Lightwave articles from April 2007

Lightwave archives from April 2007

Understanding component specifications for plug-and-play cable assemblies.(TECHNOLOGY)
April 1, 2007... As high-bandwidth applications--such as 10-Gigabit Ethernet, 2-, 4-, and 10-Gbit/sec Fibre Channel; and InfiniBand 4X-SDR and 4X-DDR--have emerged, link-loss budgets have been reduced. At the same time, there has been an increase in the use of...

Fiber remains medium of choice for data center applications.(INDUSTRY)
April 1, 2007... Fiber cabling shipments are expected to experience a 26.3% compound annual growth rate to net $4 billion by 2010, according to new research from FTM Consulting (www.igigroup.com). In fact, FTM analysts forecast that fiber cabling shipments will...

Survey details switch to OM3 in enterprise.(APPLICATIONS)
April 1, 2007... Predictions of exponential growth in bandwidth demand were common in the late 1990s. Now, with technology back on the rise, the communications industry is beginning to see those predictions realized. With the demand for individual user...

JDSU (www.jdsu.com) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Picolight Inc.(north america)
April 1, 2007... JDSU (www.jdsu.com) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Picolight Inc. (www.picolight.com), designer and manufacturer of optical pluggable transceivers. The transaction is expected to close June 30, subject to regulatory approvals....

Carrier Access Corp. (www.carrieraccess.com) has completed the acquisition of IP networking product assets from Mangrove Systems Inc.(north america)
April 1, 2007... Carrier Access Corp. (www.carrieraccess.com) has completed the acquisition of IP networking product assets from Mangrove Systems Inc. (www.mangrovesystems.com) in a cash transaction valued at approximately $8 million. Carrier Access says it has...

Enablence Technologies Inc.(shares)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Enablence Technologies Inc. (www.enablence.com) has completed a private placement of 25 million common shares at a price of $0.60 per share for gross proceeds of $15 million. The syndicate behind the funding round was led by Paradigm Capital...

Ceterus Networks.(north america)
April 1, 2007... Ceterus Networks (www.ceterusnetworks.com) has announced a $20 million funding round led by Intel Capital. Sevin Rosen and ComVentures, both investors since inception, and Aldus Equity, a new investor, also participated in the funding. Ceterus...

OE Solutions Co. Ltd.(closed Series C round of funding)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Transceiver supplier OE Solutions Co. Ltd. (www.oe solution.com) has closed a $4.3 million Series C round of funding, led by two Korean venture capitalists, Korean Development Bank Capital and Kibo Technology Advancing Capital. The round brings...

Alchemy Communications Inc., provider of colocation and managed data center services.(selected MRV Communications Inc.'s Fiber Driver )(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Alchemy Communications Inc., provider of colocation and managed data center services, has chosen MRV Communications' Fiber Driver to increase the bandwidth of its backbone network. Incorporating the DWDM-capable Fiber Driver also will increase...

Tyco Telecommunications (www.tycotelecom.com) has chosen Bookham Inc. (www.bookham.com) to be the lead supplier of 980-nm pump laser modules.(north america)
April 1, 2007... Tyco Telecommunications (www.tycotelecom.com) has chosen Bookham Inc. (www.bookham.com) to be the lead supplier of 980-nm pump laser modules. Bookham's OceanBright pump lasers will be used in erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), which in turn...

Fujikura Ltd. (www.fujikura.co.jp) and Nistica (www.nistica.com), optical subsystems supplier to telecom system OEMs.(north america)
April 1, 2007... Fujikura Ltd. (www.fujikura.co.jp) and Nistica (www.nistica.com), optical subsystems supplier to telecom system OEMs, have announced a broad cooperative agreement whereby Fujikura will provide full production manufacturing facilities and...

TXP Corp.(signed up contract with communications equipment provider)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... TXP Corp, (www.texasprototypes.com), an original design manufacturer (ODM) for the electronics and telecommunications industries, has entered into an agreement to supply its ONT equipment to an unnamed provider of communications technology and...

Cortina Systems.(HOTPICK)
April 1, 2007... Cortina Systems (www.cortina-systems.com) has acquired Immenstar (www.immen star.com), a privately held seniiconductor company that specializes in PON system-on-chip (SoC) technology. According to Cortina, the Immenstar acquisition...

