Lightwave articles from June 2003

Lightwave archives from June 2003

Carriers want opex savings but differ in the methods of measurement. (Trends).(telecommunications)(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... Market conditions, Wall Street, and increased scrutiny in general have led telecommunications executives to dictate that new optical transport technology must make existing networks more efficient and lower operational expenditures (opex)...

XFP progress casts doubt on the future of other modules. (Technology).(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... Observers point to the evolution of the OC-48 (2.5-Gbit/sec) module market--which started with transponders and now sees transceivers making gains in all applications but long-haul--as an illustration of where the 10-Gbit/sec market will head....

Analysts see hope for long-haul. (Trends).(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... Over the past two years, carriers have simply plugged new transponders into existing systems when they've needed to increase capacity, and the next 12 months do not look any more promising, as carriers will continue to add line cards to meet...

'De-evolution' of the NPU. (Online).
June 1, 2003... Instead of evolving into more complex architectures, we are seeing a "de-evolution" of the network-processor unit (NPU) to more straightforward, standards-based processing cores using architectures such as PowerPC and MIPS. For the systems OEM,...

SBC Services, an SBC Communications company, approved the FLASHWAVE 4500 next-generation multiservice optical transport platform from Fujitsu Network Communications. (Industry Update: North America).
June 1, 2003... SBC Services, an SBC Communications (San Antonio, TX) company, approved the FLASH WAVE 4500 next-generation multiservice optical transport platform from Fujitsu Network Communications (Richardson, TX) for network deployment. The agreement will...

Finisar will acquire privately held Genoa. (Industry Update: North America).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Finisar (Sunnyvale, CA) will acquire privately held Genoa (Fremont, CA). Founded in 1998, Genoa has developed linear semiconductor optical amplifiers for amplifying DWDM wavelengths for both metro and telecommunications applications. As a...

Ciena will acquire privately held WaveSmith Networks. (Industry Update: North America).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Ciena (Linthicum, MD) will acquire privately held WaveSmith Networks (Acton, MA), manufacturer of multiservice switching platforms. Ciena was an investor in WaveSmith's third round of financing and resells WaveSmith's equipment under a...

CNT signed a definitive agreement to acquire Inrange Technologies. (Industry Update: North America).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... CNT (Minneapolis) signed a definitive agreement to acquire in range Technologies (Lumberton, NJ), developer of high-availability Fibre Channel switching for enterprise connectivity and storage networking, in an all-cash transaction valued at...

The CM-100 packet add/drop multiplexer transport systems for metropolitan networks from Corrigent Systems. (Industry Update: North America).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The CM-100 packet add/drop multiplexer transport systems for metropolitan networks from Corrigent Systems (San Jose, CA) completed the Telcordia OSMINE Services process for the Telcor dia TIRKS and NMA systems. Completion of the OSMINE process...

Mitsubishi Electric & Electronic USA. (Industry Update: North America).(establishes semiconductor division)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Mitsubishi Electric & Electronic USA (Sunnyvale, CA), has established the Semiconductor Division to provide compound semiconductors in discrete and module form for optoelectronic and microwave/radio-frequency customers based in North America....

EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering. (Industry Update: North America).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering (Quebec City) has received a $1.6million order from "a prominent tier one network service provider" (NSP) for predominantly protocol layer test equipment. The NSP purchased 2.5- and 10-Gbit/sec SONET/SDH testers...

FiberCore manufacturer and global supplier of optical fiber and preform for the telecommunications and data communications markets. (Industry Update: North America).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... FiberCore (Charlton, MA), manufacturer and global supplier of optical fiber and preform for the telecommunications and data communications markets, received a new patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The patent is the second to be...

Inplane Photonics. (Industry Update: North America).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Inplane Photonics (South Plainfield, NJ), developer and manufacturer of integrated optical components and subsystems, has received the second tranche of its first round of funding from current investors Morganthaler and Jerusalem Venture...

Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) revealed that LightRiver Technologies an Accredited Optical Business Partner in North America. (Industry Update: North America).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) revealed that LightRiver Technologies (Lafayette, CA), an Accredited Optical Business Partner in North America, has recently delivered the Metropolis DMX access multiplexer to two new customers in the...

LxSix Photonics. (Industry Update: North America).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... LxSix Photonics (Montreal), privately held designer of new photonic processes and manufacturing technologies for advanced optical components, has begun shipping products and providing services to the telecommunications industry. LxSix has...

Applied Fiber Telecommunications placed an order for a Gemini-Cx machine from Sagitta. (Industry Update: North America).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Applied Fiber Telecommunications (Albany, GA) placed an order for a Gemini-Cx machine from Sagitta (Hauppauge, NY) to enable high-yield, consistent manufacturing of fiber-optic connectors. The system was shipped directly from March's OFC show...

SBC Communications. (Industry Update: North America).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The local service companies of SBC Communications (San Antonio, TX) enhanced the features and widened availability of its Multi-Service Optical Networking (MON) offerings to provide businesses with an efficient and scalable way to connect...

Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian will establish a [pounds sterling]4.2-million. (Industry Update: Europe).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian will establish a [pounds sterling]4.2-million ($6.75-million) facility dedicated to the commercialization of research in optoelectronics chip packaging. Scottish Enterprise and the European Regional...

Eblana Photonics purchased a laser-diode (LD) attach automated assembly cell from Palomar Technologies. (Industry Update: Europe).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Eblana Photonics (Dublin) purchased a laser-diode (LD) attach automated assembly cell from Palomar Technologies (Vista, CA) for use in Eblana's integrated volume manufacturing of laser components for broadband access applications. The cell is...

Kamelian closed a new funding round involving its existing investors, 3i. (Industry Update: Europe).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Kamelian (Oxford, UK) closed a new funding round involving its existing investors, 3i, Goldman Sachs, and Lightspeed, as well as a new strategic investor, Hoya of Japan The $6.7-million financing will provide the company with sufficient capital...

Marconi's Broadband Routing and Switching Group and Riverstone Networks have partnered to deliver carrier class metro Ethernet equipment to telecommunications carriers around the world. (Industry Update: Europe).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Marconi's Broadband Routing and Switching Group (Pittsburgh) and Riverstone Networks (Santa Clara, CA) have partnered to deliver carrier class metro Ethernet equipment to telecommunications carriers around the world. The partnership combines...

ButlerNetworks A/S is carrying live voice and data traffic on its new optical backbone network built with multiservice SDH equipment and services from Lucent Technologies. (Industry Update: Europe).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... butlerNetworks A/S (Copenhagen, Den mark) is carrying live voice and data traffic on its new optical backbone network built with multiservice SDH equipment and services from Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ). Cygate Danmark, a Lucent...

WaveCrest Communications agreed to purchase the assets and retain the employees of WaveCrest Communications Deutschland GmbH. (Industry Update: Europe).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... WaveCrest Communications (London) agreed to purchase the assets and retain the employees of WaveCrest Communications Deutschland GmbH, formerly Interoute Telecom Deutschland GmbH, which is in administration, waveCrest Communications operates in...

Optical-network equipment supplier Fiberhome Telecommunications Technologies. (Industry Update: Asia).
June 1, 2003... Optical-network equipment supplier Fiberhome Telecommunications Technologies (Wuhan, China) will purchase the Agere Systems (Allentown, PA) MARS Lite framers. Agere will provide the new MARS2G5 T LT as well as other MARS devices for Fiberhome's...

Daegu Bank and Busan Bank have jointly developed a backup banking system using the ONLINE Metro Multiservice DWDM Transport Platform from Ciena. (Industry Update: Asia).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Daegu Bank and Busan Bank have jointly developed a backup banking system using the ONLINE Metro Multiservice DWDM Transport Platform from Ciena (Linthicum, MD). Daegu and Busan are among the largest regional banking institutions in Korea. Both...

