Lightwave articles from January 2009

Lightwave archives from January 2009

Ciena Corp.(north america)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... During the recent SuperComputing'08 Conference, Ciena Corp. (www.ciena.com) and the California Institute of Technology successfully demonstrated what they claim was the industry's first true, single-wavelength transmission of a 100G data...

Sprint (www.sprint.com) says it completed a technology trial of the first alien-wavelength OC-768/STM-256 40-Gbps transatlantic IP link between New York and Lulea Sweden.(north america)
January 1, 2009... Sprint (www.sprint.com) says it completed a technology trial of the first alien-wavelength OC-768/STM-256 40-Gbps transatlantic IP link between New York and Lulea Sweden. Spanning more than 9,000 km of fiber distance, the circuit included a...

AT&T Inc.(north america)
January 1, 2009... AT&T Inc. (www.att.com) has announced an agreement with the City of Evansville and Vanderburgh County, IN, to install a fiber-based network. AT&T will upgrade the city and county's WAN from its existing copper composition to a fiber-based...

Cable operator Mediacom Communications has selected Nortel's (www.nortel.com) 40-Gbps optical technology to expand its network.(north america)
January 1, 2009... Cable operator Mediacom Communications has selected Nortel's (www.nortel.com) 40-Gbps optical technology to expand its network. The new network will run across Chicago, Des Moines, and Omaha. The Mediacom network consists of the Optical...

ADC (www.adc.com) is engaging its Professional Services team with central Minnesotabased Albany Tel to upgrade the cooperative's copper lines to a fiber network.(north america)
January 1, 2009... ADC (www.adc.com) is engaging its Professional Services team with central Minnesotabased Albany Tel to upgrade the cooperative's copper lines to a fiber network. By the end of the five-year FTTH project, Albany Tel's 3,800 subscribers will have...

France Telecom-Orange.(europe)
January 1, 2009... On November 27, 2008, France Telecom-Orange (www.orange.com) signed a memorandum of understanding toward the installation of a submarine fiber-optic cable that will provide over 20 countries within the West African coastal region with Internet...

Net Insight.(europe)
January 1, 2009... Net Insight (www.netinsight.net) has received a further order from the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to upgrade the Eurovision network. Driven by increasing traffic volumes, the EBU has decided to upgrade some of its main sites with Net...

Western Power Distribution Group company SURF Telecoms has selected Nortel's (www.nortel.com) "40G ready" Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 optical convergence platform and Common Photonic Layer line system with ROADM to add capacity on its regional optical network.(europe)
January 1, 2009... Western Power Distribution Group company SURF Telecoms has selected Nortel's (www.nortel.com) "40G ready" Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 optical convergence platform and Common Photonic Layer line system with ROADM to add capacity on its...

SELFservis, a Czech cable-TV and alternative operator, has deployed the Transmode (www.transmode.com) TM-Series in its nationwide network.(europe)
January 1, 2009... SELFservis, a Czech cable-TV and alternative operator, has deployed the Transmode (www.transmode.com) TM-Series in its nationwide network. The Czech-Bone network provides local and national transit connectivity and a range of data services to...

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. (www.huawei.com) has been selected to build China Unicom's first 40-Gbps optical transport network across five major cities (centering around Beijing) in Northern China.(HOTPICK)
January 1, 2009... Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. (www.huawei.com) has been selected to build China Unicom's first 40-Gbps optical transport network across five major cities (centering around Beijing) in Northern China. Huawei says its 40G WDM system can achieve...

Enablence Technologies Inc. (www.enablence.com) says it was selected by Dansk Bredband A/S (www.dbnet.dk), a broadband communications supplier in Denmark, to be the company's PON supplier.(europe)
January 1, 2009... Enablence Technologies Inc. (www.enablence.com) says it was selected by Dansk Bredband A/S (www.dbnet.dk), a broadband communications supplier in Denmark, to be the company's PON supplier. Dansk Bredband is planning to roll out an FTTH...

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (www.sei.co.jp) has agreed with Nexans S.A. (www.nexans.com) to collaborate on the deployment of FTTH networks in Europe.(europe)
January 1, 2009... Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (www.sei.co.jp) has agreed with Nexans S.A. (www.nexans.com) to collaborate on the deployment of FTTH networks in Europe. Sumitomo Electric has entered into a joint-venture agreement with Nexans to acquire 40%...

inexio KGaA, a service provider in southwestern Germany, has deployed DWDM technology based on ADVA Optical Networking's (www.advaoptical.com) FSP 3000 platform.(europe)
January 1, 2009... inexio KGaA, a service provider in southwestern Germany, has deployed DWDM technology based on ADVA Optical Networking's (www.advaoptical.com) FSP 3000 platform. The deployment is intended to increase the transmission capacity of inexio's...

European operator Neos Networks (www.neosnetworks.co.uk) has selected Sorrento Networks' (www.sorrentonet.com) GigaMux 3200 WDM platform.(europe)
January 1, 2009... European operator Neos Networks (www.neosnetworks.co.uk) has selected Sorrento Networks' (www.sorrentonet.com) GigaMux 3200 WDM platform to support the increasing optical bandwidth needs associated with highspeed data communications and video.

