Lightwave articles from April 2002

Lightwave archives from April 2002

New 50-micron fiber optimized for 10-GbE applications. (Technology).
April 1, 2002... Cable Design Technologies (CDT--Pittsburgh) and Draka Comteq subsidiary Chromatic Technologies Inc. (Franklin, MA) recently announced new 50-micron multimode fibers (MMFs) specifically designed to work with vertical-cavity surface-emitting...

Air-blown fiber carving larger niche in North America. (Technology).
April 1, 2002... Over the past 10 years, air-blown optical fiber (ABF) has become a popular technology all over the world, with one major exception: North America. Reasons for the slow acceptance of ABF in the world's largest market vary, but this unique fiber...

Is Ethernet the ticket for 'trial and wait' PON customers? (Trends).
April 1, 2002... The debate over which protocol is best for framing traffic in passive optical networks (PONs) may boil down to this: a promise of lower costs for more bandwidth versus a lack of standards. After making its way out of the enterprise into...

New equipment measures 40-Gbit systems. (Technology).
April 1, 2002... The challenges of overcoming the increased effects of chromatic dispersion, pulse-mode dispersion, nonlinearities, and other impairments get even tougher for developers of 40-Gbit/sec equipment if they can't measure how they're doing. However,...

Agere Systems (Allentown, PA), Alcatel Optronics (Paris), and Nortel Networks (Toronto) announced a multisource agreement (MSA) for compact erbiumdoped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). (Industry Update - North America).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Agere Systems (Allentown, PA), Alcatel Optronics (Paris), and Nortel Networks (Toronto) announced a multisource agreement (MSA) for compact erbiumdoped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). The MSA establishes a standard for product packaging, pin...

Meikle Automation. (Industry Update - North America).(announced a new platform integrating robotics into photonics components assembly)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Meikle Automation (Kitchener, Ontario) announced a new platform integrating robotics into photonics components assembly. With this development, photonics manufacturers can produce multiple product configurations on a single system. Previous...

Ethernet service provider Yipes Communications Inc. (San Francisco) deployed the first multigigabit-capable wavelength service for researchers at the University of Miami. (Industry Update - North America).(deployed the first multigigabit-capable wavelength service )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Ethernet service provider Yipes Communications Inc. (San Francisco) deployed the first multigigabit-capable wavelength service for researchers at the University of Miami. Yipes uses LuxN's WavSystem platform to provision up to 2.4 Gbits/sec...

Multilink Technology Corp. (Industry Update - North America).(began shipping 10-Gbit/sec optical transceivers )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Multilink Technology Corp. (Somerset, NJ), a provider of advanced semiconductor-based solutions for high-speed optical networks, began shipping 10-Gbit/sec optical transceivers for 80-km applications to several top-tier customers. Last July,...

Time Warner Telecom Inc. (Seattle) announced contracts with the University of Washington and Streaming Media Technologies Inc. (Industry Update - North America).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Time Warner Telecom Inc. (Seattle) announced contracts with the University of Washington and Streaming Media Technologies Inc. (Seattle) to provide fiber and IP services. The University of Washington's Pacific Northwest gigaPoP is the...

US Signal. (Industry Update - North America).(expands fiber optic netowrk)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * US Signal (Grand Rapids, MI) has expanded its fiber-optic network into the tier one markets of Chicago, Indianapolis, and Milwaukee. The company acquired an additional 185 metropolitan route-mi of fiber that includes 24 central offices (COs)...

EMCORE Corp. (Industry Update - North America).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * EMCORE Corp. (Somerset, NJ), a provider of semiconductor technologies for global communications, and Picolight Inc. (Boulder, CO), a fiber-optic products manufacturer, announced a multisource agreement for the manufacture and supply of...

Agilent Technologies Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) and Greenwich Technology Partners (White Plains, NY) announced an agreement focused on offering service providers. (Industry Update - North America).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Agilent Technologies Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) and Greenwich Technology Partners (White Plains, NY) announced an agreement focused on offering service providers and large enterprises independent testing and evaluation services to speed deployment...

Xanoptix. (Industry Update - North America).(receives 40 million in financing)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Xanoptix (Merrimack, NH), a developer of high-speed optical connection products for data links and optical communications applications, closed its second round of funding, totaling $40 million in new equity financing. MCC Capital led the...

