Lightwave articles from March 2006

Lightwave archives from March 2006

Carriers adopt conservative IPTV strategies.(internet television)
March 1, 2006... The proliferation of digital services over cable and satellite, coupled with advances in video-on-demand (VoD), high-definition TV (HDTV), and digital video recording (DVR) technology, have raised the table stakes for a competitive video...

IEEE ponders next-gen EPON.(ethernet passive optical networks )
March 1, 2006... The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee is expected to agree to pursue a new, higher-speed version of the Ethernet PON (EPON) 802.3ah standard at this month's plenary session, which will be held the week of March 5-10 in Denver, CO. Chip and...

Addressing profitability issues in FTTP network management.(fiber-to-the-premises )
March 1, 2006... Today's fiber networks carry an ever-increasing percentage of the network traffic, making ready access to the fiber for testing and troubleshooting even more critical. While traditional fiber-management options are designed to manage and...

Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) agreed to acquire Riverstone Networks (Santa Clara, CA), a maker of carrier-grade Ethernet routers, for $170 million in cash, subject to completion of a bankruptcy court administered process under Riverstone's impending reorganization proceeding.(north america)
March 1, 2006... Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) agreed to acquire Riverstone Networks (Santa Clara, CA), a maker of carrier-grade Ethernet routers, for $170 million in cash, subject to completion of a bankruptcy court administered process under...

Qwest Communications.(north america)
March 1, 2006... Qwest Communications (Denver, CO) agreed to provide both local and nationwide connectivity to six National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA--Washington, DC) centers as well as to other NASA locations. The network will enable...

North Dakota Telephone Co. (Devils Lake, ND) selected APA Cables & Networks' (Minneapolis, MN) fiber management and distribution products.(north america)
March 1, 2006... North Dakota Telephone Co. (Devils Lake, ND) selected APA Cables & Networks' (Minneapolis, MN) fiber management and distribution products for an FTTP deployment in the city of Devils Lake.

CLEC Parker FiberNet (Summerville, GA) deployed Terawave Communications' (Hayward, CA) PON platform to provide voice, data, and private line services to business customers in and around Athens, GA.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... CLEC Parker FiberNet (Summerville, GA) deployed Terawave Communications' (Hayward, CA) PON platform to provide voice, data, and private line services to business customers in and around Athens, GA. The CLEC operates a 75-mi SONET fiber ring...

Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Mexico City) selected Ciena's (Linthicum, MD) CoreStream Agility optical transmission system for deployment in the provider's long-distance network.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Mexico City) selected Ciena's (Linthicum, MD) CoreStream Agility optical transmission system for deployment in the provider's long-distance network. Also, for a network expansion, Progress Telecom (St....

Level 3 Communications (Broomfield, CO) agreed to acquire all of the membership interests of Progress Telecom (St. Petersburg, FL), a regional wholesale network services company.(north america)
March 1, 2006... Level 3 Communications (Broomfield, CO) agreed to acquire all of the membership interests of Progress Telecom (St. Petersburg, FL), a regional wholesale network services company. Under terms of an agreement, Level 3 expects to pay total...

Link America (Rowlett, TX) selected White Rock Networks' (Richardson, TX) VLX2006 multiservice access platform for delivering OC-48 transport and Ethernet-based services.(north america)
March 1, 2006... Link America (Rowlett, TX) selected White Rock Networks' (Richardson, TX) VLX2006 multiservice access platform for delivering OC-48 transport and Ethernet-based services, as well as to enable TDM backhaul of the provider's existing systems.

For its FTTX network deployment, Pineland Telephone Cooperative (Pineland, GA) deployed ADC's (Minneapolis, MN) OmniReach Fiber Distribution Hub system of fiber-optic enclosures.(north america)
March 1, 2006... For its FTTX network deployment, Pineland Telephone Cooperative (Pineland, GA) deployed ADC's (Minneapolis, MN) OmniReach Fiber Distribution Hub system of fiber-optic enclosures. Also, the City of Burlington, VT, installed ADC's Next Generation...

