Lightwave articles from July 2008

Lightwave archives from July 2008

Comparing bend-insensitive singlemode fibers.(Focus on: TECHNOLOGY)
July 1, 2008... As a result of the growing interest in FTTH architectures by more service providers, new bend-insensitive fibers are enjoying increased notoriety. Many new products have entered the market under a variety of names and performance levels. With...

Despite economics, WDM-PON remains in the mix.(Focus on: INDUSTRY)
July 1, 2008... In its recent "PON and FTTH Subscribers" report, Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) noted that while GPON represents the most immediate growth opportunity, annual port shipments for the emerging WDM-PON segment are expected to grow at a...

Next-generation PON options promise greater bandwidth.(Focus on: APPLICATIONS)
July 1, 2008... PONs have enjoyed widespread success for access applications for the last decade. This has been especially true over the last few years as the technology has advanced from ATM PON (APON) to broadband PON (BPON) to the two standardized flavors...

Infinera (www.infinera.com) has won an RFQ at Deutsche Telekom for its pan-European network.(HOTPICK)
July 1, 2008... Infinera (www.infinera.com) has won an RFQ at Deutsche Telekom for its pan-European network. DT will deploy the Infinera system to take advantage of the Digital Optical Networks architecture for its improved scalability, flexibility, and speed...

Verizon Telecom has selected Nortel (www.nortel.com) to provide a new generation of switching equipment to help Verizon expand its metro Ethernet backbone.(north america)
July 1, 2008... Verizon Telecom has selected Nortel (www.nortel.com) to provide a new generation of switching equipment to help Verizon expand its metro Ethernet backbone. The technology Verizon has chosen is the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch (MERS 8600). This...

Tellabs (www.tellabs.com) has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. (http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.(north america)
July 1, 2008... Tellabs (www.tellabs.com) has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. (http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Tellabs says it...

Turin Networks Inc. (www.turinnetworks.com) says that GCI (www.gci.com) of Alaska has deployed the Traverse Multiservice Transport Switch to launch flexible new business Ethernet service offerings for its customers. GCI, a Turin customer since 2003, first installed Turin's Traverse platform to light a redundant, approximately 1,700-mi transoceanic OC-192/10G network connecting Anchorage and Seattle.(north america)
July 1, 2008... Turin Networks Inc. (www.turinnetworks.com) says that GCI (www.gci.com) of Alaska has deployed the Traverse Multiservice Transport Switch to launch flexible new business Ethernet service offerings for its customers. GCI, a Turin customer since...

Ciena Corp. (www.ciena.com) says that Los Angeles-based network service provider Mzima Networks (www.mzima.net) has implemented Ciena's CN 5060 multiservice Carrier Ethernet platform across its North American and European networks.(north america)
July 1, 2008... Ciena Corp. (www.ciena.com) says that Los Angeles-based network service provider Mzima Networks (www.mzima.net) has implemented Ciena's CN 5060 multiservice Carrier Ethernet platform across its North American and European networks. A key piece...

Infinera (www.infinera.com) says it has completed a high-bandwidth, regional optical network in California for SAVVIS Inc., a provider of IT infrastructure services for business applications, which will augment its Application Transport Network (ATN) in California.(north america)
July 1, 2008... Infinera (www.infinera.com) says it has completed a high-bandwidth, regional optical network in California for SAVVIS Inc., a provider of IT infrastructure services for business applications, which will augment its Application Transport Network...

Optical Cable Corp. (www.occfiber.com) has acquired Superior Modular Products Inc. (doing business as SMP Data Communications; www.smpdata.com), a supplier of fiber-optic and copper connectivity products for the data communications industry.(north america)
July 1, 2008... Optical Cable Corp. (www.occfiber.com) has acquired Superior Modular Products Inc. (doing business as SMP Data Communications; www.smp data.com), a supplier of fiber-optic and copper connectivity products for the data communications industry....

Zayo Group.(north america)(Northwest Telephone Inc.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... Zayo Group (www.zayo.com), regional provider of bandwidth and telecom services, has closed its acquisition of Northwest Telephone Inc. (NTI), a privately owned competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and inter-exchange carrier (IXC) currently...

Iamba Networks (www.iamba.com) and Wintegra Inc. (www.wintegra.com), provider of silicon and software for broadband access aggregation equipment, have announced collaboration on the development of a GPON offering for multiple dwelling units (MDUs).(north america)
July 1, 2008... Iamba Networks (www.iamba.com) and Wintegra Inc. (www.wintegra.com), provider of silicon and software for broadband access aggregation equipment, have announced collaboration on the development of a GPON offering for multiple dwelling units...

