Lightwave articles from December 2003

Lightwave archives from December 2003

Tobacco Commission lights up Virginia's Southside region.(Applications)( Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission )
December 1, 2003... The Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission is awarding an economic development grant to build an open access, redundant, fiber-optic network with routes serving the 56 industrial parks in the Southside tobacco...

While processor vendors contract, options expand.(Technology)
December 1, 2003... As if to illustrate why the name of the Network Processors Conference West will change next year, most of the action at October's show in San Jose, CA, focused on such chips as network search engines and switch fabrics. Analysts predict that...

Supreme Court to weigh municipals' rights to provide telecom services.(Industry)(Nixon vs. Missouri Municipal League)
December 1, 2003... In the case of Nixon vs. Missouri Municipal League, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit in August 2002 overturned an existing Missouri law that barred municipalities and municipal electric utilities from providing retail or wholesale...

Verizon Communications (New York City) chose Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) as one of several providers of advanced optical technology to help evolve Verizon's next-generation SONET network.(Hotpick)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Verizon Communications (New York City) chose Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) as one of several providers of advanced optical technology to help evolve Verizon's next-generation SONET network. Under the three-year agreement, Verizon will...

Broadwing Communications.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Broadwing Communications (Austin, TX) lit approximately 1,200 additional all-optical route miles along the east coast of Florida, extending the company's nationwide all-optical core from Atlanta to Miami. This network expansion gives...

Squire Creek Communications selected passive-optical-network equipment from Alcatel (Dallas) for the build-out of the Choudrant, LA-based Squire Creek golf community's voice, video, and high-speed data communications network.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Squire Creek Communications selected passive-optical-network equipment from Alcatel (Dallas) for the build-out of the Choudrant, LA-based Squire Creek golf community's voice, video, and high-speed data communications network. Squire Creek will...

The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) selected the RG223 Residential Gateway from Allied Telesyn (Bothell, WA) as the customer premises solution in the Phase I rollout of fiber to the premises services.(North America)
December 1, 2003... The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) selected the RG223 Residential Gateway from Allied Telesyn (Bothell, WA) as the customer premises solution in the Phase I rollout of fiber to the premises services. Covering Salt...

C-COR.net (State College, PA) signed an agreement with Alloptic (Livermore, CA) giving C-COR exclusive rights to market fiber to the premises systems that incorporate Alloptic's passive-optical-network technology to cable TV multiple system operators in the United States and certain other countries as well as other selected domestic and international market segments.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... C-COR.net (State College, PA) signed an agreement with Alloptic (Livermore, CA) giving C-COR exclusive rights to market fiber to the premises systems that incorporate Alloptic's passive-optical-network technology to cable TV multiple system...

Cisco Systems (San Jose, CA) will supply the Cisco 12000 series router platform to Verizon Communications (New York City) to support the carrier's national IP virtual-private-network (VPN) offerings.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Cisco Systems (San Jose, CA) will supply the Cisco 12000 series router platform to Verizon Communications (New York City) to support the carrier's national IP virtual-private-network (VPN) offerings. The Cisco system will be part of Verizon's...

The Motorola Broadband Communications Sector (Horsham, PA) formed a strategic relationship with Movaz Networks (Norcross, GA) to provide DWDM transport and optical service delivery solutions for telecommunications and broadband cable network operators.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Motorola Broadband Communications Sector (Horsham, PA) formed a strategic relationship with Movaz Networks (Norcross, GA) to provide DWDM transport and optical service delivery solutions for telecommunications and broadband cable network...

Coriolis Networks (Boxboro, MA) reveals that D&E Communications (Ephrata, PA), a provider of integrated communications services in central and eastern Pennsylvania, is deploying Coriolis's OptiFlow Network platform as part of its Ethernet MAN solution for Lancaster General Hospital.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Coriolis Networks (Boxboro, MA) reveals that D&E Communications (Ephrata, PA), a provider of integrated communications services in central and eastern Pennsylvania, is deploying Coriolis's OptiFlow Network platform as part of its Ethernet MAN...

SBG Labs (Sunnyvale, CA) acquired all DigiLens patents and trademarks through an open bid foreclosure sale held by a syndicate of DigiLens' secured lenders.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... SBG Labs (Sunnyvale, CA) acquired all DigiLens patents and trademarks through an open bid foreclosure sale held by a syndicate of DigiLens' secured lenders. DigiLens was a developer of optical components based on electrically switchable Bragg...

