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Featured Articles » The Smart City and the Critical Role to be Played by Service Providers » Ensuring Seamless Collaboration Conversations with Alcatel-Lucent's OpenTouch Software » AT&T Looks Toward the Future with Watson API Release and Next Generation Cloud Connectivity » Managed Networks: Not a Cloud Service   SmartNode 10k Series : Carrier-Grade, High-Capacity TDM + VoIP Media   Gateways Still managing your transition to converged-IP? Most carriers are... The Patton SmartNodeTM 10200 TDM + VoIP media gateway series connects your operational PSTN with emerging converged-IP infrastructures. Deployed in your core, edge or peer-interchange zones, the 2U form-factor delivers up to 2048 VoIP or Fax calls, with transcoding for some 13 different codecs. On the SS7 side, the SN10K series provides 16 to 64 T1 or E1s, 1 to 3 DS3s, or an OC3 or STM-1 trunk. With SS7 link redundancy, dual power-supply support, and field-upgradeable components, the SmartNode 10200 delivers superior reliability and system uptime. Learn more at www.patton.com/smartnode10k   Top Stories » eProcessing Delivers Next Generation of Retail Payment Functionality » AT&T Brings 4G Network Access to Canton, Ohio » Asia-Pacific Operators Slow to Adopt 4G » Report: Mobile Devices to Put More Strain on Networks by 2016   From The Expert Corner April 23, 2012 Video, High-Speed Internet Drives 100 Gbps and 4G LTE Rollouts in Rural America By Susan J. Campbell, TMCnet Contributing Editor The growth in demand for rich, multimedia content on multiple devices, particularly the exploding population of smartphones and tablets and the need to support quality video, is driving the rollout of 100 Gbps and 4G LTE networks in rural America.   The race by operators even in less populated regions of the country to be first and fast in their markets with 100Gbps and 4G LTE solutions has gotten a big boost from Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert) as deployments in Vermont, and New Mexico and Texas highlight.   For example, a recent Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) announcement showed how Vermont Telephone (VTel), one of the largest family-owned telephone companies in the U.S., is dramatically expanding availability of superfast broadband services, including IPTV (News - Alert) and video-on-demand, using 100Gbps technology.  The ALU solution for VTel includes:  100G optical coherent technology, based on Alcatel-Lucent’s 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) 7750 Service Router OmniSwitch 9800E Metro Ethernet switch ALU has also been selected as the integrator of VTel’s IPTV service, which runs on the Microsoft Mediaroom™ solution. In addition, network management capabilities are provided by Alcatel-Lucent’s 5620 Service Aware (News - Alert) Manager, and the deployment was supported by the company’s engineering and installations services team... Read More   Featured Video Interview with NET   TMCnet Free Premium Content » Next-Generation Revenue Generation » Extending Ethernet Over the WAN: Business Guide to Ethernet Options for Converged Networks    Latest Blogs » Zayo Buys AboveNet » VSS Monitoring Switching Fabric to Reduce Carrier OPEX and CAPEX   Featured Channels » Data Center Network » Netflow » Business Ethernet   Webinars Download One of Our Webinars Today to learn about new opportunities to enhance your business. http://www.tmcnet.com/webinar/   Become a TMCnet Columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Managing Editor, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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