Fixed vendor strategies - 21/09/07

Huawei is turning to WiMAX and heavily invests in R&D.

ECI Telecom introduces AccessWave, a compact, optical edge and access networking platform. In a separate news, It should be negotiating selling all (or at least three) of its factories to global contract-manufacturing giant Flextronics.

Ciena bought PhyFlex (patents and products in switched carrier Ethernet system and cable solutions).

Telsima said it will ship 10,000 WiMAX base station sectors and 100,000 WiMAX subscriber stations in 2007.

NSN and Nortel said they are conducting field trials of new Ethernet technology PBT (Provider Backbone Transport) with DT.

Infinera has demonstrated 40Gbit/s transmission over a distance of 8,500km across a transoceanic network between Europe and the US.

ALU announced 12.8 Terabits/s over a record distance of 2,500km, setting a new optical transmission record.

Intel combines WiMAX with various mobile devices in order to shape the future of wireless broadband solutions.

Wavesat announces the availability of its second generation of WiMAX Mini-PCI, targeting low cost mass market.