KDDI has begun commercial deployment of 2G-EPON technology says Teknovus (www.teknovus.com), which is providing its 2.5G Turbo-EPON chips and embedded software for the FTTx implementation.(asia)
January 1, 2009... KDDI has begun commercial deployment of 2G-EPON technology says Teknovus (www.teknovus.com), which is providing its 2.5G Turbo-EPON chips and embedded software for the FTTx implementation. This is the first commercial deployment of Teknovus's...

Meanwhile, Korean service provider LG Powercom has selected the Ubiquoss fiber-to-the-home/building system, also based on Teknovus's (www.teknovus.com) 2.5G Turbo-EPON chips, for deployment throughout Korea.(asia)
January 1, 2009... Meanwhile, Korean service provider LG Powercom has selected the Ubiquoss fiber-to-the-home/building system, also based on Teknovus's (www.teknovus.com) 2.5G Turbo-EPON chips, for deployment throughout Korea. Teknovus is the sole supplier of...

Green and green.(Editorial)
January 1, 2009... For fiber-optic technology suppliers, "green" initiatives such as the ones Meghan Fuller Hanna describes in her story on page 13 should elicit little more than the comment, "So what else is new?" Vendors have responded to carrier demands for...

Carriers tighten energy requirements in '09 and beyond.(Technology: Advances in research, development, engineering, and standards)
January 1, 2009... In lieu of an industry-wide standard for energy efficiency, carriers like Verizon and Qwest are now developing their own set of requirements and test metrics to ensure any new equipment they deploy lowers their overall network power...

PONs find niche in wireless backhaul.(Technology: TECH TRENDS)
January 1, 2009... Faced with escalating bandwidth needs but an average revenue per user (ARPU) that is flat or only slightly up, today's wireless operators need to achieve higher bit rates without dramatically increasing their backhaul costs. PONs certainly fit...

Avvio Networks unveils universal muxponder.(Technology: PRODUCT PROFILE)
January 1, 2009... The transition from a variety of networks, all built upon different protocols, to a converged infrastructure based in all likelihood on Ethernet promises to save carriers a lot of headaches. But until that happy day, headaches will remain a...

Ethernet aggregation switch.(SYSTEMS)
January 1, 2009... The 7300 Metro Ethernet Switching series is targeted at operators looking to build scalable networks to deliver Carrier Ethernet services for business Ethernet access, carrier infrastructure projects like DSLAM aggregation, and wireless...

Nontraditional ROADM.(SYSTEMS)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Unlike traditional ROADM systems, the CoreBridge3200 does not use a wavelength-selective switch (WSS) or wavelength blocker; instead, it relies on a conventional arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) and coupler combination to achieve ROADM...

TOSAs for 40GBase-LR4.(COMPONENTS)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... A series of new 10-Gbps transmit optical subassemblies (TOSAs) operate on the ITU-T CWDM grid at 1271, 1291, 1311, and 1331 nm and meet the emerging 40-Gigabit Ethernet requirements for 40GBase-LR4, as standardized by the IEEE 802.3ba Task...

Quad 10-Gbps CDR.(COMPONENTS)(GN2406 clock and data recovery )(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The GN2406 quad 10-Gbps clock and data recovery (CDR) device is aimed at optical modules, backplanes, line cards, and active copper cable assemblies. Used to restore and clean digital signals at extremely high data rates, the new CDR provides a...

Edge router for video.(Technology: products)
January 1, 2009... Targeting the service provider network edge, the Aggregation Services Router 9000 Series (ASR 9000) is designed to deliver massive scale, non-stop video experience, and a reduced carbon footprint. The series will include 10- and 6-slot versions...

Single-fiber bidirectional SFP+.(COMPONENTS)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Combining low-cost bidirectional optics packaging with high-speed optical device technology, this new fully SFF-8431 compliant SFP+ module transmits and receives on a single fiber, improving the efficiency of telecommunication networks by...

40-Gbps active optical cable.(COMPONENTS)
January 1, 2009... Quadwire is a parallel active optical cable that provides a 40-Gbps aggregate link via four 10-Gbps full-duplex channels. Based on the industry-standard QSFP form factor, the cable uses fiberoptic technology to transmit parallel high-speed data...

Rack-mount enclosures.(INSTALLATION)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The OPTICOM FRME-U fiber rack-mount enclosures provide a flexible system for managing fiber terminations, connections, and patching in all types of telecommunications room and work area applications. They combine simple installation and high...

CLAS storage bracket.(INSTALLATION)(FIBERLIGN Center-Lock Aerial Slack)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The FIBERLIGN Center-Lock Aerial Slack (CLAS) storage bracket for in-span cable storage features a "Center-Lock Hinge" that allows the bracket halves to swing open, rest onto the main cable, and close into storage position (a butterfly motion),...

