Lightwave articles from April 2005

Lightwave archives from April 2005

EU to industry: get the lead out.(INDUSTRY)
April 1, 2005... The European Union (EU) has established a deadline of July 1, 2006, for manufacturers and vendors of electronics equipment to comply with directives that ban more than trace levels of lead, hexavalent chromium, cadmium, mercury, polybrominated...

New developments improve AWG's business case.(TECHNOLOGY )(arrayed-wave-guide-grating)
April 1, 2005... New developments in arrayed-wave-guide-grating (AWG) technology have allowed AWGs to regain dominance in high-channel-count applications and earn significant share at low channel counts. AWGs provide optical multiplexing and demultiplexing in...

Extending enterprise LANs beyond the firewall.(APPLICATIONS)
April 1, 2005... New concerns about security, business continuity in case of a disaster, and regulatory compliance with laws such as the Health Insurance Protection and Portability Act (HIPPA) and Sarbanes-Oxley Act mean that enterprise IT managers face not...

ADC (Minneapolis) and Corning Cable Systems (Corning, NY) entered into a technology transfer agreement regarding Corning's OptiTap line, allowing both companies to manufacture the environmentally hardened connectors and adapters designed for use in FTTX drop cable deployments.(north america)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... ADC (Minneapolis) and Corning Cable Systems (Corning, NY) entered into a technology transfer agreement regarding Corning's OptiTap line, allowing both companies to manufacture the environmentally hardened connectors and adapters designed for...

Fiber Optic Network Solutions (FONS--Marlborough, MA), manufacturer of optical connectivity products, announced selection of its Pathways platform by Cinergy MetroNet (CMN--Orem, Utah), a broadband services provider, to provide FTTP connectivity in the construction of a dedicated broadband network for rural communities.(north america)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Fiber Optic Network Solutions (FONS--Marlborough, MA), manufacturer of optical connectivity products, announced selection of its Pathways platform by Cinergy MetroNet (CMN--Orem, Utah), a broadband services provider, to provide FTTP...

Optical Solutions (Minneapolis), developer of GPON networks, announced that Consolidated Telecommunications Co. (CTC) of Northern Minnesota will deploy the company's FiberPath 500 GPON access platform as part of a competitive build-out to 15,000 potential customers in Brainerd, Baxter, and Nisswa.(north america)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Optical Solutions (Minneapolis), developer of GPON networks, announced that Consolidated Telecommunications Co. (CTC) of Northern Minnesota will deploy the company's FiberPath 500 GPON access platform as part of a competitive build-out to...

The LX4 Trade Group, founded last October by Emcore (Somerset, NJ), MergeOptics (Berlin, Germany), Opnext (Eatontown, NJ), Quake Technologies (Kanata, Ontario), and Wavesplitter Technologies (Santa Clara, CA) will add five new members.(north america)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The LX4 Trade Group, founded last October by Emcore (Somerset, NJ), MergeOptics (Berlin, Germany), Opnext (Eatontown, NJ), Quake Technologies (Kanata, Ontario), and Wavesplitter Technologies (Santa Clara, CA) will add five new members:...

SBC Communications (San Antonio, TX) announced a contract with KeyCorp (Cleveland), a bank-based financial services company.(north america)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... SBC Communications (San Antonio, TX) announced a contract with KeyCorp (Cleveland), a bank-based financial services company. In addition to renewing existing core local services, SBC will now provide KeyCorp with a multiservice optical-network...

Lumentis (Stockholm), provider of fiber-optic equipment, signed a long-term contract with BaneTele (Norway), a broadband services and telecommunications carrier.(europe)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Lumentis (Stockholm), provider of fiber-optic equipment, signed a long-term contract with BaneTele (Norway), a broadband services and telecommunications carrier. The carrier will use the Swedish company's Mentis optical transmission equipment...

French carrier Neuf Telecom (Paris) increased the backbone capacity of its 20,000-km fiber-optic network to support a large-scale rollout of DSL services throughout the country.(europe)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... French carrier Neuf Telecom (Paris) increased the backbone capacity of its 20,000-km fiber-optic network to support a large-scale rollout of DSL services throughout the country. The expanded network will operate at speeds up to 10 Gbits/sec,...