Pembroke Telephone (Pembroke, GA), an independent operating company, successfully deployed FiberDirect equipment from Advanced Fibre Communications (Petaluma, CA) to support a fiber to the premises network.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Pembroke Telephone (Pembroke, GA), an independent operating company, successfully deployed FiberDirect equipment from Advanced Fibre Communications (Petaluma, CA) to support a fiber to the premises network. Implementation of a FiberDirect...

Sprint.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Sprint (Overland Park, KS) has begun routing voice and data traffic on three new fiber-optic rings throughout the San Francisco and Oakland metro areas, San Jose, and many surrounding communities throughout Silicon Valley. The three MAN rings...

OnFiber (Austin, TX), provider of metro optical services to service-provider and enterprise customers, will use equipment from fSONA Communications (Vancouver, British Columbia) to provide optical wireless options for its customers.(North America)(fSONAcommunications SONAbeam)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... OnFiber (Austin, TX), provider of metro optical services to service-provider and enterprise customers, will use equipment from fSONA Communications (Vancouver, British Columbia) to provide optical wireless options for its customers. OnFiber...

QLogic (Aliso Viejo, CA) chose the Intel (Santa Clara, CA) TXN17209 Multi-Mode XPAK optical transceiver to provide 10-Gbit/sec connectivity for the QLogic SANbox 5200.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... QLogic (Aliso Viejo, CA) chose the Intel (Santa Clara, CA) TXN17209 Multi-Mode XPAK optical transceiver to provide 10-Gbit/sec connectivity for the QLogic SANbox 5200. The SANbox 5200 stackable switch is a 20-port Fibre Channel switch that...

K2 Optronics (Sunnyvale, CA) and Fabrinet (Bangkok, Thailand) signed a strategic agreement.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... K2 Optronics (Sunnyvale, CA) and Fabrinet (Bangkok, Thailand) signed a strategic agreement whereby Fabrinet will manufacture K2's EC-48 2.5-Gbit/sec directly modulated DWDM external-cavity lasers with up to 650-km reach.

Lightcore.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... LightCore (Chesterfield, MO), a regional fiber-optic transport provider in the central United States, completed a major network expansion into Texas and Louisiana. The new fiber-optic ring connects LightCore's existing networks to major...

Emcore (Somerset, NJ) acquired Molex's 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) transceiver business, including the LX4 product.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Emcore (Somerset, NJ) acquired Molex's 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) transceiver business, including the LX4 product. The transaction includes assets, products, technology, and intellectual property related to Molex's 10-GbE transceiver...

LightRiver Technologies (Lafayette, CA), a Lucent Business Partner, won contracts to deploy Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) optical-networking systems at Telemark Networks.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... LightRiver Technologies (Lafayette, CA), a Lucent Business Partner, won contracts to deploy Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) optical-networking systems at Telemark Networks. Telemark contracted LightSpeed Technologies, LightRiver's East...

LVL7 Systems.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... LVL7 Systems (Morrisville, NC), provider of merchant intellectual property software for Layer 2, 3, and 4 enterprise, access, wireless, and metro Ethernet products, secured $15.8 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round. The funding...

Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF).(North America)
December 1, 2003... The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) ratified a new standard, MEF Technical Specification--Ethernet Services Model Phase 1. The standard provides a formal definition of Ethernet service capabilities, plus the conceptual tools to assist service...

Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF).(North America)
December 1, 2003... The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) published a TDM Fabric to Framer Interface Implementation Agreement (IA). Known as TFI-5, the IA is intended to allow framer and switch components from multiple vendors to interoperate. It defines support...

Xponent Photonics.(North America)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Xponent Photonics (Monrovia, CA) closed its Series C financing with $18 million in new capital. Investors included El Dorado Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, and Walden International. The financing will be used to fund...

FLAG Telecom Group (London), provider of international wholesale network transport and communications services, entered into an agreement and plan of amalgamation with Reliance Gateway Net Private Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Infocomm (Navi Mumbai, India), whereby Reliance Gateway will acquire 100% of the company's common shares on a fully diluted basis.(Europe)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... FLAG Telecom Group (London), provider of international wholesale network transport and communications services, entered into an agreement and plan of amalgamation with Reliance Gateway Net Private Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance...

