Lightwave articles from August 2006

Lightwave archives from August 2006

Pluggable DWDM transceivers lower metro costs, increase density.(TECHNOLOGY)(Dense wavelength division multiplexing)
August 1, 2006... Metropolitan networks are the fastest growing segment for DWDM technology. In its annual WAN optical components report issued in January 2006, Ovum-RHK forecasts 14% category growth for metro DWDM optical components from 2004 to 2010. This...

Industry mulls over WDM-PON technology.(INDUSTRY)(Wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network)
August 1, 2006... WDM-PON has been positioned as a possible successor to EPON/GPON FTTH implementations. Though technically feasible, it is still considered too expensive for widespread residential deployment. Some wonder if, at least in the near term, the...

New Carrier Ethernet approach optimizes infrastructure for service requirements.(APPLICATIONS)
August 1, 2006... The explosive growth of IP in residential triple-play, mobile/ wireless, and business data applications has triggered a global networking migration to Carrier Ethernet transport infrastructures. As part of this movement, network operators find...

Verizon (www.verizon.com) has selected the Tellabs (www.tellabs.com) 7100 optical transport system for deployment in the backbone of its metro networks.(HOT PICK)(Verizon Communications Inc.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Verizon (www.verizon.com) has selected the Tellabs (www.tellabs.com) 7100 optical transport system for deployment in the backbone of its metro networks. Initially Verizon will deploy the Tellabs 7100 system to provide enhanced reliability and...

NanoOpto Corp.(north america)(closed Series D-round venture financing)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... NanoOpto Corp. (www.nanoopto.com), which uses its design and nanofabrication skills to produce optical components, has announced the initial closing of $5 million of its Series D-round venture financing. The funding by the full team of...

Telco Systems (www.telco.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications, has agreed to acquire Metrobility Optical Systems.(north america)
August 1, 2006... Telco Systems (www.telco.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications, has agreed to acquire Metrobility Optical Systems. The acquisition will integrate Metrobility's intelligent Ethernet service demarcation devices with...

AT&T Inc.(north america)(signed contract with General Growth Properties Inc.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... AT&T Inc. (www.att.com) has announced an agreement with General Growth Properties to build an FTTP network to deliver the AT&T U-verse suite of services--which includes integrated digital TV, high-speed Internet, and voice services--to the...

Alloptic Inc.(north america)
August 1, 2006... Arcapita Ventures, the venture capital arm of Arcapita Bank BSC, has committed to an $8 million equity investment in GEPON vendor Alloptic Inc. (www.alloptic.com). As part of the financing, John Huntz and Tom Hawkins of Arcapita Ventures have...

Scintera Inc.(north america)(closed its Series C financing and appointed Elton B. Sherwin, Scott Gibson and Alan E. "Lanny" Ross)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Scintera Inc. (www.scintera.com), a developer of electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) technology, has closed its Series C financing and added three new executives. The Series C funding netted $12 million. New investor Ridgewood Capital led...

CoreOptics.(north america)(closed its $28 million round of financing )(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... CoreOptics (www.coreoptics.com), designer and manufacturer of 10- and 40-Gbit/sec optical networking subsystems, has closed a $28 million round of financing from new and existing investors, bringing the company's total funding to over $68...

LightSand Communications Inc. (www.lightsand.com), a SAN connectivity equipment company, and OpVista Inc. (www.opvista.com), which provides intelligent optical network equipment, have announced an agreement to provide joint offerings.(north america)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... LightSand Communications Inc. (www.lightsand.com), a SAN connectivity equipment company, and OpVista Inc. (www.opvista.com), which provides intelligent optical network equipment, have announced an agreement to provide joint offerings. OpVista...

Allen's TV Cable Service Inc. (ATVC; www.atvc.net), a regional cable operator serving south central Louisiana, deployed Ciena Corp.'s (www.ciena.com) CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform to fortify its services infrastructure that was threatened by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.(north america)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Allen's TV Cable Service Inc. (ATVC; www.atvc.net), a regional cable operator serving south central Louisiana, deployed Ciena Corp.'s (www.ciena.com) CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform to fortify its services infrastructure that was...

Optical systems vendor Meriton Networks (www.meriton.com) has announced a pair of new customers for its 6400 Optical Transport Platform (OTP).(north america)(Telepak Networks Inc. and Buckeye TeleSystem )(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Optical systems vendor Meriton Networks (www.meriton.com) has announced a pair of new customers for its 6400 Optical Transport Platform (OTP). One is with Telepak Networks Inc. (www.telepaknetworks.com), a provider of voice, video, and data...