Optical Solutions Inc. (Industry Update - North America).(contract with Kurtztown, PA)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Optical Solutions Inc. (Minneapolis) announced that the borough of Kutztown, PA, will deploy its FiberPath 400 all-optical network to provide homes, businesses, and off-campus university housing units with state-of-the-art voice, video, and...

NetPlane Systems. (Industry Update - North America).(began shipping a key protocol software element)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * NetPlane Systems (Westwood, MA) began shipping its high-availability implementation of open shortest path first, a key protocol software element used extensively within equipment throughout the Internet to examine user traffic and route it to...

Ixia (San Jose, CA) and Tyco Electronics Corp. (Harrisburg, PA) joined forces to provide the first platform for both XAUI interoperability and performance testing. (Industry Update - North America).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Ixia (San Jose, CA) and Tyco Electronics Corp. (Harrisburg, PA) joined forces to provide the first platform for both XAUI interoperability and performance testing. Using Tyco Electronics' XAUI backplane, Ixia provides a flexible traffic...

Cogent Communications (Washington, DC) entered into an agreement with American Fiber Systems Inc. (Industry Update - North America).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Cogent Communications (Washington, DC) entered into an agreement with American Fiber Systems Inc. (Rochester, NY) to lease dark fiber strands on AFS's Kansas City network. The dark fiber will enable Cogent to light its metropolitan rings in...

Corvis Corp. (Columbia, MD) signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Dorsal Networks. (Industry Update - North America).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Corvis Corp. (Columbia, MD) signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Dorsal Networks (Columbia), a privately held provider of transoceanic and regional undersea optical-networking solutions. Corvis will acquire Dorsal in a stock...

Turin Networks Inc. (Industry Update - North America).(receives 50 Million in funding)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Turin Networks Inc. (Petaluma, CA), a provider of intelligent multiservice optical transport platforms, received $50 million in third-round financing and expects to close on an additional $8 million. The principal new investor is Doll Capital...

Pan-European data communications company KPNQwest. (Industry Update - Europe).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Pan-European data communications company KPNQwest (Brussels) signed a contract to build a fully integrated 12-site Internet Protocol IP virtual-private-network (VPN) solution across six European countries for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines,...

French cable operator NC Numericable is using routers supplied by Juniper Networks Inc. (Industry Update - Europe).
April 1, 2002... * French cable operator NC Numericable is using routers supplied by Juniper Networks Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) at more than 10 points of presence in its P network throughout France. The Juniper Networks Mseries routers support Gigabit Ethernet,...

Marconi plc (London) announced a $4.5-million contract with Mexican network operator Protel to provide DWDM technology for its nationwide network. (Industry Update - Europe).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Marconi plc (London) announced a $4.5-million contract with Mexican network operator Protel to provide DWDM technology for its nationwide network. The network will connect Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey-Laredo, TX. The contract...

MAZ level one GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) and Redfern Photonics (Sydney, Australia) formed a joint venture. (Industry Update - Europe).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * MAZ level one GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) and Redfern Photonics (Sydney, Australia) formed a joint venture: Hamburg-based telecommunications optical-networking startup Adaptif Photonics GmbH. The Adaptif technology has not been disclosed,...

Broadband communications services provider Utfors AB of Sweden has selected routers from Riverstone Networks (Santa Clara, CA) to support deployment of metro MPLS Ethernet services. (Industry Update - Europe).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Broadband communications services provider Utfors AB of Sweden has selected routers from Riverstone Networks (Santa Clara, CA) to support deployment of metro MPLS Ethernet services. Utfors's optical-fiber network stretches from Oslo in the...

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Industry Update - Asia).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Amagasaki, Japan) developed a WDM optical transmission system that is transmitting 1.3 Tbits/sec over 8,400 km in laboratory tests. The WDM system transmitted 65 signals of 20 Gbits/sec each over 8,400 km on a...

Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) won contracts from the Korean National Railroad. (Industry Update - Asia).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) won contracts from the Korean National Railroad (Seoul, South Korea), an administrative organization under the Ministry of Construction and Transportation, and the Seoul Metropolitan Government to provide...

Optical-networking systems vendor Ciena Corp. (Linthicum, MD) and CEC-IDN Telecom Ltd. (Beijing), a provider of optical-networking solutions to Chinese operators, signed a memorandum of understanding. (Industry Update - Asia).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Optical-networking systems vendor Ciena Corp. (Linthicum, MD) and CEC-IDN Telecom Ltd. (Beijing), a provider of optical-networking solutions to Chinese operators, signed a memorandum of understanding for collaboration on manufacturing and...

