’s new IPv6 discovery and management capabilities make it the first portable network analyzer to identify and analyze IPv6 enabled devices and networks, including IPv6-IPv4 tunneling that could represent a security risk.
Many networking professionals are unaware of the risks associated with IPv6 and the default settings in many operating systems today, with dual stacks and tunneling protocols automatically enabled. Joe Klein, a security researcher with Command Information, a provider of next generation networking services to Fortune 1000 and government entities, says, more
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Anritsu Intros Bit Master
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
MORGAN HILL, Calif. — Anritsu Company introduces the Bit Master MP1026B Eye Pattern Analyzer that allows engineers to conduct highly accurate eye pattern measurements for data rates from 0.1 to 12.5 Gbps. Typically half the price of a high-speed sampling oscilloscope, the MP1026B supports popular OC-192/STM-64 SONET/SDH, 10G Fibre Channel, and 10G Ethernet systems at the physical layer, and can verify the performance of high-speed circuits, transceivers, and transponders, as well as network equipment.
Developed to address the deployment of high-speed networks, the MP1026B can be equipped with a fully internal optical receiver for measuring fiber signals up to 12.5 Gbps, making it well suited for Network Equipment Manufacturer (NEM) applications. The MP1026B also features an automated mask margin tool that calculates percent margin while verifying mask compliance more
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JDSU Unveils FTTx Tester
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
MILPITAS, Calif. — JDSU today announced the release of the pocket-sized FFL-050 and the ruggedized FFL-100 Visual Fault Locators (VFL) for installing and troubleshooting fiber optic cable.
The JDSU VFL is an essential tool that quickly and easily locates problems in fiber cables, such as sharp bends, breaks, bad splices, lack of continuity, and damages in fiber. The VFL emits a visible laser light into the fiber, and as the light escapes from the damaged points along the fiber in a continuous or flashing illumination, technicians are able to easily locate and quickly assess the damage. By pinpointing the exact locations of fiber damage, technicians can diagnose, troubleshoot, and fix a problem quickly and efficiently, resulting in fewer return truck rolls.
“JDSU VFLs offer the best performance in the industry,” said Matt Brown, director of product management more
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Ixia Tests 40 GigE, 100 GigE
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
CALABASAS, Calif. — Ixia (Nasdaq:XXIA), a leading, global provider of IP performance test systems, today announced that it will begin shipping the industry’s first 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) Development Accelerator System in mid November. This world’s first-to-market 100 GE test system provides network equipment and communications chip manufacturers the capabilities that they urgently need for layer-2 traffic generation and analysis. Following its successful proof-of-concept demonstration with Infinera and XO Communications in June, Ixia has demonstrated its test platform to select NEMs worldwide. Ixia will feature the 100 GE Development Accelerator System from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 at Broadband World Forum Europe in Brussels (stand #568).
With Internet backbone bandwidth growing at an estimated rate of 75-125 percent per year and the increase in broadband users and more
