Force10 Networks this week is expected to launch its first packet-over-SONET blade, aimed at large companies that need to connect to legacy WAN infrastructures but want to avoid deploying stand-alone ...

Carrier Ethernet unlocks many potential revenue- generating services that telecommunications service providers, otherwise known as carriers, must deploy to be competitive. However, most carriers ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Makers of network equipment are putting new emphasis on tuning products for traditional, old-world architectures, as radical ideas fall out of style in step with the recession.

High-order virtual concatenation (VC) has been hailed by many in the metro space as the key for making Ethernet a viable service to deliver over Sonet architectures. With its ability to right size at ...

Verizon Business Tuesday announced that it had boosted its Metro Ethernet capabilities that the company says will let enterprise customers link to more locations through Ethernet. Verizon Business ...

Two new groups are trying to adapt local fiber rings to handle data more efficiently than tried-and-true SONET, and bring down their cost for service providers and companies. If successful, the groups ...