TriAccess Technologies (www.triaccesstech.com) has signed a multiyear supply agreement with LuminentOIC Inc.(north america)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... TriAccess Technologies (www.triaccesstech.com) has signed a multiyear supply agreement with LuminentOIC Inc. (www.luminentoic.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of MRV Communications (www. mrv.com), to supply the latest version of its TAT6254...

Redfern Integrated Optics Inc.(PLANEX technology platform)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Redfern Integrated Optics Inc. (www.rioinc.com), developer and manufacturer of optical transmitters, has successfully completed reliability qualification of its PLANEX technology platform, in accordance with the requirements of Telcordia...

Privately held American Fiber Systems Inc. (AFS; www.afsnetworks.com) has completed a $10 million transaction to acquire IDACOMM (www.idacomm.com), the communications subsidiary of IDACORP.(north america)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Privately held American Fiber Systems Inc. (AFS; www.afsnetworks.com) has completed a $10 million transaction to acquire IDACOMM (www.idacomm.com), the communications subsidiary of IDACORP. IDACOMM is a fiber facilities-based competitive metro...

EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc.(north america)
April 1, 2007... The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent entitled "Method and Apparatus for Testing Optical Networks" (US patent no. 7,187,861) to EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. (www.exfo.com). The patent serves as the basis of...

ADVA Optical Networking (www.advaoptical.com) has been named a supplier of Ethernet last-mile access products in British Telecom's 21st Century Network.(emea)
April 1, 2007... ADVA Optical Networking (www.adva optical.com) has been named a supplier of Ethernet last-mile access products in British Telecom's 21st Century Network. The carrier will deploy the ADVA FSP 150 as the Network Termination Equipment (NTE) to...

The Neuf Cegetel Group.(planning to provide fiber optics based broadband service in Paris)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... The Neuf Cegetel Group (www.groupe neufcegetel.fr) plans to offer fiber-based broadband services beginning this month in Paris. The carrier expects to pass a million homes by the end of 2009 and to connect a total of 250,000 customers. Coverage...

Avanex Corp. (www.avanex.com) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell a 90% interest in its French subsidiary.(emea)
April 1, 2007... Avanex Corp. (www.avanex.com) has entered into a definitive agreement to sell a 90% interest in its French subsidiary, Avanex France S.A., including its indium phosphide (InP) and gallium arsenide (GaAs) semiconductor fabs, to Global Research...

Irish ISP Digiweb has deployed an advanced Ethernet-over-optical network within its Dublin Metro network using equipment from both Transmode (www.transmode.com) and Overture Networks (www.overturenetworks.com).(emea)
April 1, 2007... Irish ISP Digiweb has deployed an advanced Ethernet-over-optical network within its Dublin Metro network using equipment from both Transmode (www. transmode.com) and Overture Networks (www.overturenetworks.com). The joint Transmode/Overture...

ColorChip.(emea)
April 1, 2007... ColorChip (www.color-chip.com), manufacturer of glass-based planar lightwave circuit chips and modules for FTTH networks, has completed a $7.4 million funding led by Vertex Venture Capital. Vertex joined existing investors including Bessemer,...

ECI Telecom Ltd.(emea)
April 1, 2007... ECI Telecom Ltd. (www.ecitele.com) has completed the first stage of the construction of a metro optical network for Ukrtelecom JSC, a national telecommunication operator in Ukraine. This first stage covers Ukraine's nine largest regions and...

ECI Telecom.(demonstrated 43-Gbit/sec transmission )(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... ECI Telecom also has demonstrated what it claims is the industry's first successful 43-Gbit/sec transmission over 1,000 km via a 10-degree, 50-GHz channel-spaced wavelength-selective switch (WSS) reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer...

Ericsson.(Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson signed up by city of Trikala )(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Ericsson (www.ericsson.com) has signed a turnkey contract with the city of Trikala as equipment provider and prime integrator to implement the city's pioneering plans for the creation of the first Greek Digital City. Per the contract, Ericsson...

Alcatel-Lucent (www.alcatel-lucent.com) has signed a turnkey contract with the East Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) consortium to lay the first ever optical submarine cable network landing in East Africa.(emea)
April 1, 2007... Alcatel-Lucent (www.alcatel-lucent.com) has signed a turnkey contract with the East Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) consortium to lay the first ever optical submarine cable network landing in East Africa, scheduled for completion by the...

