Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems     by Manlio Allegra       Home         Topics: Main | VoIP | Wireless | Undersea Cables | Security | IPTV | MSOs | CDNs  | Ethernet | Mergers  | Financials  | People  | Europe | Canada | China | Japan | Korea | India | Latin America | Archive   Verizon Business Boosts Backbone to 40 Gbps on Key Route Verizon Business is boosting the capacity of its ultra long haul (ULH) all-optical network from 10 Gbps line rate to 40 Gbps in the high-traffic corridor between New York and Washington, D.C. The fourfold increase in ULH capacity will start in Q2, with similar increases planned for additional key routes throughout the year. "Transmission of 40 Gbps at 80 wavelengths provides quick response to customer demands for bandwidth. As a result, customers will see new standards of service delivery, performance and reliability," said Fred Briggs, executive vice president, network operations and technology for Verizon Business. As the company begins its 40 Gbps commercial deployment, it already has 100 Gbps technology in its sights. "While 40 Gbps is a key step in our network strategy, we plan to quickly progress to 100 Gbps trials in about 18 months," said Briggs. "We've been the driver in the industry for 40 Gbps, and now we'll be the driver for 100 Gbps." Given the growing bandwidth demands Verizon Business continues to see from its customers, the business organization is aggressively pushing equipment vendors to move toward that next evolution in network architecture. "We need our vendors to help us implement 100 Gbps much sooner than we originally anticipated," Briggs said. "Once we implement 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps will be on our doorstep." http://www.verizonbusiness.com 27-Mar-07 In early 2004, Verizon Business demonstrated the first 40 Gbps IP transmission in a trial.     Learn How to Get Your Video on this Site Recent Service Provider News Verizon Business Extends Cloud Services with VMware 8/31/2010 SingTel Launches Services over NGNBN Fibre 8/31/2010 Singapore's Next Gen Nationwide Broadband Network Launches 8/31/2010 Clearwire Offers Pay-As-You-Go Mobile Broadband, $5/Day 8/30/2010 SK Telecom Selects ALU's MPLS-TP Packet Optical Backhaul 8/27/2010 Taiwan's Chunghwa Sees Further FTTx Substitution for ADSL 8/26/2010 Qwest Introduces Cloud-based Recovery Service 8/26/2010 FiberTech Networks Sold to Investor Group for $500 Million 8/26/2010 eircom Wholesale Launches Carrier Ethernet Across Ireland 8/26/2010 Kenya's Safaricom Deploys NSN's Subscriber Data Platform 8/25/2010 IBM Warns that Security Vulnerabilities Reach Record Levels 8/25/2010 Google Enables Phone Calling from Gmail 8/25/2010 China Telecom to Accelerate FTTH and Mobile Rollouts 8/25/2010 AT&T Adds VoIP Service to Enterprise VPN Service 8/24/2010 China Mobile Tops 554 Million Customers 8/19/2010 > More news...     Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems by Manlio Allegra Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm by Sue Spradley Mobile Backhaul Transition Requires New Testing by Joe Zeto Cybersecurity Requires Public/Private Coalition by Greg Oslan A Rethinking of Cloud Services and Network Architecture by Jim Theodoras Delivering Scalable Video Solutions <br><i> Advantages of SVC-Optimized QoS</i> by Andy Singleton