40G/43G tester for lab settings.(TEST)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The STT 40G is a 40/43-Gbps test system designed to verify the performance of new, high-bandwidth SONET/SDH and OTN networks and is the newest member of the company's existing STT product family. A multipurpose tester, the STT 40G enables users...

Clouds on the horizon.(Applications: Innovative component, subsystem, system, and network design examples and alternatives)(cloud computing )
January 1, 2009... There is a growing trend toward the use of cloud computing environments for application and data access and storage. From consumers moving from a desktop office suite to Google Apps, or companies using Salesforce.com, this IT shift has...

ZConsultant: PON best bet for MSOs.(Applications: CASE BY CASE)
January 1, 2009... It's not only increasingly difficult to tell cable companies and their telco competitors apart by their broadband service offerings, but even the infrastructures by which these services reach customers have begun to converge. Service providers...

FT: Free holding up FTTH mutualization.(FTTX Resource Center)
January 1, 2009... France Telecom (www.francetelecom.com) has accused one of its competitors, Free, of delaying FTTH deployments in France by not cooperating in tests designed to promote shared access to potential customers. French telecommunications and...

Alphion receives GPON certification in India.(FTTX Resource Center)
January 1, 2009... Alphion Corp. (www.alphion.com) says it has received the Technical Specification Evaluation Certificate (TSEC) for its GPON access equipment. TSEC is a certification process carried out by the quality assurance organization of Indian carrier...

Swisscom touts 'fibre suisse' project.(FTTX Resource Center)
January 1, 2009... Swisscom says it is beginning the next stage of its fiber-optic broadband network build out. Fiber-optic cables have already been laid to neighborhoods and to large companies, and residential customers and SMEs are next in line. Work has...

Glimmerglass adds SNMP to its optical switches.(TEST & MEASUREMENT Resource Center)
January 1, 2009... Glimmerglass (www.glimmerglass.com) has announced the availability of SNMP trap reporting in all of its photonic switching products. With this announcement, Glimmerglass says it enables carriers and operators to integrate photonic crossconnects...

Shenick delivers TWAMP for per-flow, real-time measurement.(TEST & MEASUREMENT Resource Center)(Shenick Network Systems )(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Shenick Network Systems (www.shenick.com) touts itself as the first and only vendor to offer complete two-way active measurement protocol (TWAMP) measurement and testing capability as standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)...

EXFO expands Ethernet capabilities of Power Blazer modules.(TEST & MEASUREMENT Resource Center)
January 1, 2009... EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. (www.exfo.com) has added multi-stream test support to the FTB-8120NGE, FTB-8130NGE, IQS-8120NGE, and IQS-8130NGE Power Blazer multi-service test modules. The modules offer multi-service capabilities with...

Infonetics: MPLS-TP yes, PBB-TE not so much.(OPTICAL EQUIPMENT Design Center)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Analyst firm Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) conducted a survey to see whether service providers plan to use PBB-TE or MPLS-TP, both, or alternative transport protocols as they build more packet-oriented networks. According to the...

OIF issues ITLA update.(OPTICAL EQUIPMENT Design Center)(Optical Internetworking Forum )(Integrable Tunable Laser Assembly )(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF; www.oiforum.com) has released Integrable Tunable Laser Assembly Multi-Source Agreement (ITLA-MSA) version 01.2. The group also created a next-generation tunable laser agreement, the Integrable Tunable...

WDM-PON faces battle for acceptance.(Industry: Opportunities, market intelligence, and forecasts to improve your bottom line)(Conference news)
January 1, 2009... The talk at Optical Access '08, Lightwave's e-conference held December 4, focused squarely on the next generation of fiber to the home (FTTH) and building (FTTB) infrastructure. Not surprisingly, speakers discussed 10-Gbps PON enthusiastically....

European FTTx regulatory uncertainty may be clearing.(Industry: STRATEGY AND ANALYSIS)
January 1, 2009... Efforts by the European Commission (EC) to put in place a new telecommunications framework that focuses on broadband fiber access technologies have raised optimism at the FTTH Council Europe, whose members say clear, coherent regulation is...

POTS, 40G big for non-incumbent vendors.(MARKET WATCH)(packet optical transport systems )(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... A new Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) study of incumbent and competitive service providers in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific shows that 86% expect their packet optical transport systems (POTS) to save them operational...

40/100G networks to mix Ethernet, InfiniBand, SONET.(MARKET WATCH)
January 1, 2009... Ethernet will not dominate multi-gigabit networks to the extent it has dominated sub-gigabit networks, says a new report from Freesky Research (www.freeskyresearch.com), 40 and 100 Gigabit Networks: Technologies, Markets, Applications. As...

PON revenue reaches record high.(MARKET WATCH)
January 1, 2009... PON revenue, including both optical line terminals (OLTs) and optical networking terminals (ONTs), reached its second consecutive record high in third-quarter 2008, growing 16% sequentially and 64% over the yearago period, reveals a new report...