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Fulcrum's FocalPoint 10GE silicon tapped for Fortinet's 10-GbE data center switch (Feb 1, 2010)

Fulcrum Microsystems’ FocalPoint FM4224, a 24-port 10-GbE semiconductor device, is being used by Fortinet as the switching fabric for that company’s recently launched FortiSwitch-1000, a chassis-based 10-GbE data center switch.

Prysmian deploys Sirocco air-blown optical fiber system (Jan 28, 2010)

Prysmian Telecom Cables and Systems has announced the first deployment of its Sirocco air-blown optical fiber system in Italy.

ShowMeCables adds plenum fiber cables (Jan 27, 2010)

ShowMeCables, a St. Louis-based online wholesaler of voice, audio, and data products, announced that a variety of plenum fiber cables are now available for purchase from the company’s Web site.

Huawei demos wireless 4G voice, HD video delivery for Cox Communications (Jan 26, 2010)

Huawei announced the successful completion of voice calling and high definition video streaming over wireless networks using fourth generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology for Cox Communications.

TIA and FTTH Council to FCC: Don't reverse fiber unbundling rules (Jan 25, 2010)

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council have jointly filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging that the Cbeyond Petition to reverse course on what the two organizations termed “longstanding and successful Commission policies” concerning fiber unbundling be denied.

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Cleaner for outdoor fiber connectors (Jan 29, 2010)

The IBD Brand Cleaner ODC reduces cleaning costs to less than 25 cents per cleaning, its manufacturer says.

Ultra-slim GigE cable optimizes rack, floor space (Jan 29, 2010)

The reduced-diameter MRJ21 system is about as thick as a No. 2 pencil and weighs 40 percent less than comparable four-pair systems, its manufacturer says.

Voltaire debuts 40 Gb/s InfiniBand switch with integrated Ethernet gateway (Jan 28, 2010)

Voltaire Ltd. has introduced a 40 Gb/s InfiniBand switch with a built-in, low latency Ethernet gateway for seamlessly bridging traffic to and from Ethernet-based networks.

HP BladeSystem adapters incorporate Mellanox 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller (Jan 28, 2010)

Mellanox says its ConnectX-2 EN maximizes HP system performance and flexibility with 10 Gigabit Ethernet latency, power and virtualization performance.

Avago intros new dual-rate SFP+ transceivers for 10 Gigabit Ethernet (Jan 25, 2010)

Avago Technologies has further expanded its family of SFP+ optical transceiver modules for 10-Gbps Ethernet equipment designs. The new SFP+ transceiver series include the 10/1-Gbps dual-rate AFCT-701SDDZ 10GBase-Long Range (LR) singlemode and AFBR-703SDDZ 10GBase-Short Range (SR) multimode fiber transceivers for use in enterprise and data center applications.

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