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Posted on 06.04.07
Optium, a US based maker of optical subsytems, had this to say regarding 40 Gbps components in their latest earnings report: Optium added to its product line with the acquisition of Kailight Photonics Inc of Nes Ziona, Israel (announced at the end of March and completed in May), whose 40Gb/s product line addresses both client-side and line-side applications. “As we connect our strong base of customers to Kailight’s leading technology, we are seeing a very positive response,” claims Gertel. “Customers have been particularly interested in our ability to offer module solutions that can be integrated into line-cards cost effectively,” he adds. “We expect to make our first 40Gb/s product shipments in our current fiscal fourth quarter.” Filed under: ROADMs and WDM Technology and Fiber Optic Telecom Business Issues Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.31.07
According to Infonetics quarterly research: The down quarter was expected as SONET/SDH equipment makes up 61% of worldwide optical equipment sales and is steadily declining in share, while its replacement —bandwidth-rich, more flexible WDM equipment —continues to increase in share. More at OpticalReports.com Filed under: Fiber Optic Telecom Business Issues Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.31.07
Ciena reported positive results for the quarter. More interestingly were the webcast comments of Ciena’s CEO Gary Smith: “There’s a new market appearing,” he said. “Let’s call it converged Ethernet. You’re seeing a shift toward the compression of layers, from Layer 0 to…call it Layer 2.5. We’re at the fairly early stages of that. There’s no market data around it, so we’re still measuring it in older markets, like metro optical and long-haul optical. But it’s moved on us. We’re all struggling to get our arms around this new market, the combination of switching, transport and Ethernet.” Filed under: Fiber Optic Telecom Business Issues Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.30.07
Ericsson has been selected to support Telefónica in building and operating a new nationwide DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) transport network in Germany. The rollout of the network has already started. Filed under: New WDM Deployments Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.29.07
Transition Networks has announced the introduction of its new Course Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) solution. Transition’s passive optical CWDM devices utilize thin-film filter technology and are available in various wavelength combinations based on the entire wavelength spectrum (1270nm – 1610nm in 20nm increments) defined by the ITU G.694.2 CWDM standard. These CWDM devices are available in two main configurations: Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (Mux/Demux) modules and Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (OADM) modules. Filed under: CWDM Systems Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.25.07
Ericsson and Telstra have completed the world’s first live network trial for next-generation 40Gbps optical transmission technology in Australia. The technology trial demonstrated that Telstra’s existing 10Gbps Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) transmission technology can be increased to 40Gbps without major changes to the network. The trial was conducted over Telstra’s existing 10Gbps 1,121 km coastal and 1,244 km inland optical fiber routes from Sydney to Melbourne. Filed under: WDM Technology Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.24.07
Adesta, LLC, a systems integrator and project management company has marked the completion of the Five Colleges Fiber-Optic Network. The new $3.6M network will connect Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts Amherst into a primary carrier hotel in Springfield, Massachusetts. Filed under: New WDM Deployments Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.23.07
Vietnam Post and Telecommunications (VNPT), the country’s dominant carrier, is using a Nortel optical solution to double the capacity of its national optical backbone. VNPT is upgrading its 3,000 km north-south optical transmission network from 20 Gbps to 40 Gbps. Filed under: Fiber Optic Cable Network Upgrades Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.23.07
Telekenex, a service provider targeting small & mid-sized Businesses, has selected an Infinera Digital Optical Network for its fast-growing metro network in the San Francisco Bay Area. Filed under: New WDM Deployments Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.23.07
Ericsson has been selected by Italian internet provider Wind as a provider for metro and core optical transport technology. The contract awarded to Ericsson includes a DWDM (Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing) solution to increase transmission capacity of 1600km of existing fiber cables. Filed under: Fiber Optic Cable Network Upgrades Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.23.07
Transmode, a provider of Optical Networking solutions, together with channel partner FCA, have announced that Exatel, Poland’s second largest Service Provider, has selected the Transmode TS-Series platform for deployments across its entire Polish metro networking environment. Initially supporting low cost CWDM wavelengths, the system has the scalability to extend to additional CWDM and DWDM wavelengths in-service. Filed under: Fiber Optic Cable Network Upgrades Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.22.07