Qwest Communications International.(north america)(signed contract with U.S. Bancorp.)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Qwest Communications International (www.qwest.com) has signed a five-year, multimillion dollar deal with U.S. Bancorp for Qwest Qwave, an optical wave-length private-line product that uses DWDM technology at speeds up to 10 Gbits/sec. U.S....

NeoPhotonics (www.neophotonics.com) has acquired LightConnect Inc. and OpTun Inc.(north america)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... NeoPhotonics (www.neophotonics.com) has acquired LightConnect Inc. and OpTun Inc. LightConnect manufactured MEMS-based components and modules for optical communications, with products including variable optical attenuators (VOAs), blockers,...

Lightspeed Networks.(north america)
August 1, 2006... The City of Klamath Falls, OR, has approved Lightspeed Networks' (www.lsnetworks.net) franchise ordinance, allowing the carrier to expand its fiber network reach in another southern Oregon city.

Pannaway Technologies.(north america)
August 1, 2006... Pannaway Technologies (www.pannaway.com) has announced that Warwick Valley Telephone Co. has selected and deployed its Service Convergence Network (SCN) IP access platform for the delivery of next-generation triple-play services to residential...

Tularosa Basin Telephone Co. Inc. (TBTC; www.tbtc.net) has selected the BLC 6000 System from Occam Networks Inc. (www.occamnetworks.com) to upgrade its outside plant facilities with fiber to the premises (FTTP) and fiber to the node (FTTN).(north america)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Tularosa Basin Telephone Co. Inc. (TBTC; www.tbtc.net) has selected the BLC 6000 System from Occam Networks Inc. (www.occamnetworks.com) to upgrade its outside plant facilities with fiber to the premises (FTTP) and fiber to the node (FTTN). The...

Optovia Corp. (www.optovia.com) has inked an OEM agreement with ADVA Optical Networking (www.advaoptical.com).(north america)
August 1, 2006... Optovia Corp. (www.optovia.com) has inked an OEM agreement with ADVA Optical Networking (www.advaoptical.com). Under the agreement, ADVA will expand the reach of its Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 3000 scalable optical transport offering by...

FASTWEB SpA (www.fastweb.it) has deployed the Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 2000 and FSP 3000 from ADVA Optical Networking (www.advaoptical.com) in its network.(europe)
August 1, 2006... FASTWEB SpA (www.fastweb.it) has deployed the Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 2000 and FSP 3000 from ADVA Optical Networking (www.advaoptical.com) in its network. FASTWEB offers a range of services--including triple-play offerings--over a...

Nokia (www.nokia.com) and Siemens (www.siemens.com) intend to merge the Networks Business Group of Nokia and the carrier-related operations of Siemens into a new company, to be called Nokia Siemens Networks.(europe)
August 1, 2006... Nokia (www.nokia.com) and Siemens (www.siemens.com) intend to merge the Networks Business Group of Nokia and the carrier-related operations of Siemens into a new company, to be called Nokia Siemens Networks. The two companies expect the...

Swedish communications equipment provider Fiberdata AB (www.fiberdata.se) has announced that its subsidiary, Fiberdata Integration AB, has received a new order for a high-speed broadband system based on GPON technology.(europe)(Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Swedish communications equipment provider Fiberdata AB (www.fiberdata.se) has announced that its subsidiary, Fiberdata Integration AB, has received a new order for a high-speed broadband system based on GPON technology. The new order, awarded...

Alcatel (www.alcatel.com) has signed a contract with Maroc Telecom (www.iam.ma), a telecommunications operator in Morocco, for a submarine cable network linking Morocco and France.(europe)
August 1, 2006... Alcatel (www.alcatel.com) has signed a contract with Maroc Telecom (www.iam.ma), a telecommunications operator in Morocco, for a submarine cable network linking Morocco and France. The project, dubbed Atlas Offshore, is valued at 26 million...

Tyco Telecommunications (www.tycotelecom.com), a business unit of Tyco Electronics, has been selected by TransTelecom Co. (TTC), a Russian backbone operator, as the sole provider of the first undersea communications system connecting the Sakhalin Islands to TTC's digital mainland backbone.(europe)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Tyco Telecommunications (www.tycotelecom.com), a business unit of Tyco Electronics, has been selected by TransTelecom Co. (TTC), a Russian backbone operator, as the sole provider of the first undersea communications system connecting the...