Independent Indonesian telecommunications provider PT NAP Info Lintas Nusa and Tyco Telecommunications have announced the signing of a contract between NAP Singapore-based affiliate Matrix Networks and Tyco Telecommunications.(asia)
April 1, 2007... Independent Indonesian telecommunications provider PT NAP Info Lintas Nusa and Tyco Telecommunications have announced the signing of a contract between NAP Singapore-based affiliate Matrix Networks and Tyco Telecommunications to construct an...

Verifying metro Ethernet QoS.
April 1, 2007... Used for delivery of next-generation IP-based services, including triple play, metro Ethernet facilitates the availability of affordable bandwidth on demand and highly secure private network communication. Yet despite the lucrative and...

OA&M: going beyond the standards to enable innovative Carrier Ethernet services.
April 1, 2007... The ability to offer attractive service-level agreements (SLAs) is increasingly important to a service provider's success. Recognizing this, Carrier Ethernet has been developed with SLA support as one of its critical, core capabilities....

PBT vs. MPLS.(Provider Backbone Transport, MultiProtocol Label Switching)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) is an exciting new technology that takes advantage of the recent advances in Ethernet standards. PBT enables a much more economical access and aggregation network that minimizes the need for MPLS outside the...

Expanding the bandwidth pipe: subwave technologies.(gigabit ethernet)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Gigabit Ethemet bandwidth is being driven deep into the network, and transport providers already are seeing requests for Ethernet in ranges from 2.5 to 10 Gbits/sec. Rather than dedicate a wavelength to a single service, subwave grooming...

Rolling out business Ethernet.
April 1, 2007... More and more multiple-systems operators (MSOs) seek to introduce competitive, carrier-class, Ethernet-based business services such as voice over IP (VolP), dedicated Internet access, point-to-point connectivity, and virtual private networks...

Increasing the fiber in cable's diet.
April 1, 2007... While most of the FTTH buzz has surrounded the telcos, cable TV companies are starting to deploy this technology as well, primarily in greenfield applications. This paper shows that it is easy for service providers with hybrid fiber/coax (HFC)...

FTTH giving homeowners a raise.
April 1, 2007... FTTH is now being touted as a value-enhancing amenity for many homes, as well as for developments. Not only is there talk of FTTH commanding a premium in home selling price, there is also strong emerging evidence that supports this claim. ...

A shrink-proof industry?(Editorial)
April 1, 2007... One conundrum of the optical communications industry that continues to stump observers and participants alike is the issue of consolidation--or, more precisely, the lack thereof, particularly in the components /subsystems space. Carriers have...

Achieving precision in optical measurements.(Technology: Advances in research, development, engineering, and standards)(patch cords)
April 1, 2007... You have your favorite fiber test box and trust it for great measurements performed via more buttons and digits than you've ever used before. Are you getting the performance you paid for or even what the sales rep promised? Probably not. ...

TODC vendors ready inline and integrated devices.(TECH TRENDS)(tunable optical dispersion compensators)(Editorial)
April 1, 2007... Tunable optical dispersion compensators (TODC) are used within 10- and 40-Gbit/sec optical systems to compensate for signal distortions caused by chromatic dispersion (CD). CD is a form of intersymbol interference (ISI), which is especially...

Fast progress in ITU for bend-loss insensitive singlemode fiber.(STANDARDS WATCH)
April 1, 2007... A relatively new ITU-T SG15 group (Question 10; chaired by Piet Matthijsse of Draka Comteq) is devoted to "optical fibers and cables for the access network to and in buildings and homes." This group has prepared a new standard for fibers...

XFP connector modules.(COMPONENTS)
April 1, 2007... The XFP001/2/3-L line of 10-Gbit XFP modules is designed for use with 10-Gbit hot-pluggable optical transceiver modules. The cage and connector comply with the Multi-source Agreement 3.0 (MSA 3.0) standard and support OC-192/STM-64, 10-Gigabit...

Single-chip scalable framer device.(COMPONENTS)
April 1, 2007... The TEMUX 336 is a single-chip device integrating OC-12/STM-4 or 4xOC-3/STM-1 SONET/SDH framers for working and protect links, 336/252 T1/E1 framers, 12 DS3/E3 framers, 12 M13/G.747 multiplexers, and 12 VT/TU mappers. The device features...

OpVista unveils AnyWave Optical Network concept.(PRODUCT PROFILE)
April 1, 2007... OpVista has recently unveiled the AnyWave Optical Network strategy. OpVista has combined already fielded IP with new technology initiatives to enable companies to transition their existing infrastructures into high-speed, high-capacity Ethernet...