The Sea-Me-We 3 consortium awarded Fujitsu (Japan) a multimillion-dollar contract to deploy its Flashwave $650 submarine transmission equipment.(asia)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Sea-Me-We 3 consortium awarded Fujitsu (Japan) a multimillion-dollar contract to deploy its Flashwave $650 submarine transmission equipment. The project, scheduled for completion by the end of this year, will upgrade the consortium's...

China Netcom (CNC--Shanghai) announced completion of the first stage of its GPON deployment using FlexLight Networks' (Atlanta) modular Optimate platform.(asia)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... China Netcom (CNC--Shanghai) announced completion of the first stage of its GPON deployment using FlexLight Networks' (Atlanta) modular Optimate platform. CNC used the platform to converge the delivery of voice, data, and video as part of a...

Ciena's (Linthicum, MD) CoreDirector multiservice switching system has been selected for expanded deployment by Mexico's nationwide telecommunications provider, Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex).(update)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Ciena's (Linthicum, MD) CoreDirector multiservice switching system has been selected for expanded deployment by Mexico's nationwide telecommunications provider, Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex). The expansion will enable a single automated...

MCI.(HOTPICK)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... As part of its DWDM network expansion strategy, MCI (Ashburn, VA) deployed ultra-long-haul (ULH) technology on 3,129 route-mi of its fiber-optic network, with routes including New York City to Cleveland, Chicago to Denver (via Omaha), and Salt...

Component 'Cold War'.(economic condition of fiber optics industry)(Editorial)
April 1, 2005... One of the more popular theories about why the Cold War ended when it did revolves around economics. The impasse between the United States and Soviet Union did not break because of intimidation or a lack of will, the thinking goes. After...

Embedded ROADM controls are optimized.(reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers )
April 1, 2005... Remote reconfigurability of the optical transport layer has the potential to significantly lower operations expenses in metro, regional, and long-haul networks. Recognizing this potential, recent service-provider-network RFPs have included...

CWDM tackles SANs, Ethernet services.(TECH TRENDS)(storage area network, coarse wave division multiplex )
April 1, 2005... Two years ago, CWDM was the hot topic at all the conferences and trade shows, and every DWDM vendor, it seemed, was working on a CWDM counterpart. But the technology has not taken off as expected, accounting for just 5% of the overall WDM...

Standards bring fiber closer to the user.(STANDARDS WATCH)
April 1, 2005... The "fiber to the telecom enclosure" (FTTE) standards ratified last year, together with favorable technological and economic developments, provide the strongest case yet for extending fiber closer to the user. FTTE is a cost-effective, reliable...

PC-based MMF, SMF micro OTDRs.(TEST EQUIPMENT)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The uOR-100 multimode micro OTDR has a dynamic range of 26 dB for premises applications, and the uOR-200 singlemode micro OTDR offers four versions with dynamic ranges from 31 to 43 dB for accurate measurements in long-haul and outside plant...

FTTX fiber source, power meter.(TEST EQUIPMENT)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... For FTTX applications, the FS-1318 tri-wavelength fiber source and FM-1318 optical power meter are in a new case equipped with a bale that offers more flexible mounting positions. The single-port fiber source uses an SC/UPC connector port and...

Parsec Technologies develops 'more sensitive' video receiver.(PRODUCT PROFILE)
April 1, 2005... The typical PON can support 32 homes per split. Last summer, Verizon began to look at ways in which it could deliver video services and examined an RF video overlay model, which relies on specifications set by the cable TV industry. "When...

Terabit-scale IP network test platform.(TEST EQUIPMENT)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Optixia high-density six-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet test platform provides 600Gbit/sec full-duplex or 1.2-Tbit/sec total bandwidth for Layer 2 and 3 traffic generation, IP routing emulation, and application testing. With scalability up to 60...

Integrated tunable 40G DCM.(SUBSYSTEMS)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The ClearSpectrum fully integrated tunable dispersion compensation module allows for colorless dispersion tuning at each receiver, as required in 40-Gbit/ sec transmission links, or simultaneous dispersion trimming of multiplexed DWDM channels....

Low-IL/PDL 1 N SM, MM optical switches.(SUBSYSTEMS)(TransOptiX)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The fully Telcordia-qualified (GR-1073) UC2 1 4, 1 8, and 1 16 optical switches can operate in either multimode or singlemode and either latching or non-latching mode, incorporate either customizable integrated control protocol or allow for...