Verizon Business.(HOTPICK)
July 1, 2008... Verizon Business (www.verizonbusiness.com) is expanding its ultralong-haul (ULH) network to enhance communication services for companies doing business in the Asia-Pacific region. The company will deploy 155 km (96.3 miles) of ULH network...

Matanuska Telephone Association (MTA) has named Clearfield Inc. (www.clearfieldconnection.com) its exclusive provider of outside plant fiber-optic cabinets for a large FTTH deployment in south central Alaska.(north america)
July 1, 2008... Matanuska Telephone Association (MTA) has named Clearfield Inc. (www.clearfieldconnection.com) its exclusive provider of outside plant fiber-optic cabinets for a large FTTH deployment in south central Alaska. The 2008 FTTH deployment, which is...

Provo City Council has approved the sale of the iProvo fiber-optic network to Broadweave Networks (www.broadweave.com), creating the largest private municipal network in the U.S.(north america)
July 1, 2008... Provo City Council has approved the sale of the iProvo fiber-optic network to Broadweave Networks (www.broadweave.com), creating the largest private municipal network in the U.S. The acquisition officially closed on June 30, 2008 with...

BroadLight.(north america)
July 1, 2008... BroadLight (www.broadlight.com), supplier of GPON semiconductors and software, has received a U.S. patent, number 7,356,058, which enables the implementation of a burst-mode laser driver for PON applications in a standard CMOS silicon process....

ADVA Optical Networking.(emea)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... ADVA Optical Networking (www.advaoptical.com) is heading a group of university and enterprise partners in developing standards-based, carrier-class metro Ethernet transport networks that cost-effectively deliver data transport speeds of 100...

Alcatel-Lucent (www.alactel-lucent.com) has been chosen by BT (www.bt.com) to supply its IP service router in an expanded role within BT's 21CN all-IP national roll-out.(emea)
July 1, 2008... Alcatel-Lucent (www.alactel-lucent.com) has been chosen by BT (www.bt.com) to supply its IP service router in an expanded role within BT's 21CN all-IP national roll-out. Alcatel-Lucent is a preferred supplier to the 21CN project with the 7750...

Cube Optics AG.(emea)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... Cube Optics AG (www.cubeoptics.com) has completed a strategic financing round that will enable it to commercially exploit its next-generation of optical networking products. Existing shareholders The Carlyle Group, Sevin Rosen Funds, Star...

Paris-based Neo Telecoms says it has improved its connectivity, quality of service, and international growth potential by installing WDM network equipment from Transmode (www.transmode.com), provider of optical networking equipment.(emea)
July 1, 2008... Paris-based Neo Telecoms says it has improved its connectivity, quality of service, and international growth potential by installing WDM network equipment from Transmode (www.transmode.com), provider of optical networking equipment. Neo says it...

Nokia Siemens Networks (www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com) has reached an agreement to sell its Open Transport Network (OTN) assets to GIMV, a Belgian investment company specializing in private equity and venture capital.(emea)
July 1, 2008... Nokia Siemens Networks (www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com) has reached an agreement to sell its Open Transport Network (OTN) assets to GIMV, a Belgian investment company specializing in private equity and venture capital. OTN--not to be confused...

Photline Technologies (www.photline.com), a supplier of optical modulation technology, says it has merged with the French startup AdLightec (www.adlightec.com), a supplier of high-speed electronic modules.(emea)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... Photline Technologies (www.photline.com), a supplier of optical modulation technology, says it has merged with the French startup AdLightec (www.adlightec.com), a supplier of high-speed electronic modules. The new company will benefit from an...

Bulgarian telecommunications operator Neterra Ltd. is launching an advanced fiber-optic transport network based on equipment from Nokia Siemens Networks to support the growing national and international data traffic requirements of its corporate customers.(emea)
July 1, 2008... Bulgarian telecommunications operator Neterra Ltd. is launching an advanced fiber-optic transport network based on equipment from Nokia Siemens Networks to support the growing national and international data traffic requirements of its...

Alcatel-Lucent has signed a US$1 billion framework agreement for 2008 with China Mobile to provide mobile communication equipment and services.(asia)
July 1, 2008... Alcatel-Lucent has signed a US$1 billion framework agreement for 2008 with China Mobile to provide mobile communication equipment and services. The agreement was secured through AlcatelLucent's flagship company in China, Alcatel Shanghai Bell....