Uncooled pump laser.(COMPONENTS)
April 1, 2007... The AM6-940A-20-408 is a multimode 940-nm diode laser in a high-reliability, uncooled, electrically isolated package suitable for cable TV and telecom applications. It has a 105-[micro]m fiber output with 0.15 numerical aperture (NA) and meets...

SONET/SDH systems-on-a-chip.(COMPONENTS)
April 1, 2007... Drava (S4809) and Mura ($4819) SONET/SDH framer/pointer processor devices feature a level of integration that can reduce overall system costs by as much as 50%, made possible by eliminating the need for an external SerDes and an FPGA device...

Low-jitter clock oscillators.(COMPONENTS)
April 1, 2007... A family of high-frequency clock oscillators consists of types CS9 (3.3 V, LVPECL), CLD (3.3 V, LVDS), CSP (2.5 V, LVEPCL), and CLP (2.5 V, LVDS). The lead-free, RoHS-compliant products are designed for use in mass storage networks and Fibre...

Plugless termination for plastic optical fiber.(COMPONENTS)
April 1, 2007... Proprietary Fast Ethernet fiber-optic transceiver technology is available in an easy-to-use, low-cost housing that provides instant termination of bare plastic optical fiber (POF), a low-cost optical alternative to copper cabling. The new...

Micro fiber-optic polisher.(INSTALLATION)
April 1, 2007... Rev polishes connectors and optical components to singlemode performance in a compact and economical package. UPC and angled fixtures are available for industry-standard and custom components as well as for bare fiber applications. The polisher...

Cabling distribution system.(INSTALLATION)
April 1, 2007... The Residential Cabling Distribution Center provides simultaneous distribution of high-speed data, voice, and video signals throughout the home, multifamily dwelling, or small commercial building. An eight-port switch gives users the ability to...

Cable tray with integrated power module.(INSTALLATION)
April 1, 2007... Power Snake Canyon is a patented under-floor cable tray with an integrated power module. The all-in-one component provides hot only a cable path but also up to eight pre-installed power receptacles to meet power needs while reducing the...

40/43-Gbit test platform.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
April 1, 2007... The modular TestPoint product line now features 40- and 43-Gbit/sec test capabilities. The 40-Gbit/sec module is the industry's first OC-768/STM-256 and OTU3 test interface specifically designed for manufacturing and system test applications....

10G Ethernet network emulator.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
April 1, 2007... The multiflow capability for XGEM, a line-rate 10GbE network emulator, allows test engineers to define up to 64 network profiles, effectively emulating 64 network clouds per emulator in the test lab. Network emulators are used to validate the...

Remote test unit for network management system.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
April 1, 2007... The OTU-8000, a rack-mounted, remote test unit for the optical network management system (ONMS) that integrates the latest optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR) and optical switch technologies. A single OTU-8000 can test hundreds of fiber...

Small-form-factor optical switch and management console.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
April 1, 2007... New versions of the Intelligent Optical Switch are available, with features designed to facilitate remote and automatic creation, monitoring, and protection of fiber connections. The new switches deliver fully nonblocking transparent...

One-click jitter testing software.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
April 1, 2007... Software release 4.5 for the J-BERT N4903A serial BERT enables test engineers to retrieve the fastest jitter tolerance test results. The software provides one-click jitter tolerance test insight, faster device debug with restore of jitter...

Cable assembly and component tester.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
April 1, 2007... The new IQS-12001B cable assembly and component test system is designed for production testing of short fiber assemblies and FTTX components. The updated system delivers three new functionalities: FTTX component testing capabilities, improved...

Metro Ethernet demarcation device.(SYSTEMS)
April 1, 2007... The OptiSwitch 900 (0S900) series, a compact, carrier-class Metro Ethernet demarcation device, is designed to deliver managed Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet carrier services with advanced service-level agreement (SLA) for network...

2.4-Gbit GPON OLT cards, ONTs.(SYSTEMS)
April 1, 2007... Enabling not just voice, data, and IPTV, but high-definition programming, video-on-demand, and advanced interactive communications, 2.4-Gbit/sec dual- and quad-port optical line terminal (OLT) cards are fully hardened, making them suitable for...

10-Gbit/sec DWDM transceiver module.(SUBSYSTEMS)
April 1, 2007... The first DWDM transceiver that complies with the 10-Gbit/sec form-factor pluggable extended multisource agreement (XFP-E MSA) features a transmission range of 9.95 to 11.1 Gbits/sec using a high-performance phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit....