CWDM high-bandwidth full-duplex platform.(SYSTEMS)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... For optical edge network applications, the GigaMux 50 CWDM platform supports up to four high-bandwidth full-duplex services on a single fiber. Each service may carry up to 2.5 Gbits/sec over distances up to 70 km. Carriers and their subscribers...

GPON OLT platform with remote transport.(SYSTEMS)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... An environmentally hardened system with integrated transport for remote ring applications, the FiberPath 590 OLT+ platform enables carriers to migrate their legacy networks directly to an all-fiber all-IP GPON network in all applications....

Indoor/outdoor plenum-rated cable.(COMPONENTS)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The NextGen Brand UL-type ONFP-approved indoor/outdoor plenum-rated 900-[micro]m distribution cable comes with any industry-standard optical fiber, including G10X and G10Xplus 50/125 fibers that provide 10-Gbit/sec performance over 300 and 500...

10GBase-LRM high-speed MM photodiodes.(COMPONENTS)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Conforming to the emerging 10GBase-LRM standard allowing transport of 10-Gigabit Ethernet data over installed multimode fiber at distances up to 300 m, the PDCS65T photodiode features 65-[micro]m optical aperture and capacitance Albis...

Complete end-to-end FTTP connectivity.(INSTALLATION)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Pathways high-performance independently tested end-to-end PON components and connectivity products enable customers to implement reliable FTTP networks, including fiber to the home and business as well as multidwelling units (MDUs). These...

Compact, handheld, lightweight fusion splicer.(INSTALLATIONS)(Furukawa America)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Fitel S121S handheld fusion splicer's more compact canopy shortens the required fiber length on one side by 50%, from 70 to 35 mm, for FTTX and LAN installations where fiber length is often very short. One-third the size of standard...

Noncontact laser-based connector cleaver.(DESIGN & MANUFACTURING)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... For automated cleaving of fiber-optic connectors, the Comet noncontact laser-based cleaver developed by Corning Cable Systems and exclusively licensed by Sagitta auqments the latter's existing Gemini-Cx processing cell, which integrates...

Upgraded optical-fiber mapping software.(DESIGN & MANUFACTURING)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The upgraded OFM-500 optical-fiber open architecture mapping software can now help service providers delivering voice, data, and video over FTTX to determine the best fiber-optic route to connect two points as well as manage innerduct...

NRL demos InfiniBand all-optical network.(Naval Research Laboratory)
April 1, 2005... At the OFC/NFOEC conference in Anaheim, CA, last month, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL--Washington, DC) demonstrated a 10-Gbit/sec transcontinental network that featured all-optical technology and the industry's largest InfiniBand WAN...

Standardization closer for EDC-enabled 10-GbE.(electronic dispersion compensation, gigabit ethernet)
April 1, 2005... Multimode-fiber (MMF) applications present a significant market opportunity for 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) optics, thanks to the typical speed hierarchy within Ethernet network architectures. For example, Figure 1 shows the architecture for a...

FTTH a varied driver of cabled fiber demand.(fiber to the home)
April 1, 2005... The cabled fiber market saw both good news and bad last year--which pretty much canceled each other out. Two regions that have been in the doldrums in recent years, North America and Western Europe, were stronger in 2004, especially North...

Prior Scientific, Inc.(Design and Test)
April 1, 2005... PRIOR SCIENTIFIC, INC. 80 Reservoir Park Drive,, Rockland, MA 02370 PH: 781-878-8442, FX: 781-878-8736, EMAIL: info@prior.com, WEB: www.prior.com Prior Scientific, Inc., designs and manufactures a full line of fiber optic microscopy...

Vitex, LLC.(Fiber Optic Supplier)
April 1, 2005... VITEX, LLC. 616 East Palisade Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 PH: 201-871-1881, FX: 201-871-1909 Main products include: (1) PON related products including diplexer/triplexer/PON transceivers/splitters. (2) SFF, SFP, and 1x9 transceivers...

TruePulse Inc.(Buy/Sell)
April 1, 2005... TRUEPULSE INC. 76 Fortune Crescent, Richmond Hill, ON L4S 1T5 PH: (905)770-47571, FX: (905)770-7507, EMAIL: sales@truepulse.com, WEB: www.truepulse.com TruePulse buys and sells all surplus and refurbished optical circuit packs for Nortel...