ST Assembly Test Services. (Industry Update: Asia).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... ST Assembly Test Services (STATS-Singapore), independent semiconductor test and advanced packaging service provider, developed a lowcost packaging solution for l0-Gbit/sec applications by optimizing the technical characteristics of the standard...

Lucent Technologies has signed a contract with Shandong Unicom, a subsidiary of China Unicom. (Industry Update: Asia).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) has signed a contract with Shandong Unicorn, a subsidiary of China Unicom, to build a high-capacity optical network in Shandong Province. Under terms of the contract, Lucent will provide the LambdaUnite...

Premises promises. (Editorial).(Editorial)
June 1, 2003... We recently asked a random sample of Lightwave readers to tell us which markets they believe offer the most opportunity for optical vendors in the next two years. Not surprisingly, metro networks topped the list, with access networks a strong...

Post-deadline papers show commercial edge. (WDM Solutions).
June 1, 2003... If the hero experiments that dominate conference post deadline papers were an exact predictor of market trends, then we could soon expect to see carriers deploy all-optical 160-Gbit/sec systems. Of course, that's not the purpose of the papers...

More product, less filling. (Wall Street & Finance).(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... This week will mark the third SuperComm since the telecommunications industry hit the skids in late 2000. As we head down to Atlanta this week, we wonder whether the number of companies at the conference will still seem to far exceed the...

Optical switching fares better than most segments. (Analyst Corner).(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... The global optical-switch market totaled $369.3 million in 2001. By the end of 2002, revenues dropped to an estimated $327.6 million due to the contraction of the telecommunications industry. Considering the dramatic decline in other...

ITU-T's new global standards for ASON. (Standards Watch).(International Telecommunication Union )
June 1, 2003... The International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) recently approved several new Recommendations, which added to the suite of global standards on the automatically switched optical network (ASON). These new Recommendations provide ASON signaling...

Future wave in network monitoring. (Online).(optical-signal-to-noise ratio )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Although a bit-error-rate measurement serves as a quality of service indicator, it cannot indicate the type or location of a fault nor provide a timely means to proactively catch a degrading network element. Alternatively,...

Cost-optimized designs for metro regional optical networks. (Online).
June 1, 2003... Metro regional networks serve as the battleground between access and long-haul networks. Poor understanding of metro requirements as well as an inherent contradiction between the strong drivers of low cost and feature richness have ensured this...

A[lambda]S: next-generation networking. (Online).
June 1, 2003... We will soon have the ability to create a complete optical transport infrastructure that embraces the future and supports the past without any of the limitations of current or past technologies. Application lambda switching (A[lambda]S), an...

Creating the borderless enterprise with metro Ethernet services. (Special Report: Metro Networks).(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... Business customers like the idea of extending the LAN with Ethernet services outside the enterprise. The challenge for equipment manufacturers is to make Ethernet bulletproof and profitable in carriers' networks. The possibility of...

State of NPUs: a roundtable discussion; nine network-processor executives initiate lively debate on topics from NPU selection to software development. (Electronics for Optics: Network Processors).(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... Network processors (or "network-processor units" -- NPUs) have been touted as an important tool for designers looking to combine off-the-shelf flexibility and performance when developing systems and line cards. But like most new technologies,...

FTTX singlemode fiber. (Systems).(from Sumitomo Electric Lightwave)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... PureAccess and PureAccess-ultra singlemode fibers are designed specifically for general fiber-to-the-x, access, and enterprise networks. Their significantly reduced bend radius capabilities enable tighter routing and higher fiber density for...

Flexible, scalable OADM. (Systems).(Movaz Networks RAYexpress)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The RAYexpress optical add/drop multiplexer provides a flexible, scalable way to support a broad range of services for business access. The compact design is suited for customer premises, and the multiplexer's configuration flexibility allows...