Alcatel (Paris) was awarded a contract by CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd. (Industry Update - Asia).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Alcatel (Paris) was awarded a contract by CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd., a major utility company in Hong Kong supplying electricity to business and residential users, to deploy a metro DWDM system. Installation of Alcatel's 1696 Metro Span DWDM...

Metrobility Optical Systems (Merrimack, NH) announced that broadband service provider Korea Thrunet Co. Ltd. (Industry Update - Asia).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Metrobility Optical Systems (Merrimack, NH) announced that broadband service provider Korea Thrunet Co. Ltd. (Seoul) is using its optical Ethernet access solution to provide broadband Internet services to business customers over its cable...

ECI telecom subsidiary Lightscape Networks. (Industry Update - Africa - Middle East Australia).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * ECI telecom subsidiary Lightscape Networks (Petah Tikva, Israel) won a major contract estimated at $30-$50 million over a three-year period with Israel's PTT Bezeq to upgrade its national communications network in preparation for broadband...

CyOptics Inc. (Industry Update - Africa - Middle East Australia).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... * Active-component developer CyOptics Inc. (Waltham, MA) announced the opening of an indium phosphide (InP) wafer fabrication facility in Yokneam, Israel. The fab offers close to 11,000 sq ft of class 100 and class 1000 cleanrooms and features...

Emperors of applesauce. (Editorial).(Editorial)
April 1, 2002... There's a saying I heard once about when your apples start to spoil, you can always make applesauce. Lest we start thinking that it's gloom and doom everywhere this year, allow me to present the emperors-apparent of applesauce: the free-space...

Incumbent 'wish list' passes House. (Regulation & Policy).
April 1, 2002... By Feb. 27, the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to have approved H.R. 1542, the Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001, the so-called Tauzen-Dingell bill, which amends the 1996 Telecommunications Act so that incumbent...

Pricing will emerge as an industry catalyst. (Wall Street & Finance).(Industry Overview)
April 1, 2002... We have been struck by some recent conversations that a stronger realization of how different the future for optical communications will be than the past has really not yet set in. It is important that component and system companies wake up to...

Fiber-optic-component integration advances. (Analyst Corner).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Over the past quarter-century, active fiber-optic components have advanced steadily in miniaturization (more gigabits transported per cubic inch), while costs correspondingly have fallen. The integration of parts within a component and the...

UL changes labeling-reel requirements. (Standards Watch).
April 1, 2002... While it is well known that Underwriters Laboratories considers fire hazards in its listing requirements for optical-fiber cables used in buildings, it is not widely known that ocular hazard is also considered in the listing process. From...

Optical hotbeds erupt worldwide. (Trends).(Statistical Data Included)(Industry Overview)
April 1, 2002... In an economic climate replete with company failures, consolidations, and dried-up funding, several geographically diverse optoelectronics centers are emerging and beginning to blossom. These areas are putting university, industry, and...

Corvis tests waters in turbulent undersea fiber-cable systems market. (Trends).
April 1, 2002... With the undersea fiber-cable waters being tossed into turmoil with the financial woes of some major players and claims of overstating--and overbuilding--global capacity requirements, Corvis Corp.'s (Columbia, MD) entry into the market seems a...

Breaking fiber-to-the-desk barriers: the industry's best kept secret may be a myriad of development activities behind fiber-to-the-desk. (Special Reports: Premises Networks).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... The lack of demand from customers is cited as a major reason fiber hasn't already arrived at the desk en masse (see Lightwave, January 2001, page 26). Over the years, several factors have been cited to explain this fiber-to-the-desk (FTTD)...

Adapting to Ethernet: the future of Gigabit Ethernet in the adapter market is tied to maximizing user investment. (Special Reports: Premises Networks).
April 1, 2002... More speed, more bandwidth, more designs--the evolution of Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and network adapters is driven by advancements in server bus technology, intelligent network adapters, and bandwidth-intensive network applications. Peripheral...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
April 1, 2002... In the February 2002 Lightwave Special Report "Polarization-OTDR: identifying high-PMD sections along installed fibers," p. 64, the measurements in Figure 3's top graph showing the OTDR trace of a link-build from a concatenation of six fibers...

