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XO Unveils Flat Rate Multipoint Intercity Service |
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Monday, July 16: XO Communications introduced a new
national, dedicated private line solution that will allow businesses to share
data between multiple locations.
The new XO Multipoint Intercity service, which is aimed at multi-location
enterprises and carrier customers that use DS-1 circuits, connects up to
twenty-eight locations across the 48 contiguous U.S. at a flat rate.
The service can be combined with XO's existing metro capabilities.
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Polaris Networks Launches Optical Transport Switch |
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Monday, July 9: Polaris Networks, a start-up based in San
Jose, California, unveiled its OMX Optical Transport Switch designed to combine
the functions of a wideband, broadband and super-broadband digital cross-connect
system (DCS) with SONET add/drop-based transport.
Polaris will use a programmable hybrid switch fabric based on its own ASICs to
enable carriers to dynamically adjust their protocol mix to carry multiple types
of traffic on a single physical line. The architecture scales from 240 Gbps,
fully-redundant, non-blocking switching capacity to 2 Tbps, with switching and
grooming granularity extending from VT1.5/DS1 to STS-Nc levels.
The platform will feature a range of interfaces that include DS3/EC1, OC3 to
OC-192 and Gigabit Ethernet. Polaris is also developing a GMPLS-based control
plane to automate end-to-end provisioning of services. Its element management
system will perform fault and performance monitoring, ensuring the security of
the network. Four carriers have committed to trials so far, including an RBOC
and a major IXC.
Polaris has raised $74 million since its incorporation in June 2000. The Polaris
Network is led by Ray Kao, previously a founder of TransMedia Communications.
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Acterna Unveils New Fibre Mapping Software |
Monday, July 02: Acterna introduced a new Optical Fibre Mapping
(OFM) software application that provides a bird's eye view of a network's
outside fibre plant, enabling the operator to hone in on the exact location of
faults, outages, affected nodes, and customer sites.
Acterna said the high-fibre density of metro networks requires operators to have
up-to-date documentation that includes original schematics created by a designer
in paper or electronic formats, maps, photos, plant assets, and network element
data.
The new software enables users from different divisions within an organization
to generate customized reports.
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