1310-nm VCSEL-based transceivers emerge. (Tech Trends).
June 1, 2003... While 850-nm vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) now dominate the market for short-reach applications, extended-reach VCSELs in the 1310-nm range have been slower to emerge, partly due to difficulties with the material structure of...

Caspian's flow-based router. (Product Profile: Systems).(Caspian Networks Apeiro)
June 1, 2003... Though in stealth mode for nearly four years, Caspian Networks (San Jose, CA) has nevertheless attracted a great deal of attention, particularly from venture cap-italists who have invested more than a quarter-billion dollars in the company to...

Metro DWDM system. (Systems).(ADVA Optical Networking FSP 3000)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The FSP 3000 system is designed for metropolitan service providers requiring a flexible DWDM system that will multiplex, transport, and switch high-speed data, storage, and voice applications. Its modular architecture comprises a rack-mount...

Optical transport with existing fiber. (Systems).(Tellabs 7100)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The 7100 next-generation optical transport system delivers SONET, Ethernet, and SAN services using existing fiber on a platform combining access and metro interoffice capabilities, CWDM, and DWDM. Tellabs, Naperville, IL

Integrated transport system. (Systems).(PacketLight Networks PL-1000 )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... For converged metro/access applications, the PL-1000 optical transport system includes integrated DWDM and any-service add/drop-multi-plexer capabilities. It transports services from E1/T1 up to OC-192/STM-64 and supports up to eight...

155/622-Mbit/sec SFP transceiver. (Subsystems).
June 1, 2003... The small-form-factor-pluggable transceiver is designed for use in SONET/SDH equipment and supports 15- or 40-km applications. Its digital diagnostic monitoring function in 155- and 622-Mbit/sec applications allows for real time measurement of...

Compact, low-power EDFA. (Subsystems).(Shanghai Dare Optoelectronic Communications Mini-EDFA)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Mini-EDFA is compact (90x60x8 mm) and provides low noise figure (typically 4.8), low power consumption (s1.5 W), broad input power range, high-saturation output power, broad operating-temperature range -5[degrees] to ~+50[degrees]C), RS-232...

Single-chip 10-Gbit NP. (Components).(EZchip Technologies NP-1)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The NP-1 single-chip 10-Gbit network processor provides fully programmable seven-layer packet classification, modification, forwarding, and policing at wire speed. TOPcore technology combines packet processing with classification in a...

2 couplers in 1 tube. (Components).(from Hopecom Optic Communications Co. Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The 2-in-1 coupler combines two different types of couplers in a single stainless steel tube. It can be standard, wavelength-flattened, dual-window, and WDM and used in a compact erbium-doped fiber-amplifier module and other compact devices....

Laser transceiver. (Components).(anon Canobeam )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Canobeam laser transceiver permits digital data transmission between two locations up to 2 km apart with a direct line of sight and supports data transfer speeds from 25 Mbits/sec to 1.25 Gbits/sec. It is equipped with auto-tracking to...

Integration module. (Components).(from Koncent Communication Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The integration module for photonics and OEM contract manufacturing services includes custom design modules, line cards, and multifunctional module integration, It allows the integration of active and passive components such as connectors and...

Fiber assemblies. (Components).(from Atlanta Cable Sales Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Designed for CWDM and CWDM applications, Hyper-Quality fiber assemblies are manufactured in an automated mass production facility certified to ISO 9001:2000 and TL9000 standards for the production of fiber-optic- and copper-cable assemblies....

Rackmount fiber panel. (Components).(Telect LOX)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... With maximum patch port density in a low-profile chassis, the LOX 1RU rackmount fiber panel houses up to 24 terminations in just 1.75 inches of vertical space. A bidirectional sliding tray protectively minimizes the number of exposed circuits,...