[0] Correction.(Correction Notice)
April 1, 2002... In the February 2002 Lightwave news article "Furukawa restructures Lucent's crown jewel,'" p. 37, to clarity, the TrueWave fiber product is for long-haul and metro applications, AllWave is for metro and access applications, and LaserWave is for...

Evolving IP storage switches: IP storage switches provide a migration path from the Fibre Channel SANs of today to the IP SANs of tomorrow. (Special Reports: Premises Networks).
April 1, 2002... The emergence of SANs based on a Fibre Channel architecture has created new solutions for storage as well as new problems for customer implementation. Fibre Channel provides gigabit transport for the efficient transfer of block storage data but...

Asia-Pacific bandwidth demands, questions grow: Bandwidth demand is climbing, but the risks of long-term investment in the region may be too high in today's revenue-driven climate. (Business Intelligence: Evaluating Bandwidth Demand).
April 1, 2002... Bandwidth demand is on the rise in Asia-Pacific, although the growth is not as fast as analysts' forecasts predicted just a year ago. As liberalization and privatization of state-owned telecommunications carriers open markets to competition,...

Technology advances spur growth in undersea festoon networks: Unrepeatered submarine systems employ DWDM and high fiber counts to encourage market gains. (Technology & Profits: Festoon Networks).
April 1, 2002... Driven by the forces of market deregulation, telecommunications privatization, end-user delivery technology, and demand for bandwidth in currently underserved niche markets, the unrepeatered submarine-systems market is experiencing continued...

'Wide-reach' DWDM system lowers network costs: a single wide transmission spectrum using low-cost transponders provides economic efficiency. (Feature).
April 1, 2002... Carriers today are less preoccupied with "new generation" technology and net-works and more with the lowest cost for delivering bandwidth. Lower startup cost, lower expansion cost, and lower operating expenses over the lifetime of the equipment...

PMD: Playing Russian roulette with your network; a network link must be designed to accommodate a certain value of polarization-mode dispersion and ensure that the probability of network outages is less than a few minutes per year.
April 1, 2002... Consider one of the strangest occurrences in the history of lightwave communications. We know today that something called polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) is a key limiter in the deployment of Given that systems in the 1980s were barely...

Optical switching: More choice, more efficiency; Among the many all-optical choices today, one technology is emerging that demonstrates practicality and flexibility. (Feature).
April 1, 2002... The astounding progress in fiber-optic technologies has created information networks whose capacities and capabilities were unimaginable less than 20 years ago. Technological progress has also created intense marketplace competition, raising...

Tunable grating filters are a disruptive technology: as a disruptive technology, tunable gratings can serve as the foundation for future metro-network equipment. (Feature).
April 1, 2002... WDM technology has enabled the deployment of fat pipes linking continents via submarine networks and cities within continents using long-haul and ultra-long-haul systems. The question is, will a simple point-to-point network architecture solve...

Assembly/bonding machine. (Design and Manufacturing).(Sysmelec SMA 1000)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The SMA 1000 fully automated assembly and bonding machine for optoelectronic devices achieves post-bonding accuracies of up to [+ or -]1 micron at 3 Sigma and handles any delicate component under permanent force and vision control. It is based...

Next-generation SONET boxes: better, smaller, less expensive. (Tech Trends).
April 1, 2002... Today's next-generation SONET boxes combine the functionality of add/drop multiplexers, necessary for ring interconnection, with the functionality of digital crossconnects, required for switching and grooming. While that may sound like "unsexy...

New metro monitoring system promises peace of mind. (Systems).(Nettest metroWATCH monitoring tool)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... When the folks at Nettest (Utica, NY) developed their new monitoring device for the metro network, they had a specific application and end user in mind. Because metro service providers must maintain and support a large number of services while...

Spot cure unit. (Design and Manufacturing).(Honle UV America Inc's Bluepoint 3)
April 1, 2002... The Bluepoint 3 spot cure unit is available with multiple spectra filtering options, PLC interfacing capabilities, and multilegged light guides. With an auto-ranging transformer the unit is also easily adapted to international use. Honle...

Multiservice switch. (Systems and Subsystems).(Lucent Technologies' LambdaUnite MultiService Switch)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... LambdaUnite MultiService Switch (MSS) provides a bridge between data-intense metro networks and high-speed optical core networks, connecting cities, campuses, and corporate networks to the larger long-haul public networks. The optical transport...

