The virtual version of Alcatel-Lucent's 7750 Service Router emphasizes the 'service' piece. Instead of one virtual router, the company is offering a suite of router applications targeting NFV.

Using a chipset developed in-house, Alcatel-Lucent routers will have a 10-fold capacity increase, which is needed to handle ever-increasing amounts of video traffic. The new chipset, FP2, took three ...

Alcatel-Lucent is launching a new one port 400G IP line card for IP networks that will allow data transmission between existing Alcatel-Lucent IP Routers at speeds of 400 gigabits-per-second (400G) ...

Calling what is occurring a transition is probably a bit bold, because it really is just about more. More power, more capacity, more data. There is no inherent change in the way routers function. The ...