24-port EoS mapping device. (Components).(PMC-Sierra PM5329 Arrow )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The PM5329 Arrow 24xFE 24-port 10/100 Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH mapping device supports Ethernet media access control functionality plus generic framing procedure and virtual concatenation (VC) mapping for each of the 24 Ethernet (10-Mbit/sec) or...

Optical fuse. (Components).(Molex)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The optical fuse can be placed in any optically amplified fiber-optic system to protect expensive equipment and the fiber cable itself from damaging power spikes and surges. Its passive operation causes an immediate drop in signal level when...

12.5-Gbit/sec driver. (Components).( Maxim Integrated Products MAX3804 )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Best-suited for 10-Gbit/sec chip-to chip serial interconnections, the MAX3804 12.5-Gbit/sec driver with receive equalizer can compensate up to 20 dB of loss at 5 GHz. It is designed to ensure PC board signal integrity up to 12.5 Gbits/sec,...

Multiservice hardware/software. (Components).(Applied Micro Circuits MISSION)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... MISSION is a highly flexible hardware/software multiservice solution that offers universal port services at dedicated port economics, combining state-of-the-art framer, HDLC, and net work-processing silicon with a complete suite of modular...

Loose-fiber bundle. (Components).(OFS pressTube FX)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The XpressTube FX cable is a loose-fiber bundle containing up to 12 individual fibers surrounded by a specially engineered water-blocking compound, all contained in a flexible polyolefin jacket. Optimized with All-Wave fiber the FX cable is...

CWDM mux/demux metro/access module. (Components).(from O-Net Communications)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Based on thin-film-filter technology, the CWDM multiplexing/demultiplexing module for metro/access networks provides wide channel bandwidth up to 15 nm, flexible channel configuration, low insertion loss, and high isolation. O-Net...

Compact multiservice transport platform. (Components).(Luminous Networks PacketWave E500)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The PacketWave E500 compact multiservice transport platform for rapid deployment of services to the network edge supports SONET/SDH and resilient packet ring. For MAN service-provider applications, the platform eliminates complexity simplifies...

Scalable toolkit. (Test Equipment).(Sunrise Telecom Scalable Test Toolkit )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Scalable Test Toolkit (STT) is a modular platform with a stacking design and intuitive Windows touch-screen interface. Users can combine different or duplicate modules for SONET/T-Carrier, SDH/PDH, DWDM (OCM, wavelength drop, tunable...

Rugged optical level controller. (Test Equipment).(Acterna OLC-65)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The OLC-65 optical level controller, designed for system installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting, combines a variable optical attenuator and high-performance optical power meter into one rugged handheld instrument for single-mode...

10-Gbit/sec tester. (Test Equipment).(Circadiant Systems)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The OTS 10-Gbit/sec optical standards tester can measure system or component compliance with the IEEE 802.3ae Stressed Receiver Conformance Test. Its combination of consolidation, automation, and degradation means 10 times more repeatable...

PMD analyzer. (Test Equipment).(EXFO FTB-5500B )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The FTB-5500B analyzer precisely measures polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) of installed links--amplified or not. It tests through erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, thanks to the mathematical subtraction of the auto-correlation peak in the...

Ultrasonic connector cleaner. (Manufacturing).(Lightel Technologies SCC-3100 )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The SCC-3100 incorporates ultrasonic technology to clean connectors automatically while they're still plugged into virtually any build-out panel. With a press of a switch, the connector is pre-washed, washed, and dried within 30 sec. The...

MSPP interface cards. (Systems).(Cisco Systems ONS 15454)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The ONS 15454 Multiservice Provisioning Platform's (MSPP) optical capabilities are coupled with IOS software to deliver metro Ethernet and P solutions over a multiservice network architecture. The MSPP's ML-Series interface cards provide...

PON computer-based training CD-ROM. (Training & Education).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The computer-based training (CBT) 200-page CD-ROM titled "Passive Optical Networks" incorporates 17 digital animations, 33 video clips, two live design exercises and 10 self-quizzes, with chapters covering all facets of fiber-to-the-home and...