Columbus Networks has announced it is installing a new multi-million dollar undersea fiber route that will link Colombia directly to Florida. Columbus Networks’ Colombia-Florida Sub Sea Fibre Project, dubbed CFX-1, includes more than 2,400 kilometers of high-strength, high-capacity fiber-optic cable and will have a branch into Jamaica. It seamlessly connects with the ARCOS-1 undersea ringed network forming two large sub-rings for alternate routing and redundancy. The express link will have three new landing stations in Cartagena, Colombia, Morant Point, Jamaica, and Boca Raton, Fla., USA. Columbus Networks awarded the contract for building the network to Tyco Telecommunications. Filed under: New WDM Deployments Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.22.07
According to Lightwave: "Hibernia Atlantic … and Huawei Technologies USA (search for ), announced today that Hibernia Atlantic has selected Huawei to further upgrade its 24,520-km submarine and terrestrial network throughout the U.S, Canada, UK, and Europe. Additionally, Hibernia has named Huawei the provider of choice for the submarine segments of its fiber-optic cable routes. Huawei’s … network solutions enable Hibernia’s system to grow to 80 wavelengths at 10 Gigabits supporting SONET/SDH and LAN-PHY services." Filed under: Fiber Optic Cable Network Upgrades Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.18.07
Alcatel-Lucent has signed a contract with Brasil Telecom GlobeNet, who owns and operates GlobeNet - a submarine network serving the Americas - to upgrade the existing 22,000 km system linking the United States with Latin America. Alcatel-Lucent will upgrade the submarine section, along with the respective landing points, linking Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza), Venezuela (Maiquetía), Bermuda (St.David’s), and USA (Boca Raton, FL and Tuckerton, NJ). In Rio de Janeiro, the submarine network integrates with the terrestrial optical infrastructure of GlobeNet’s parent company, Brasil Telecom(Bovespa: BRTO3/BRT04 and NYSE: BTM). When completed in the first quarter of 2008, the project will almost double the existing capacity over the entire network. Filed under: Fiber Optic Cable Network Upgrades Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.17.07
Here’s some bits from Ovum-RHK Q1 ‘07 optical networking data analysis: Year over year, ON market growth topped 20 percent for $12.3 billion annualized spending "As predicted, the pause in spending in North America in the second half of 2006 ended in 1Q07, with strong spending gains in all product segments except legacy long-haul DWDM," said Dana Cooperson, vice president, Ethernet and 10-Gbit/sec transmission continued to grow strongly, as did both metro WDM and next-gen multi-reach DWDM for network backbone applications. Filed under: Fiber Optic Telecom Business Issues Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.16.07
Fujitsu has announced that it has signed the contract for the upgrade of the Japan-US Cable Network, a submarine fiber-optic cable system, with a consortium represented by seven telecommunications carriers, including AT&T Corp, KDDI Corporation, NTT Communications Corporation, Qwest Communications International Inc., Reach Global Networks Ltd, Softbank Telecom Corp., and Verizon Business. With this transpacific contract, Fujitsu’s submarine line terminal equipment will be implemented at three landing points each in Japan and the US. The equipment is capable of providing a significant capacity upgrade to existing systems, more than doubling the original design capacity of 640 gigabits per second (640 Gbps) of the Japan-US Cable Network beyond 1.28 terabits per second (1.28 Tbps). Filed under: Fiber Optic Cable Network Upgrades Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.16.07
Huawei Technologies and Global Marine Systems, a subsea cable installation and maintenance company, have announced they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the intent to establish a joint venture (JV) to deliver end-to-end submarine network solutions to reliably deliver global communication capabilities. Industry analysts forecast a huge year in 2007 with at least 20 new supply contracts expected to be awarded totaling nearly 100,000 route-kilometers - largely driven by two transpacific cable projects and a number of medium-sized (2,000-10,000 kilometer) systems. Filed under: Uncategorized and Fiber Optic Telecom Business Issues Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.16.07
BTI Photonic Systems has announced Telepak Networks Inc. has selected its optical networking solution. Telepak Networks, a service provider in Jackson, Mississippi, is using BTI’s microWDM solution to increase the capacity of existing fiber to deliver multiple streams of 10GbE traffic between major Telepak Network’s sites. Filed under: New WDM Deployments and Fiber Optic Telecom Business Issues Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.16.07
TDC, a Danish service provider, has selected a Nortel optical network solution for a next-gen network buildout. As a key supplier for TDC’s next-generation network, Nortel will deploy its DWDM solution - Common Photonic Layer with Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 (OME6500) service platform - to enhance and expand the existing TDC network. The network currently covers the major metropolitan areas of the Nordic region. Filed under: New WDM Deployments Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.15.07
OpVista has announced that the company has joined Internet2, an advanced networking consortium led by the research and education community. "As a leading player in the DWDM transport market, we look forward to OpVista’s active participation and collaboration within the Internet2 community, especially in important projects like the control plane developments within our Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure [HOPI] initiative." Filed under: DWDM Systems Comments: None |
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