Bookham Technology (Oxford, UK) purchased Palomar's (Vista, CA) Laser Diode Assembly Cell.(Europe)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Bookham Technology (Oxford, UK) purchased Palomar's (Vista, CA) Laser Diode Assembly Cell to complement its automated equipment resources used for precision volume manufacturing and new-product development at its facility in Paignton, South...

Transmode Systems.(Europe)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Transmode Systems (Stockholm), supplier of transmission equipment for fiber-optic networks, has closed an additional $10-million round of funding, led by Pod Holding. Existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners and European Equity Partners also...

Deutsche Telekom's systems house, T-Systems International (Bonn, Germany) selected Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) to increase the capacity of the North American element of its international network (Telekom Global Net), which connects the largest economic centers of Europe, North America, and Asia.(Europe)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Deutsche Telekom's systems house, T-Systems International (Bonn, Germany) selected Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, N J) to increase the capacity of the North American element of its international network (Telekom Global Net), which connects...

AMS Technologies (Martinsried, Germany), distributor of electronic and optoelectronic components and systems, agreed to a distribution deal with OZ Optics (Kanata, Ontario).(Europe)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... AMS Technologies (Martinsried, Germany), distributor of electronic and optoelectronic components and systems, agreed to a distribution deal with OZ Optics (Kanata, Ontario). AMS says the deal will increase the quality of its fiber-optic product...

Lantern Communications (Sunnyvale, CA) signed an agreement with Network Value Components (NVC--Kanagawa, Japan) to distribute Lantern's flagship product, the Metro Packet Switch.(Asia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Lantern Communications (Sunnyvale, CA) signed an agreement with Network Value Components (NVC--Kanagawa, Japan) to distribute Lantern's flagship product, the Metro Packet Switch. NVC is a telecom value-added reseller (VAR) that consults and...

Xtellus (Morris Plains, NJ), maker of optical modules and components for reconfigurable optical networks, and Nissho Electronics, a Japanese IT and telecommunications system integrator, announced an agreement by which Nissho will represent and distribute Xtellus's products in Japan.(Asia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Xtellus (Morris Plains, N J), maker of optical modules and components for reconfigurable optical networks, and Nissho Electronics, a Japanese IT and telecommunications system integrator, announced an agreement by which Nissho will represent and...

Koncent Communication.(Asia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Koncent Communication (Fuzhou, China), a PHOTOP company, received a U.S. patent with Pub. App. No. 20020186914 for a four-port bidirectional circulator. The patent generally applies to optical communications systems. Koncent calls the patent...

Corrigent Systems.(Asia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Corrigent Systems (San Jose, CA), provider of packet-add/drop-multiplexer (ADM) transport systems for metropolitan networks, expanded its sales operations in the Japanese market with the opening of an office in Tokyo. The expanding operations...

DenseLight Semiconductors Private Ltd.(Asia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... DenseLight Semiconductors Private Ltd. (Singapore) announced its entry into the passive-optical-network component market. Product development has concentrated on the manufacturability of integrated optical and RF bidirectional components. The...

Alloptic (Livermore, CA) delivered its GigaForce Ethernet passive-optical-network system to Bright Telecommunications (Perth, Australia) for a fiber to the home network deployed in the city's Victoria Park neighborhood.(Australia)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Alloptic (Livermore, CA) delivered its GigaForce Ethernet passive-optical-network system to Bright Telecommunications (Perth, Australia) for a fiber to the home network deployed in the city's Victoria Park neighborhood. The new system provides...

Asia Forum 2004: doing business in the world's largest market.(update)
December 1, 2003... Lightwave will again partner with the Optical Society of America (OSA) to sponsor a one-day event Sunday, Feb. 22, in Los Angeles on how to do business in Asia, which analysts say remains the world's largest market for optical-networking...

Sources of fascination.(Editorial)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2003... Now that 2003 is mercifully coming to a close, it's time to look forward to what 2004 will bring. I certainly have no claim to clairvoyance (otherwise, I'd be much wealthier than I am currently), so I don't know any more about what's going to...

Raising dispersion tolerance to increase distance.(Technology: advances in research, development, engineering, and standards`)
December 1, 2003... When service providers upgrade their metro networks to 10-Gbit/sec transmission speeds, they must overcome the chromatic dispersion (CD) limitations of SONET/SDH single-channel and DWDM systems. Once these limits are reached, optical signals...