Rack-mountable EDFA system.(SUBSYSTEMS)
April 1, 2007... The LightLEADER 6100 rack-mountable erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) system boosts optical signals within fiber networks. Telco and cable operators can now extend the distance traffic can be carried by placing the LL6100 along the fiber...

Complete line of dispersion-compensating devices.(SUBSYSTEMS)
April 1, 2007... Based on multiple configurations of manageable dispersion compensators, M-DCM modules can enhance fiber capacity at up to 40-Gbit/sec data rates. Designed for submarine and terrestrial applications, M-DCM subsystems are currently available in...

RPR simplifies campus communications.(Applications: Innovative component, subsystem, system, and network design examples and alternatives)
April 1, 2007... Campus networks by nature are usually widely distributed. In a typical campus environment, the connectivity between various data centers can range anywhere from tens to hundreds of sites. Most campuses firewall or protect each of the...

Innovation makes a comeback.(in electronics)(Editorial)
April 1, 2007... Once upon a time, carriers built networks as fast as they could. They bought systems based on innovative technology that promised a roadmap toward hundreds of wavelengths traveling at speeds up to 40 Gbits/sec over a single fiber. Such fibers...

OSS vendors grapple with network evolution.(Industry: Opportunities, market intelligence, and forecasts to improve your bottom line)
April 1, 2007... Changing carrier requirements, both in terms of the types of services they want to provide and how they want to deliver them, have re-invigorated the market prospects for optical communications hardware vendors. However, these developments have...

Dynamics of the Carrier Ethernet switch market.(ANALYST CORNER)
April 1, 2007... Despite lofty industry expectations and a burgeoning Ethernet services market, Ethernet switches have experienced relatively limited deployment in carrier networks during the first half of this decade. To date, slightly more than 10% of total...

The light side.
April 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Suddenly there was this sign over the interstate: 'Exit 223, City Park, FTTPT, fiber to the picnic table.' It was like we'd found the Promise Land."

Mintera Corp.(people)
April 1, 2007... Mintera Corp. has appointed Bryan Siegal as vice president, operations and customer satisfaction. Siegal will be responsible for managing the delivery and quality of Mintera's 40-Gbit/sec transport system, as well as overseeing the company's...

Access product supplier Calix has added 25-year industry veteran Don Listwin to its board of directors.(people)
April 1, 2007... Access product supplier Calix has added 25-year industry veteran Don Listwin to its board of directors. Listwin held positions of increasing responsibility during a 10-year period at Cisco Systems that culminated in his being named the No. 2...

Santur Corp.(people)
April 1, 2007... Santur Corp., a manufacturer of tunable lasers for telecommunications, has appointed Paul Meissner as chief executive officer. Meissner's 18-plus years of experience in optics and semiconductors has taken him from KLA-Tencor and Applied...

Thomas G. Giallorenzi has joined OSA as senior director of science policy.(Optical Society of America)(Brief article)
April 1, 2007... Thomas G. Giallorenzi has joined OSA as senior director of science policy. As senior scientific counsel, his duties will include strategic planning and direction, delivering technical information to the membership and the general public,...

The Fiber Optics LAN Section (FOLS) of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has elected its slate of officers for 2007.(people)
April 1, 2007... The Fiber Optics LAN Section (FOLS) of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has elected its slate of officers for 2007. The roster includes: Andrew Olivieto, senior product manager, optical fiber at OFS, as section chair; Dan...

AT&T ranks first in U.S. business Ethernet services.(MARKET WATCH)
April 1, 2007... Business Ethernet port shares for the largest providers were slightly lower at year-end 2006 compared to midyear results, according to Vertical Systems Group. Leading providers encountered more competitive pressure as enterprise customer demand...

Study analyzes Carrier Ethernet over MSPP-based networks.(MARKET WATCH)
April 1, 2007... Multiservice provisioning platform (MSPP)-based SONET/SDH networks that are used to provide commercial Carrier Ethernet and residential triple-play services provide faster payback in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities than Carrier Ethernet directly over...

Optical networking market topped $3.2B in 4Q06.(MARKET WATCH)
April 1, 2007... Ovum-RHK's preliminary analysis of 4Q06 results for optical networking equipment vendors reveals a 6% increase in revenues from the previous quarter and a 10% increase over the year-ago quarter. Of the top vendors, Alcatel outdistanced the...