TranSwitch (Shelton, CT) acquired Mysticom (Netanya, Israel), a developer of 10-Gigabit Ethernet transceivers, through the issuance of approximately $15 million in the form of TranSwitch common stock and cash.(north america)
March 1, 2006... TranSwitch (Shelton, CT) acquired Mysticom (Netanya, Israel), a developer of 10-Gigabit Ethernet transceivers, through the issuance of approximately $15 million in the form of TranSwitch common stock and cash. Mysticom will operate as a wholly...

CLEC Cavalier Telephone (Richmond, VA) completed its acquisition of Elantic Telecom (Richmond, VA).(north america)
March 1, 2006... CLEC Cavalier Telephone (Richmond, VA) completed its acquisition of Elantic Telecom (Richmond, VA). Elantic Telecom, formerly known as Dominion Telecom, operates an 8,200-route-mi fiber-optic network connecting major cities in the eastern...

Movaz Networks (Atlanta, GA) closed $20 million in equity financing and secured an additional line of credit for $12 million.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Movaz Networks (Atlanta, GA) closed $20 million in equity financing and secured an additional line of credit for $12 million. Investors included Anschutz Investment, Comcast Interactive Capital, Menlo Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, Meritech...

Yipes Enterprises Services.(north america)
March 1, 2006... Yipes Enterprise Services (San Francisco, CA) was granted a second U.S. patent (#6,963,575) for its IP-over-fiber technology, designed to extend Ethernet LAN connectivity into metro environments. The company says the patent is the foundation...

Tyco Electronics (Harrisburg, PA) will become a $12 billion standalone enterprise as the result of a restructuring plan approved by the board of directors of Tyco International Ltd, (Pembroke, Bermuda).(HOT PICK)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Tyco Electronics (Harrisburg, PA) will become a $12 billion standalone enterprise as the result of a restructuring plan approved by the board of directors of Tyco International Ltd, (Pembroke, Bermuda). The plan separates the company into three...

Ibsen Photonics.(north america)
March 1, 2006... Ibsen Photonics (Copenhagen, Denmark), a supplier of holographic phase masks, transmission diffraction gratings, and optical spectrometer modules based on diffraction gratings, was granted U.S. Patent #6,978,062, titled "Wavelength Division...

Metconnex.(north america)
March 1, 2006... Metconnex (Ottawa, ON, Canada), a provider of optical wavelength-selective-switch modules, announced the closing of $7 million in financing. Investors included Skypoint Capital, Vesbridge Partners, Innovacom, and BDC Venture Capital.

Twin Valley Telephone (Miltonvale, KS) will deploy an FTTH network using Allied Telesyn's (San Jose, CA) iMAP 9700 integrated multiservice access platform and Layer 3 Ethernet/IP switch platforms.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Twin Valley Telephone (Miltonvale, KS) will deploy an FTTH network using Allied Telesyn's (San Jose, CA) iMAP 9700 integrated multiservice access platform and Layer 3 Ethernet/IP switch platforms. The ILEC's 100-Mbit FTTH delivery network will...

Time Warner Telecom.(extends its fiber network to greater Atlanta cities)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Time Warner Telecom (Littleton, CO) implemented a 130-mi extension of its fiber network to the greater Atlanta cities of Alpharetta, Smyrna, Norcross, Perimeter, and Roswell. The provider operates and maintains a fiber network infrastructure...

Kailight Photonics.(closes B funding from Hyperion Venture Partners)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Kailight Photonics (Dallas, TX) closed its first Series B funding with an investment of $4.5 million. The funding was led by new investor Hyperion Venture Partners and an unnamed strategic investor; the round also included current investors...

Agilent Technologies' (Palo Alto, CA) N2X multiservices test platform was chosen by Fiberxon (Santa Clara, CA) to validate Ethernet PON (EPON) system performance while delivering triple-play services.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Agilent Technologies' (Palo Alto, CA) N2X multiservices test platform was chosen by Fiberxon (Santa Clara, CA) to validate Ethernet PON (EPON) system performance while delivering triple-play services. Fiberxon says that Agilent's N2X N5604A...