3S Photonics (former Alcatel Optronics and subsidiary of the Alcatel Group; www.3sphotonics.com), a manufacturer of laser chips, optical discrete modules, and components for telecom networks, has concluded a cash investment in Co-set, a packaging specialty company in Korea, and Development Collaboration Agreement between the two companies.(asia)
July 1, 2008... 3S Photonics (former Alcatel Optronics and subsidiary of the Alcatel Group; www.3sphotonics.com), a manufacturer of laser chips, optical discrete modules, and components for telecom networks, has concluded a cash investment in Coset, a...

China Telecom (www.ctamericas.com), Asia's largest fixed-line telecommunications company, working with four other TPE Consortium team members, says it will complete the project in the third quarter of this year.(asia)
July 1, 2008... China Telecom (www.ctamericas.com), Asia's largest fixed-line telecommunications company, working with four other TPE Consortium team members, says it will complete the project in the third quarter of this year. China Telecom Americas, the...

Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (www.vitesse.com) says that CyberTAN, a Taiwanese ODM of broadband networking equipment, is using Vitesse's G-RocX Gigabit Router SoC in a productionlevel EPON FTTH residential gateway.(asia)
July 1, 2008... Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (www.vitesse.com) says that CyberTAN, a Taiwanese ODM of broadband networking equipment, is using Vitesse's G-RocX Gigabit Router SoC in a productionlevel EPON FTTH residential gateway. The SoC integrates a CPU with...

Taiwanese-based XAVi Technologies Corp. (www.xavi.com.tw) has selected the BL2348 Residential Gateway (RG) SoC from BroadLight for its new line of customer premises equipment (CPE) devices.(asia)
July 1, 2008... Taiwanese-based XAVi Technologies Corp. (www.xavi.com.tw) has selected the BL2348 Residential Gateway (RG) SoC from BroadLight for its new line of customer premises equipment (CPE) devices. XAVi says the combination of the modem and home router...

It's never too early?(Editorial)
July 1, 2008... Last month's NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas reminded me of one of the optical communications industry's salient attributes: It's never too early to tout a technology or product. I'm not talking here about our space's well-earned reputation for...

Dynamic bandwidth allocation sets GPONs apart.(focus on: Technology: Advances in research, development, engineering, and standards)
July 1, 2008... PON technology has seen increasing deployment in the broadband access network as a premier approach for delivery of high bandwidth to consumers and businesses in all geographic regions. It provides a low cost of deployment, a low cost of...

100G directions begin to emerge.(TECH TRENDS)
July 1, 2008... Like the prototype "cars of tomorrow" that always draw a crowd at the major auto shows, demonstrations of 100-Gbit/ sec technology have proven a popular feature at communications trade shows this year. Prototypes on display at OFC/ NFOEC this...

Network managing software.(SUBSYSTEMS)
July 1, 2008... Fiber Manager is sold as an extension to the ArcFM Solution, which allows users to manage and maintain facility network data in an ESRI ArcGIS environment. The program allows editors to quickly and intuitively create, connect, and manage...

Reconfigurable wavelength blocker.(SUBSYSTEMS)
July 1, 2008... The wavelength blocker is designed for optical add/drop multiplexing (OADM) applications in next-generation optical communication networks. The internal optical block has no moving parts and the package is based on a hermetic sealing structure...

Zeugma Systems debuts service delivery router.(PRODUCT PROFILE)
July 1, 2008... After more than four years of development, startup Zeugma Systems has unveiled its flagship product, a broadband edge device that belongs to an emerging class of equipment known as the service delivery router. Dubbed the Zeugma Services Node...

Scalable WDM transponders, EDFAs.(SUBSYSTEMS)
July 1, 2008... New devices in the WaveReady product line are scalable WDM optical transport subsystems designed for metro, access, and enterprise optical networks. The flexible WRT-780 compact dual transponder is targeted for transport of any service (OTN,...

4GbE muxponder.(SUBSYSTEMS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... The new 5800 Muxponder provides users with low-cost Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) transport via 4x aggregation and 4-Gbit/sec small form pluggable (SFP) optics. This enables operators to deploy very low-cost Ethernet transport over a wide range of...

Upgraded system with 2D ROADM.(SYSTEMS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... Enhancements to the FLASHWAVE 7500 reconfigurable optical add/ drop multiplexer (ROADM) include new 19-and 23-inch shelves, a two-degree (2D) ROADM configuration, an in-service upgradeable in-line amplifier (ILA), and a 10-Gbit/sec Flexponder...

GPON addition to MSAP.(SYSTEMS)
July 1, 2008... The Total Access 5000 Ethernet multiservice access and aggregation platform now features a GPON module that provides 2.5 Gbits/ sec to each optical line terminal (OLT) port, enabling delivery of high-bandwidth services such as high-definition...