40-km SFF XFP transceiver. (Subsystems).(Finisar FTRX-361)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The FTRX-361 1-3 40-km small-form-factor XFP optical transceiver uses a 1550-nm EML and an APD receiver and complies with 10GBase-ER/EW (per IEEE 802.3ae) and OC-192 IR-2. It features a serial 10Gbit/sec electrical interface (XFI) that removes...

CWDM OSA spectral engine. (Test Equipment).(BaySpec 018-1260 )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The 018-1260 athermal VPG-based OSA spectral engine is designed for portable/handheld network test applications. Fully compatible with ITU-T G.694.2, the CWDM meter offers [+ or -]1 nm absolute wavelength accuracy, 50-dB dynamic range, [+ or...

High-speed mode converter modulator. (Components).(from JGKB Photonics Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The 40-Gbit/sec mode converter modulator for high-speed optical networking employs gallium arsenide-based technology to rapidly modulate polarization states of optical-waveguide modes and convert single-polarization continuous wave laser light...

Automated assembly machine. (Manufacturing).(Palomar Technologies FAST 35/350 )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The FAST 35/350 laser weld assembly tool automates the active optical alignment and assembly of photonic components using a high-precision laser attach process. It is available in semi-automated and fully automated islands or as part of an...

Silica 2-channel ferrule. (Installation).(from Kohoku America Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The silica two-channel ferrule high-purity optical-fiber array with narrow (126-[micro]tm) spacing enables considerable downsizing of the device package. It allows ultraviolet rays to penetrate into the body and adhesion to cure rapidly because...

Spectrum equalizer. (Design Tools).(Novera Optics Dynamic Spectrum Equalizer)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Dynamic Spectrum Equalizer generates arbitrary filter shapes in thee-or L-band regions of the optical spectrum. Adjustment of 16 independently controlled tunable notch filters is done through an intuitive PC-based graphical interface. Ultra-low...

Fiber-optic communications directory.(Buyers Guide)
June 1, 2003... ABLESTIK 20021 Susana Road, Rancho Dominguez, CA 90221 PH: 310-764-4600 FX: 310-764-2545 EMAIL: jilla.senkbeil@abiestik.com WEB: www.ablestik.com Ablestik offers the most complete line of adhesives for fiber optic...

Hatteras elevates VP to CEO. (People).
June 1, 2003... Last-mile Ethernet access platform developer Hatteras Networks promoted telecommunications industry veteran Peter Savage to chief executive. For the past two years, Savage served as the company's vice president of business development, working...

Calendar.
June 1, 2003... June 1-5 SuperComm 2003. In Atlanta by the U.S. Telecom Association and Telecommunications Industry Association. Tel: 800-266-6669,703-907-7480 (outside the U.S.); e-mail: lnfo@supercomm2003.com; Website: www.supercomm2003.org. 1-6...

SONET/SDH terminal market to register 50% CAGR during the next 5 years, thanks to broadband increases. (Market Watch).(according to Insight Research)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... The acceleration of broadband deployment by Verizon and other phone companies will increase demand for SONET/SDH systems, reveals a new market study by Insight Research (Boonton, NJ). Insight contends that a gradual return to network...

'Surprising' growth expected for retail wavelength services. (Market Watch).(according to Yankee Group report)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
June 1, 2003... Wavelength services--fast, flexible, fat pipes that provide carriers with the same level of control as their own facilities without the associated capital costs and risks--will change the wholesale network services market, claims a new report...

Transpacific market to spur submarine cable construction. (Market Watch).
June 1, 2003... Cumulative demand for transpacific submarine capacity is expected to grow 42% per year between 2002 and 2012, topping nearly 16 Tbits/sec by 2012, reveals a new report from Boston-based Pioneer Consulting LLC. Asia-Pacific submarine cable...