MRV Communications (Chatsworth, CA) announced that it will resell EdenTree Technologies' (Newbury Park, CA) EdenTree Lab Manager software in an integrated platform with the MRV Media Cross Connect (MCC) system.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... MRV Communications (Chatsworth, CA) announced that it will resell EdenTree Technologies' (Newbury Park, CA) EdenTree Lab Manager software in an integrated platform with the MRV Media Cross Connect (MCC) system. The joint platform is aimed at...

ColorChip.(closes $9.5M financing round)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... ColorChip (Caesarea, Israel), a manufacturer of glass-based planar lightwave circuit (PLC) chips and modules for FTTH networks, closed a $9.5 million financing round led by Bessemer Venture Partners and joined by Motorola Ventures and European...

Omron (Kyoto, Japan) acquired Aduro (Pleasanton, CA), a manufacturer of precision high-speed optical subassemblies.(north america)
March 1, 2006... Omron (Kyoto, Japan) acquired Aduro (Pleasanton, CA), a manufacturer of precision high-speed optical subassemblies. Omron's Electronic Components Business unit (ECB) assumed Aduro's assets and employees on December 30, 2005; a subsidiary named...

Cable operator Service Electric (Birdsboro, PA) deployed OpVista's (Milpitas, CA) reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) and DWDM technology, as well as its Switch Ring Architecture (SRA) platform, to provide network services to approximately 300,000 subscribers.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Cable operator Service Electric (Birdsboro, PA) deployed OpVista's (Milpitas, CA) reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) and DWDM technology, as well as its Switch Ring Architecture (SRA) platform, to provide network services to...

TelCove.(invests to upgrade fiber optic networks)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... TelCove (Parsippany, NJ) announced that it has invested $2 million dollars in the past year to build out its regional Syracuse and Rome/Utica, NY, fiber-optic footprint, upgrading its local and intercity network to enable services such as...

BTI Photonic Systems.($12.25 million of series C financing)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... BTI Photonic Systems (Ottawa, ON, Canada), a supplier of optical networking platforms for the build-out of metro broadband services, closed on $12.25 million of Series C financing. The round was led by BDC Venture Capital, with GrowthWorks...

Molex's (Lisle, IL) Reliability Engineering Laboratory was certified as an Independent Testing Laboratory to test and qualify products for Verizon's (New York City) FTTP networks.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Molex's (Lisle, IL) Reliability Engineering Laboratory was certified as an Independent Testing Laboratory to test and qualify products for Verizon's (New York City) FTTP networks. Certification gives Molex the ability to qualify products in its...

Alaska Communications Systems Group (ACS--Anchorage, AK) executed definitive agreements to assume ownership of the strategic fiber-optic cable network assets of Crest Communications, the successor to Neptune Communications.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Alaska Communications Systems Group (ACS--Anchorage, AK) executed definitive agreements to assume ownership of the strategic fiber-optic cable network assets of Crest Communications, the successor to Neptune Communications. The deal follows an...

Broadcom (Irvine, CA) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sandburst.(north america)
March 1, 2006... Broadcom (Irvine, CA) signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sandburst (Andover, MA), a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of packet switching and routing systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) for deployment in enterprise core...

Advanced Thermal Solutions (Norwood, MA), a provider of testing and design services and products to cool electronic equipment, formed a partnership with National Technical Systems (Calabasas, CA), a provider of conformance and certification testing, quality registration, and managed services.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Advanced Thermal Solutions (Norwood, MA), a provider of testing and design services and products to cool electronic equipment, formed a partnership with National Technical Systems (Calabasas, CA), a provider of conformance and certification...