Voltage-controlled compensator. (Systems and Subsystems).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... SmartAMPLET POP1040 is a voltage-controlled variable gain loss compensator. With a credit-card-sized footprint, it's at least 33% smaller than mini- or micro-amplifiers, according to the company and requires six times less electrical power. It...

C-band amplifier. (Components).(INO FAF PoM polarization maintaining C-band amplifier)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... The FAF PoM polarization maintaining C-band amplifier provides a gain of 32 dB in the 1530-1560-nm wavelength range, with a noise figure of INO, Quebec City, CIRCLE NO. 304

PLC splitter. (Components).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... The 1x8 planar-lightwave-circuit (PLC) Splitter aids design engineers in cable TV, access, ATM PON, and other broadband system applications, significantly reducing the space needed for branching fiber-optic signals. Based on silica/silica and...

Chromatic dispersion analyzer. (Test Equipment).(EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc's FTB-5800 Chromatic Dispersion Analyzer)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... The FTB-5800 Chromatic Dispersion Analyzer, a high-performance test module contained inside the FTB-400 field-testing platform, is for deployments and upgrades of high-speed DWDM networks. It enables field technicians to test sections of a link...

Signal analyzer. (Test Equipment).(CSA8000B Series Communications Signal Analyzer from Tektronix)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... The CSA8000B Series Communications Signal Analyzer, coupled with the 80C08 Optical Sampling Module, offers measurement sensitivity and throughput required for emerging 10-Gigabit Ethernet manufacturing production requirements. The CSA8000B...

Fiber enclosures. (Installation).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... FiberSmart field-configured Black Fiber Rack Series Enclosures have a configurable panel architecture that allows for the use of modular R56 Series adapter strips for maximum flexibility. These enclosures also offer patch capacity of 144 fibers...

Fiber-optic communications directory.(Directory)
April 1, 2002... Manufacturer ABLESTIK 20021 Susana Road, Rancho Dominguez, CA, 90221 PH: 310-764-4600, FX: 310-764-2545, EMAIL: jilla.senkbeil@nstarch.com, WEB: www.ablestik.com Ablestik offers the most complete line of adhesives for fiber...

Teem USA names CEO. (People).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Brian McCormack has been named CEO of Teem Photonics Inc. (USA) and vice president of global sales. As CEO, McCormack will be responsible for building the company's U.S. capabilities; he will also direct worldwide sales for Teem, which is...

David Palmer. (People).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... David Palmer is the new senior vice president of sales and marketing at Memphis Networx, a public-private joint venture in the process of building a high-speed, high-bandwidth fiber-optic ring network in Memphis, TN. Palmer has more than 30...

Grooming talent in the 'next generation.' (Recruitment).
April 1, 2002... The next-generation technologies are always right around the corner--and so are the employees who will inspire their development. When you think of grooming talent, very often thoughts go to those already on the payroll. It is not always the...

Calendar.
April 1, 2002... April 10 Executive Photonics Briefings: Tunable Laser and Optical Components--Technology, Applications, and Opportunities. In Burlington, MA, by Information Gatekeepers Inc. Website: www.photonicsbriefings.com. 25 OTDR Theory and...

Metro-Optix has appointed Dave Orr its new CEO. (People).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Metro-Optix has appointed Dave Orr its new CEO, with co-founder Arun Bellary moving from CEO to executive chairman. Orr has more than 20 years of experience in telecommunications, serving most recently as president and CEO of Pliant Systems...

George Nolen is the new CEO of the Siemens U.S. Information and Communication Networks (ICN) unit. (People).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... George Nolen is the new CEO of the Siemens U.S. Information and Communication Networks (ICN) unit. Previously president of Siemens Enterprise Networks in the United States, Nolen will work closely with Thomas Ganswindt, who had been acting head...

Dr. Steve Norman. (People).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Dr. Steve Norman has been promoted to vice president of operations and engineering at Southampton Photonics, where he helped set up the company's new specialty fiber manufacturing facility. Norman was previously the company's director of U.K....

Marc B. Weisberg. (People).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Former executive vice president of corporate development at Qwest Communications International, where he was responsible for mergers and acquisitions activities, Marc B. Weisberg has joined Tellium's board of directors. Before joining Qwest in...

Jerome Prieur. (People).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Jerome Prieur has been appointed vice president of sales and business development at OpsiTech. Prieur's more than 12 years' experience in high-performance optics and WDM optical networking include vice president of North American sales at...

