Zhone’s EFM solution provides extended reach for new Ethernet network Oakland, CA — April 30, 2013 — Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a global pioneer in FTTx network access solutions, today announced a new Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) deployment with Zen Internet, made possible through a strategic partnership with Imtech Telecom. Zhone’s EFM solution will allow Zen Internet to expand its service offerings in the United Kingdom, enabling the independent ISP to provide high quality and affordable Ethernet access to businesses of all sizes across the U.K.

The rate of adoption for machine-to-machine, or M2M, technologies enabling devices of virtually every size and function to share valuable data will be nothing short of mind-boggling over the next seven years — becoming an almost $1 trillion industry by 2020, according to a new report published by the Carbon War Room. What exactly does that mean

Authoritarian regimes around the world are using technology from a Silicon Valley firm for Internet surveillance, filtering and censorship, according to a report by Canadian researchers. Authoritarian regimes around the world are using technology from a Silicon Valley firm for Internet surveillance, filtering and censorship, according to a report by Canadian researchers. The report this week from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said devices from California-based security firm Blue Coat Systems were being used in China, Russia, Venezuela and other countries with “a history of concerns over human rights.” “Our findings support the need for national and international scrutiny of Blue Coat implementations in the countries we have identified, and a closer look at the global proliferation of ‘dual-use’ information and communication technologies,” said the report