Local exchange carrier Cal-Ore Telephone (Dorris, CA) deployed Optical Solutions'.(north america)
March 1, 2006... Local exchange carrier Cal-Ore Telephone (Dorris, CA) deployed Optical Solutions' (Minneapolis, MN) FiberPath 500 FTTP GPON system to deliver voice, video, and data services to a new residential development in Klamath Falls, OR.

StockerYale.(increase in net sales)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... StockerYale (Salem, NH) has realigned its operations into core businesses targeting the production of specialty optical fiber, lasers, and LEDs. The company says its sales in 4Q05, including its mature product lines, were in the range of $5...

The U.K. Department of Trade and Industry awarded 1.7 million [pounds sterling] ($3 million) funding to a collaborative project, known as Extended Temperature Optoelectronics (ETOE), to develop advanced InP-based photonic materials and devices.(europe)
March 1, 2006... The U.K. Department of Trade and Industry awarded 1.7 million [pounds sterling] ($3 million) funding to a collaborative project, known as Extended Temperature Optoelectronics (ETOE), to develop advanced InP-based photonic materials and devices....

Epsilon Telecommunications (London) deployed Turin Networks' (Petaluma, CA) Traverse multiservice transport switch.(europe)
March 1, 2006... Epsilon Telecommunications (London) deployed Turin Networks' (Petaiuma, CA) Traverse multiservice transport switch in its London metro optical ring network to expand network capacity from 2.5 to 10 Gbits/sec.

Telewest Global (London) will deploy Coming Cable Systems' (Coming, NY) NexCor singlemode fiber in the latest upgrade of the carrier's hybrid fiber/coax networks.(TeleWest Communications PLC)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Telewest Global (London) will deploy Coming Cable Systems' (Coming, NY) NexCor singlemode fiber in the latest upgrade of the carrier's hybrid fiber/coax networks. Telewest says it will use the fiber to deliver more capacity for its broadband...

PacketFront.(europe)
March 1, 2006... Portaal, the Dutch social housing association, chose PacketFront's (Stockholm, Sweden) broadband aggregation platforms for delivery of triple-play FTTH services to more than 55,000 homes in the Netherlands.

France Telecom.(tests an FTTH offering)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... France Telecom (Paris) announced that in Spring 2006 it will test an FTTH offering in six districts in Paris and six cities in the Hauts-de-Seine region, covering thousands of households. The operator says the large-scale experiment will...

RAD Data Communications.(Telephone Service of the Vatican State deploys ethernet access platforms)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... The Telephone Service of the Vatican State (Rome), which is responsible for the installation and management of the telecommunications infrastructure in Vatican City, deployed a series of Ethernet access platforms from RAD Data Communications...

OE Solutions.(closes $8 M financing round Sungshin Cement Company Ltd)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... OE Solutions (Gwangju, Korea), a supplier of optoelectronic transceivers, closed an $8 million Series B round of financing, led by strategic investor Sungshin Cement Co. Ltd. The investment brings OE Solutions' total funding to $12 million. The...

NEC Electronics (Tokyo) announced that it will merge its wholly owned subsidiary, NEC Compound Semiconductor Devices Ltd., which develops RF and wireless semiconductors, components for fiber-optic communications, optocouplers, and solid-state relays, back into the parent company, effective April 1.(asia)
March 1, 2006... NEC Electronics (Tokyo) announced that it will merge its wholly owned subsidiary, NEC Compound Semiconductor Devices Ltd., which develops RF and wireless semiconductors, components for fiber-optic communications, optocoupiers, and solid-state...

Broad Net Mux Corp. (BNMUX--Tokyo) integrated Entropic Communications' (San Diego, CA) c.LINK network access chipset into high-speed cable modems designed for FTTH service delivery to multiple dwelling units (MDUs).(asia)
March 1, 2006... Broad Net Mux Corp. (BNMUX--Tokyo) integrated Entropic Communications' (San Diego, CA) c.LINK network access chipset into high-speed cable modems designed for FTTH service delivery to multiple dwelling units (MDUs). MSO Jupiter...