Siemens Communications Group (www.siemens.com/communications) has won a contract from TeliaSonera (www.teliasonera.com) to build a universal DWDM transport backbone for the complete TeliaSonera group.(europe)
August 1, 2006... Siemens Communications Group (www.siemens.com/communications) has won a contract from TeliaSonera (www.teliasonera.com) to build a universal DWDM transport backbone for the complete TeliaSonera group. Based on Siemens' Surpass Transparent...

Spirent Communications.(europe)(restructure)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... To reduce costs, Spirent Communications (www.spirent.com) will restructure its communications businesses. Over the next year, the company will "manage significant product transitions" within its Performance Analysis Broadband Division, as sales...

Net Insight (www.netinsight.net) has received a first order from Norkring for delivery of equipment to the Norwegian digital terrestrial TV network.(europe)
August 1, 2006... Net Insight (www.netinsight.net) has received a first order from Norkring for delivery of equipment to the Norwegian digital terrestrial TV network. The order has a value of approximately 20 million SEK (approximately US$2.8 million), and...

Anritsu.(asia)(established a new service assurance division)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Anritsu (www.anritsu.com) has announced the strengthening of its service assurance operations with the establishment of a new Service Assurance Division. This group will operate under the Anritsu A/S company (formerly NetTest). Using existing...

PMC-Sierra Inc. (www.pmc-sierra.com) and Dasan Networks Inc. (www.dasannetworks.com), a Korean supplier of broadband access equipment, have announced that PMC-Sierra's EPON FTTH semiconductors are designed into Dasan's FTTH equipment.(asia)
August 1, 2006... PMC-Sierra Inc. (www.pmc-sierra.com) and Dasan Networks Inc. (www.dasannetworks.com), a Korean supplier of broadband access equipment, have announced that PMC-Sierra's EPON FTTH semiconductors are designed into Dasan's FTTH equipment. Korea...

China Telecom has selected Cisco Systems' (www.cisco.com) IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture as the foundation of its 2006 ChinaNet network expansion and has named Cisco as the primary equipment provider for the project.(asia)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... China Telecom has selected Cisco Systems' (www.cisco.com) IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture as the foundation of its 2006 ChinaNet network expansion and has named Cisco as the primary equipment provider for the project. Cisco...

Tata Group has selected Alcatel (www.alcatel.com) to supply equipment to expand its existing optical multiservice network.(asia)(Compagnie Financiere Alcatel)(Brief article)
August 1, 2006... Tata Group has selected Alcatel (www.alcatel.com) to supply equipment to expand its existing optical multiservice network. The $20 million project will enable Tata to enhance the roll out of CDMA mobile services, as well as support new...

Dreamline Co. Ltd., a cellular and broadband service provider in South Korea, has selected optical systems from ECI Telecom (www.ecitele.com) for the upgrade and expansion of its nationwide network to support next-generation services.(asia)
August 1, 2006... Dreamline Co. Ltd., a cellular and broad-band service provider in South Korea, has selected optical systems from ECI Telecom (www.ecitele.com) for the upgrade and expansion of its nationwide network to support next-generation services. ECl will...

Asia Netcom (www.asianetcom.com) has signed an agreement with NEC (www.nec.jp.co) to double the capacity on the southern segment of its PanAsian submarine cable system, EAC.(asia)
August 1, 2006... Asia Netcom (www.asianetcom.com) has signed an agreement with NEC (www.nec.jp.co) to double the capacity on the southern segment of its PanAsian submarine cable system, EAC. The upgrade on the EAC2 ring of the system, which spans Hong Kong,...

A good idea at the time.(optical communications enterprises future)(Editorial)
August 1, 2006... We've all been in a situation where someone's seemingly plausible plan (frequently, our own) has gone awry so completely that we're at a loss to explain what happened, or even why the plan was enacted at all. "It seemed a good idea at the time"...

Correction.(Correction notice)
August 1, 2006... In the article "Cost Drives ROADM Component Selection" that appeared on the front page of our July 2006 issue, we incorrectly identified Capella Photonics' WSS technology as liquid crystal; it is, in fact, MEMS based. We regret any confusion we...

Colorless optics drives metro growth.(Technology: Advances in research, development, engineering, and standards)(Tunable lasers for network design)
August 1, 2006... Tunable lasers have long been seen as a highly desirable way to simplify network design and inventory management. However, it is only over the last year or so that developers have achieved full-band tunability with performance equivalent to...

