Qwest reviews wireless partnership
On Monday, Qwest Communications International said it is working on a new kind of wireless partnership because its current arrangement to resell Sprint Nextel services is inadequate, reports Informationweek.
CEO Ed Mueller also reassured investors that Qwest was not looking to invest in a costly wireless business, and said the mostly rural phone service provider would focus on "disciplined" growth.
Qwest shares jumped as much as 7.7%, and analysts said Mueller's remarks on the company's wireless strategy, while lacking in details, were encouraging.
Cisco develops new network processor
Cisco has developed a 40-core network processor that seems designed to upgrade its CRS-1 core router, though the company isn't saying yet, says Network World.
Cisco says it has spent $100 million over the past five years to develop the QuantumFlow processor.
The company said it would reveal its plans for the QuantumFlow processor at an announcement on 4 March of a product for enterprises and carriers that it calls a breakthrough innovation to boost network performance for those using interactive applications.
Verizon offers SPs IOS
Verizon is making available to its service provider customers the same networking technology that Verizon uses to concentrate data streams from multiple transport protocols over high-capacity secure networks, according to PR Newswire.
The Verizon Partner Solutions group, Verizon's wholesale business unit, now offers Verizon Integrated Optical Service (IOS) to facilitate simpler, more economic service-delivery options to its customers.
IOS employs reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer technology to create nodes, or access points, where data from virtually any transport feed are merged onto a dedicated optical network custom-built for each customer.
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