Nortel Networks Inc. in Brampton, Ontario, revealed a new class of optical switches for the ever-more-attractive metropolitan-area network market on Monday, touting the switches’ power to cut carriers ...

Foundry last week launched a router and switch products aimed at the core and edge of carrier metropolitan area networks. The NetIron Internet and Metro Router (IMR) 640 is targeted at the networks of ...

Last week the IEEE held a “call for interest” session on the topic of expanding Ethernet support on passive optical networks. There was much interest expressed, and attendees decided to form a study ...