Bruce W. Hueners. (People).(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Palomar Technologies Inc. has promoted Bruce W. Hueners to vice president of marketing. Hueners joined Palomar Technologies in 1981, when it was part of Hughes Aircraft, where he held several engineering, sales, and marketing management...

Optoelectronic transmitter/receiver market to net $20.5 billion by 2006. (Market Watch).(ElectroniCast Corp. report)
April 1, 2002... Worldwide consumption of fiber-optic optoelectronic transmitter/receiver pairs used for communication applications reached $4 billion in 2001. It is expected to grow by an average rate of 39% over the next five years to net $20.5 billion by...

Mass adoption of optical switching expected in 2003. (Market Watch).(according to ARC Group)
April 1, 2002... The worldwide optical-switching equipment market is forecast to jump from its $307-million mark in 2001 to $6.45 billion by 2006, claims a new report from Surrey, UK-based researcher ARC Group. After 2006, optical-switching technology is...

Alcatel captured largest optical transport market share in 2001. (Market Watch).(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2002... The total global optical transport market netted $28.2 billion in 2001, down from its $33-billion mark in 2000, claims new market research from RHK Inc. (San Francisco). Alcatel nabbed the largest market share in 2001, capturing 16%, followed...

FTB-400 UTS: New modules for ultimate one-stop testing.(EXFO Electro Optical Engineering Inc.)(Buyers Guide)
April 1, 2002... Stephane Chabot, Business Unit Manager, Portable and Monitoring Division When we introduced the new FTB-400 Universal Test System, with its simultaneous data acquisitions, processing and post-processing in a Windows[R] 2000, PC-based...

Performance + simplicity + flexibility = Cortex.(from EXFO Electro Optical Engineering)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... Francois Robitaille, Business Unit Manager, Industrial and Scientific Division Jean-Francois Brousseau, Product Manager, Industrial and Scientific Division Since the inception of its Industrial and Scientific Division in 1996, EXFO...

EXFO's FTB-5800 CD analyzer.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
April 1, 2002... Introducing EXFO's new FTB-5800, the first chromatic dispersion (CD) analyzer designed specifically for field applications. Thanks to the FTB-5800's modularity, you can create a one-stop testing solution in the FTB-400 Universal Test System by...

EXFO's new Triple-Wavelength OTDR: Saving time and money.
April 1, 2002... Caroline Hamel, Product Manager, Portable and Monitoring Division Because fiber-optic network installers and carriers are gearing up for the move toward DWDM transmission, OTDR testing in the O-, C- and L-bands is becoming a must. But so is...

FTB-8000: Providing OC-192c/STM-64c testing in the FTB-400 UTS.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Patric Ostiguy, Product Manager, EXFO Protocol In recent years, intense fiber-link and DWDM-system deployment has created enormous bandwidth potential in metro and long-haul transmission networks. To reap the financial benefits of...

OSA software upgrades.(From EXFO Electro Optical Engineering)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... EXFO's OSA software offers powerful new features, now available on. both the FTB-5240 OSA series and IQS-5250B. In addition to smaller improvements following customer feedback, the software provides new key functionalities and applications: ...

EXFO gear deployed for Asia C2C cable network.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2002... Test crews for the high-capacity DWDM C2C cable network selected EXFO OTDR equipment for splice and bidirectional testing at the recently completed network landing site in Singapore. EXFO was also chosen to supply fully loaded FTB-400 WDM...

Trade up your current Optical Spectrum Analyzer. (EXFO).
April 1, 2002... When you order an FTB-400 UTS and FTB-5240 Optical Spectrum Analyzer, send us your current OSA, and we'll give you a US$7500 credit. Offer applies to all field-use OSA brands. Offer valid worldwide until 3l May, 2002; additional conditions...

The PC advantage--the lighter side of EXFO's FTB-400. (EXFO).
April 1, 2002... You can now slim down the rugged FTB-400 field platform, making it the most compact and lightweight portable PC computer by substituting the two- or seven-slot unit with the new back cover. This enables you to run all required field-specific...

Polarization-OTDR: New method for locating high-PMD link spans.
April 1, 2002... Andre Fougeres, Senior Product Manager, GAP Optique SA Michel Leblanc, Research Manager, EXPO Fact: PMD is a major obstacle to high-quality, high-bit-rate transmission. Fact: despite better singlemode fiber production techniques that...