Sirius Broadband (Dhaka, Bangladesh) selected Salira's (Santa Clara, CA) 3000 Series of EPON products for the first GEPON network in Bangladesh.(asia)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Sirius Broadband (Dhaka, Bangladesh) selected Salira's (Santa Clara, CA) 3000 Series of EPON products for the first GEPON network in Bangladesh. The provider has been using the company's equipment to deliver commercial-grade bandwidth to...

UTStarcom (Alameda, CA) is supplying its NetRing 600 and 2500 optical transport platforms to RailTel of India Corp. (New Delhi), a subsidiary of Indian Railways that oversees a nationwide Indian railway network of more than 10,000 km.(asia)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... UTStarcom (Alameda, CA) is supplying its NetRing 600 and 2500 optical transport platforms to RailTel of India Corp. (New Delhi), a subsidiary of Indian Railways that oversees a nationwide Indian railway network of more than 10,000 km. Also,...

Asia Netcom (Hong Kong), a subsidiary of China Netcom (Beijing), selected Lucent Technologies' (Murray Hill, NJ) LambdaUnite Multi-Service Switch to upgrade the pan-Asian EAC submarine cable network.(asia)
March 1, 2006... Asia Netcom (Hong Kong), a subsidiary of China Netcom (Beijing), selected Lucent Technologies' (Murray Hill, NJ) LambdaUnite Multi-Service Switch to upgrade the pan-Asian EAC submarine cable network by replacing the network's existing optical...

Optical manufacturers including Avanex, CyOptics, Eudyna Devices, Mitsubishi Electric, Oki Electric Industry, Opnext, and Sumitomo Electric Industries announced the release of new common specifications for optical devices with SC connectors as interfaces compliant with the 10-Gbit/sec Miniature Device Multisource Agreement (XMD-MSA) standard.(asia)
March 1, 2006... Optical manufacturers including Avanex, CyOptics, Eudyna Devices, Mitsubishi Electric, Oki Electric Industry, Opnext, and Sumitomo Electric Industries announced the release of new common specifications for optical devices with SC connectors as...

NEC.(signed contracts with purchasers)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... NEC (Tokyo) signed a contract with purchasers, comprised of 17 leading global operators, for the upgrade of the Mayai submarine cable system. The "Maya-1 Upgrade #2" project calls for expanding the capacity of the submarine network, located in...

Shanghai Telecom (Shanghai), a subsidiary of China Telecom (Beijing), deployed Cisco Systems'.(asia)
March 1, 2006... Shanghai Telecom (Shanghai), a subsidiary of China Telecom (Beijing), deployed Cisco Systems' (San Jose, CA) CRS-1 multichassis carrier routing system to enable a "super point-of-presence" for the carrier's current highspeed core IP network,...

Extension considerations for ROADM networks.(reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... For service providers seeking to differentiate new broadband service delivery on next-generation metro networks, ROADMs are an essential network element for scaling service delivery to meet the explosive growth of video bandwidth. But ROADMs...

Applications for two-degree and multidegree reconfigurable add/drop multiplexers.(www.highwaveonline.com)
March 1, 2006... First-generation reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs) feature two-degree connectivity deployed in a ring configuration with a fixed wavelength for each add/drop port. As these devices continue to improve--benefiting from...

Dynamic wavelength routing: realizing the services potential of a flexible optical network.(www.highwaveonline.com)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Reconfigurable optical networks offer distinct operational benefits in terms of lower costs, reduced planning, higher network utilization, and ease of installation. The ability to provision a service quickly in response to a customer request is...

Agile optical networking reduces cost and complexity in WDM networks.(agile optical networking)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Network operators are seeking innovative approaches to building large and increasingly complex networks, and agile optical networking is one technique that is gaining favorable attention. Agile optical networking eliminates cost and complexity...

Evolution to enhanced reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (eROADMs).(www.highwaveonline.com)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Traffic patterns are becoming more diversified and unpredictable, thus creating new challenges for operators to effectively forecast bandwidth requirements at numerous sites spread across the network. Providing high-bandwidth connectivity to...