Core routers get smarter, more modular.(Tech Trends)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2003... Beyond the enormous advancement in forwarding speed, today's core reuters are more reliable, more intelligent, and feature increased modularity over their previous incarnations--good news for carriers hoping to capitalize on the economic...

ITU-T addresses black box, black link architectures.(Standards Watch)(International Telecommunication Union)
December 1, 2003... After approving Recommendation G.694.2 for a CWDM wavelength grid (see Lightwave, May 2002, p. 32), the International Telecommunication Union's ITU-T Study Group Q.16/15 has turned its attention to developing a CWDM applications Recommendation:...

Tunable ECL source over 165 nm.(Test Equipment)(EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering IOS-2700)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The IOS-2700 tunable external-cavity laser (ECL) for optical-system and component-testing applications is housed in the IQS-500 intelligent test system. The small-form-factor laser-source module is available in three different configurations,...

High-power widely tunable DFB laser.(Test Equipment)(New Focus TLB-390X )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Combining DFB performance with mode-hope-free tenability, the TLB-390X continuous wave tunable lasers provide stable high-output powers up to 20 mW over the entire C-band of 1529-1563 nm and without using semiconductor optical amplifiers. Their...

2.5-Gbit/sec DFB LD modules.(Components)(NEC NX8563LA)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... For cable TV and metro transmission systems, the NX8563LA series 10-mW DFB laser-diode modules from NEC provide an extended -20[degrees] to +85[degrees]C temperature range as well as bandwidth exceeding 2.5 GHz under small signal modulation...

Ceterus delivers metro Ethernet over copper, fiber.(Product Profile)(Ceterus Networks Universal Transport System)
December 1, 2003... Ethernet is fast becoming the protocol of choice for metro networking, but with only about 10% of buildings connected via fiber, service providers and their customers are left with a challenging situation: How do you deliver Ethernet transport...

2.5-Gbit/sec uncooled DFB laser.(Components)(from Modulight)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Designed for SONET OC-3 to -48, SDH STM-1 to-16, Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel applications that require up to 2.5-Gbit/sec transmission, the uncooled DFB laser has very stable performance over the temperature range of...

Compact, portable singlemode polisher.(Installation)(Krell Technologies SpecPro 4L )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The enhanced compact and portable SpecPro 4L fiber-optic polisher is designed to yield singlemode performance for low-volume cable-assembly production, R&D and medical applications, and field environments. Up to four components can be...

'One-swipe' connector ferrule cleaner.(Installation)(Neptec Optical Solutions FiberSwiper)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... FiberSwiper can help reduce the high percentage of service calls and product complaints directly associated with dirty connector ferrule ends that cause link loss and high attenuation values. It removes and retains oil, dirt, and other...

'Rate-limiting' fiber media converter.(Systems)(TC Communications TC3220 )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The "rate-limiting" TC3220 10/100-Mbit/sec two-port fiber-optic Ethernet media converter enables service providers to control or limit bandwidth to its customers in increments of 64 kbits/sec. Power redundancy is standard, with options...

Optical edge multiservice platform.(Systems)(Nortel Networks Optical Multiservice Edge 6500)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 can help service providers simplify their networks by converging multiple services, architectures, and layers from new or existing networks onto a single platform for service efficiency. It can speed...

Flat response, high-power VGA.(Subsystems)(Northlight Optronics PGE60850)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... For long-haul and metro DWDM optical-networking systems that deploy optical add/drop nodes and varying link budgets, the PGE60850 variable gain amplifier (VGA) provides flat response across a wide gain range of 15 dB. It features high optical...

C-, L-band fixed, tunable dispersion compensators.(Subsystems)(TeraXion ClearSpectrum)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... ClearSpectrum provides dispersion compensation and tuning over the full C-band, low insertion loss regardless of the dispersion levels, and a very small footprint. The fiber Bragg grating-based dispersion compensators offer flexible TuneX...

Automated high-precision measuring system.(Design & Manufacturing)(from Micro-Metric)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Available with Windows 2000 capability, the FiberLine high-precision programmable optical CMM system measures critical dimensions on small parts in the manufacture of multifiber terminators, V-grooves, ferrules, optical disks, image sensors,...

MSPPs can deliver digital video over existing networks.(Focus on)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2003... Several industry trends are coming together to give service providers an opportunity to increase revenues from digital video transport services. The Federal Communications Commission has mandated an aggressive plan for TV stations to convert...