Packet optical edge platform.(SYSTEMS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... Designed for service provider edge and enterprise networks, the BTI 7000 Series platform delivers HD video, LAN and storage extension, SONET/SDH network consolidation, Ethernet business services, and 4G wireless backhaul capabilities without...

Eight-port managed switch.(SYSTEMS)
July 1, 2008... The TigerSwitch eight-port 10/100 L2 managed switch (SMC6110L2) utilizes a single-chip architecture to ensure wire-speed delivery of data packets while maintaining security through the use of SSL, SSH, and other security measures required by...

Carrier-class timing device.(SYSTEMS)
July 1, 2008... TimeProvider 5000, a "purpose built" IEEE 1588 Version 2 carrierclass grandmaster clock, is designed to meet the most stringent timing and synchronization requirements of next-generation network applications including Ethernet backhaul, circuit...

OSP fiber enclosure.(INSTALLATION)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... The FieldSmart Fiber Scalability Center (FSC) is a complete PON solution for managing up to 576 distribution fibers for an outside plant (OSP) FTTX application. The enclosure can provide up to 288 fibers in a compact 16x16x32-in. footprint or...

Ruggedized fusion splicer.(INSTALLATION)
July 1, 2008... The FSM-60S fusion splicer is the next generation of the FSM-50S, which will continue to target the European telecom market. The new ruggedized machine is smaller and lighter than its predecessor, and offers increased protection from dust,...

Low-count fiberoptic enclosure.(INSTALLATION)
July 1, 2008... The COYOTE LCC (low-count closure), designed specifically to protect small-fiber-count applications, is compact and utilizes the company's versatile grommet system and internal LITE-GRIP splice platform, targeting the rugged closure for...

Variable output option for analyzer.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
July 1, 2008... The MU181020A-013 variable data output option for the MP1800A/MT1810A signal quality analyzer/pulse pattern generator (PPG) can generate 0.5 to 3.5 Vp-p high amplitude waveforms and is easily integrated into the MP1800A mainframe with the PPG...

Visual fault locator. for analyzer.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
July 1, 2008... The VLF-280 is a handheld, battery powered, stabilized fiber-optic laser source that emits visible (red) light at 650 nm. Its intended function is to allow an operator to identify the exact location of a break, microbend, or other discontinuity...

Multiservice test module.(TEST EQUIPMENT)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... The addition of Fibre Channel support to the recently introduced IQS-8120NGE and IQS-8130NGE Power Blazer multiservice test modules simplifies the testing of multiservice products by network equipment vendors. In addition to offering...

Active optical cables with QSFP transceivers.(COMPONENTS)
July 1, 2008... InterBOARD quad small form pluggable (QSFP) active optical cables (AOCs) will provide bidirectional, electrical-to-electrical connectivity using multimode optical fiber. Specifically designed to support highperformance computing (HPC) and data...

Two-stage distributor cables.(COMPONENTS)
July 1, 2008... Two-stage fiber-optic distributor cables enable simpler, more compact installation and clearer cable routing. The new concept has highfiber, preterminated loose tube cables that are divided at the factory over two or three spare conduits, each...

SAW oscillator.(COMPONENTS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... The VS-705, the fifth-generation of the company's voltage-controlled SAW oscillator (VCSO) product, features an expanded frequency range (120 to 850 MHz) in a smaller package (5.0x7.5x2.5-mm LCC) and several improved performance and power...

LC fiber-optic connector for harsh applications.(COMPONENTS)
July 1, 2008... The Cannon PHD SuperLC connector features a small form factor and maintains the same high optical performance characteristics of a standard LC product while operating in severe environments. A thermal plastic housing and locking feature to...

Industry debates wholesale open access model.(CASE BY CASE)
July 1, 2008... The recent sale of iProvo to private operator Broadweave Networks (www.broadweave.com) and the well-documented financial woes of the Utah Telecommunications Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) have led many to question the viability of the...

VCs say optical communications quiet but not silent.(ANALYST CORNER)
July 1, 2008... The financial environment in which optical communications companies operate offers a conundrum. On the one hand, market research indicates that more money is being spent on optical communications technology today than at any time since the...

www.lightwaveonline.com: new digital content at your finger tips.(Industry)
July 1, 2008... On the lightwave channel. Catch our latest series of interviews from the show floor at NXTcomm. You'll hear about why PON isn't just for FTTH anymore and how to amplify a WDMPON and still keep it passive, high-speed networking technologies...