Infinera's PICs generating interest among carriers, vendors alike.(TECH TRENDS)(photonic integrated circuit)
August 1, 2006... The electronics industry has reaped the benefits of integration since the advent of the integrated circuit in 1958. The photonics industry, by contrast, had been slow to follow until Silicon Valley startup Infinera (www.infinera.com) burst on...

Cenelec publishes book on FTTX infrastructure.(STANDARDS WATCH)(European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization)(fiber to the home)
August 1, 2006... An introductory handbook on FTTX (fiber to the whatever) infrastructure is being prepared by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec)/TC86A. The goal is to have it published later this year. The purpose of the...

Dry cloth fiber cleaner.(INSTALLATION)
August 1, 2006... A dry cloth cleaning tool, specifically designed to clean oil and debris on single-mode APC outdoor hardened connectors, was co-developed with NTT-AT technology and is an extension of the Optipop Reel Cleaner product line. The Optipop FTTH...

FTTX and broadband network interface device.(INSTALLATION)
August 1, 2006... The OptiWay Premier Network Interface Device (NID) features an all-plastic enclosure designed to house electronic circuits for the growing FTTX and broadband access markets. The UL-listed NID can both replace and supplement existing fiber or...

ImmenStar intros dual-mode EPON/GPON chipset.(gigabit passive optical network)(ethernet passive optical network)
August 1, 2006... ImmenStar (www.immenstar.com) emerged from stealth mode on May 31, 2006, with what it claimed was the industry's first fully integrated, high-density EPON switch chipset. Eight customers and a multimillion dollar purchase order later, the...

Fiber connectivity system.(INSTALLATION)
August 1, 2006... The Plug and Go fiber system is comprised of a small-form-factor, MPO backplane connection and SC or LC front-panel connectivity for quick configuration to any installation environment. The fiber system is configured with six SC or LC duplex...

Fiber laser module for simulation software.(DESIGN & MANUFACTURING)
August 1, 2006... A new module for RSoft's OptSim optical communication simulation platform incorporates fiber laser and amplifier subsystems designed with Liekki Application Designer (LAD) into OptSim's system environment. Users will benefit from the add-on...

Two-part, low-viscosity epoxy.
August 1, 2006... Master Bond Polymer System EP37-3FLSP is an optically clear, flexible, low-viscosity, two-part epoxy system for large-volume castings. It features a long working life, low exotherm during cure, low shrinkage, and high dimensional stability. The...

Enhanced multimode fibers.
August 1, 2006... Improved optical and geometric specifications for multimode fiber are intended to provide extra power "headroom" for demanding 1-Gbit/sec and 10-Gbit/sec premises applications, allowing for greater network design flexibility and reliability....

10Gbase-LX4 laser diodes.
August 1, 2006... Utilizing a photon-bandgap technology platform, the "LDM" product series provides 10-Gbit Ethernet LX4 equipment manufacturers with single-wavelength lasers priced lower than a conventional DFB product. The LDM product set meets all...

SONET/SDH transport processor cores.
August 1, 2006... Transport processor cores are available for 0C-3 (XCS3F), OC-12 (XCS12F), OC-48 (XCS48F), OC-192 (XCS192F), and 0C-768 (XCS768F) data rates. The SONET/ SDH transport processor cores perform section and line over-head processing, align incoming...

Component for optical devices.(COMPONENTS)
August 1, 2006... The VTXP-24 is an integral component of TranSwitch's solution for next-generation multiservice provisioning platforms (MSPPs), packet add/drop multiplexing (ADM), and SONET/SDH optical edge devices. The device supports the Any Service, Any Port...

IP and optical transport integration improves.
August 1, 2006... Imagine if, instead of building a network of paved interstate highways to support the advent of automobiles, we had tried to adapt the existing railway system for cars. Sounds crazy, right? However, operators of today's global...

Banking on optical networking.
August 1, 2006... Optical networks used to be the sole domain of the telecommunications carrier community. However, dramatic changes are underway, and each year, enterprises represent a larger percentage of the overall optical networking market. According to...

Tool makers stay flexible.(Industry: Opportunities, market intelligence, and forecasts to improve your bottom line)
August 1, 2006... In the electronics arena, engineers consider electronic design automation (EDA) tools indispensable for chip design. Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, and other companies have developed into large, high-profile enterprises, and the Design...

Does consolidation mean the end of innovation?(telecom industry)
August 1, 2006... The recent flurry of merger announcements has led some pundits to proclaim that the telecom industry is transforming back into its old Ma Bell structure. And on the surface, it's easy to see why. Within 12 months, Bell Atlantic, NYNEX, GTE,...