Horizontal cabling costs: fiber vs. UTP.(Case By Case)
December 1, 2003... Since the Telecommunications Industry Association Fiber Optics LAN Section (FOLS) and industry educator and trainer Pearson Technologies introduced their first cost model of fiber versus unshielded-twisted-pair (UTP) copper cabling in May 2002,...

FIS training specialist.(Ask Bruno)
December 1, 2003... Q When using a fiber optic microscope, how do I avoid exposure to infrared light that can damage my eyes? A Many microscopes that are designed for fiber optic work provide built-in protection against infrared light. Some models achieve this...

Vendors seek new markets for telecom technologies.(Focus on)(Stratos Lightwave)
December 1, 2003... Like many subsystems and components vendors, when the optical communications space dried up, Stratos Lightwave (Chicago) attempted to diversify into new markets. Today, Stratos is beginning to sell components and subsystems into the...

'04 recovery: is it for real?(Analyst Corner)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2003... When the telecommunications industry began to decline in late 2001, a prolonged downturn seemed inconceivable. The previous several years had seen amazing growth, and demand for bandwidth didn't appear to be slowing. At most, the recovery was...

Salira taps 30-year industry veteran as president/CEO.(people)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Former Nortel Networks and Qwest Communications executive Ross Bernard Lau is the new president and CEO of optical access systems provider Salira Optical Network Systems. The 30-year industry veteran, who will also serve on Salira's board of...

Optical Cable Corp.(people)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Optical Cable Corp. promoted president and chief financial officer Neil Wilkin to chairman and CEO and controller Tracy Smith to vice president and CFO. Wilkin, a lawyer and CPA, joined the company two years ago as senior vice president/CFO as...

Tropic Networks.(people)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Metro regional DWDM systems developer Tropic Networks appointed Bob Annunziata to its board of directors as non-executive chairman, assisting the senior management team with securing strategic alliances and further penetrating the cable,...

Newport Corp.(People)
December 1, 2003... Dr. Jason Eichenholz has been appointed to the newly created position of senior research market and technology manager at Newport Corp., supplier of semiconductor, communications, and electronics products and systems. Actively involved in laser...

BroadLight.(People)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Israel-based communications semiconductor and optical-transceiver startup BroadLight named Andrew M. Vought chief executive and Anthony T. Maher chairman of the board "to bolster the business, sales, and marketing activities and expand new...

Tellabs.(People)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Nadalie Bosse, vice president of North American customer services at bandwidth management provider Tellabs, where she "has built a track record of success in caring for Tellabs customers," was promoted to an executive vice president. Bosse, who...

The light side.(Industry)
December 1, 2003... "Here it is, pulse-reading--caused by chromatic dispersion, modal dispersion, and the dispersion of snacks between meals." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Calendar.(Industry)(Calendar)
December 1, 2003... December 1-5 Fiber Optics Installation & Splicing Certificate Course. In Mississauga, Canada, by Mississauga Training Consultants. Tel: 905-785-8012, e-mail: mrfiber@canada.com, Website: www.fiberoptictraining.com. 2-5 11th annual...

Lightwave communications directory.(Directory)
December 1, 2003... Manufacturing Tools kSARIA Corporation 200 Research Drive, Wilmington, MA 01887-4432 1-978-933-0000, 1-978-933-0511 fax sales@ksaria.com, www.ksaria.com kSARIA is the on demand manufacturer of custom optical fiber pigtails &...

Telecom carriers see upswing in spending.(Market Watch)(KMI Research )(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2003... Telecom-carrier responses to the "Optical Networking Equipment Survey 2003" from KMI Research (Providence) indicate that carriers plan to increase their optical-networking equipment spending in 2004 and beyond. "Across all regions and...

Continued growth for MSPPs.(Market Watch)(multiservice provisioning platforms)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2003... With their ability to add data-centric protocols to the network without disturbing ongoing high-margin voice circuits, multiservice provisioning platforms (MSPPs) will prove to be the best mode by which service providers can provision metro...

CD compensation market to net $30 million by 2005.(Market Watch)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2003... The worldwide consumption value of filter-based devices providing variable chromatic dispersion (CD) compensation for high-speed telecommunications networks (at 10 Gbits/sec or faster) will increase from just $580,000 in 1999 to an estimated...