…mean waiting, as 100G optical is generally still a “tomorrow” technology.  And as you’ll see from some of the facts that the NTT Communications presenter provided during the webinar, today’s service providers may not have the luxury of waiting to build out their optical networks…

…of the new common carriers (NCCs), which have been approved by the Japanese government to compete against Japan?s predominant terrestrial carrier, NTT. Founded and controlled by Japan?s National Railway (JNR), Japan Telecom has installed its fiber optics base along the railway?s right of way. Publicly…

…and Analysys Mason partner Amrish Kacker, who gave the opening presentation. Executives from AT&T, BT Global Services, Level 3 Communications, NTT Communications, Orange Business Services, StarHub, Tata Communications, Telstra International and Verizon Business were on hand to celebrate with the…

…Ethernet switching. They also demonstrated excellent customer support." eAccess is the largest ADSL operator in Japan following NTT East/West, providing ADSL service through 473 NTT local telephone exchanges in eight regions, including Tokyo, Osaka, Aichi and others. The Company aims to expand the geographic…

…OTN equipment.  The carriers involved in this year’s event include AT&T, China Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom/Orange, KDDI, NTT and Verizon.  Participating vendors include major optical switching vendors both in North America and around the world, showing implementation of…

…service expected to begin in early 1999. One of three long-distance new common carriers (NCC) approved by the Japanese government to compete against NTT, DDI is the third NCC to have chosen Ciena?s DWDM products. "We are very pleased to announce this relationship with Ciena," said Tadashi Onodera, executive…