Yes to DIY customer service.(telecommunications industry's customer services)(Editorial)
March 1, 2006... Despite appearances, the following is not a complaint. In fact, it's the opposite. I write this from my living room, where I'm waiting for a technician from my local phone company to arrive in hopes that he or she can figure out why my new...

Telecom components must pass muster for military.(Focus on)
March 1, 2006... After surviving the telecom bust in the beginning of this century, some of us might be looking for diversification strategies for products and technology. Recent government spending may make the military and defense market an attractive...

ONT powering options abound.(optical network terminals)
March 1, 2006... Unlike traditional telephony service, which is powered from the network itself, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH)-based voice, video, and data services must be powered from the home. A separate power supply unit is used to power the optical network...

Innovations in testing customer premises fiber-optic cabling.(STANDARDS WATCH)
March 1, 2006... An ongoing challenge of international standards is to consistently strike a balance between existing infrastructures, installed bases, traditional methodology, etc., and recent scientific and technological innovations, approaches, and...

Hybrid workstation for photonic device design.(DESIGN & MANUFACTURING)
March 1, 2006... Complex Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) simulations can be performed with the OptiFDTD Max desktop system as an alternative to expensive cluster computing networks. Utilizing EM Photonics' Celerity acceleration technology and the OptiFDTD...

Fiber laser and amplifier simulation software.(DESIGN & MANUFACTURING)
March 1, 2006... Liekki Application Designer (LAD) v3.1 incorporates tools such as multimode propagation, user-defined refractive index profile, and fiber bending effects for simulating fiber amplifiers and lasers, as well as features such as radial doping...

Compact fan-out assemblies.(COMPONENTS)
March 1, 2006... Fan-out assemblies utilizing Concours Optical Circuit technology transition one or more multifiber ribbons into individual 900-[micro]m buffered fibers for termination to any single-fiber connector type. The parts are 30% smaller than the...

Fiber-optic cable cassettes target FTTD, Ethernet applications.(Telescent introduces SureLink fiber optic cassette)
March 1, 2006... Telescent (Santa Monica, CA) recently introduced its SureLink family of fiber-optic cable cassettes. The company says the cassettes are designed to conveniently dispense duplex and simplex fiber-optic patch cords of variable length up to 5 m...

Bidirectional single-fiber SFP transceivers.(COMPONENTS)
March 1, 2006... The OBT12SLX family of bidirectional single-fiber small-form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers has been expanded to address Fast Ethernet, 0C-3, Gigabit Ethernet, and 1-Gbit Fibre Channel interfaces with reaches as far as 40 km, and 0C-48 and...

10-Gbit/sec avalanche photodiode and optical subassembly.(COMPONENTS)
March 1, 2006... An avalanche photodiode (APD) mounted on an XMD MSA-compatible ROSA is capable of 10-Gbit/ sec 80-km transmissions. The AllnAs structure in the multiplication layer of the APD provides low-noise amplification properties, and the planar...

Cooled 1550-nm TOSA components.(COMPONENTS)
March 1, 2006... The 1610-Series 2.5-Gbit/sec TOSAs are designed for the DWDM SFP market, with the 1610 model that supports 120-km and the 1611 that supports 200-km transmission already in production. The cooled 1620-Series 10-Gbit/sec TOSAs target the...

Multiservice PON ONT for dense sites.(SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... Multiservice broadband access to dense multiuser sites is possible using the TW-300 MDU-T broadband passive optical network (BPON) optical network terminal, which also functions as an Ethernet data switch with VLAN and IGMP capabilities and as...

Intelligent optical switches with improved security.(SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... Release 3.0 of an intelligent optical switch supports nonblocking, all-optical switching for as many as 320 singlemode fibers in a rackmountable 8-RU chassis. Once connected, engineers can instantly and remotely monitor traffic flows, measure...

MDU support for ONTs.(SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... Multiple dwelling unit (MDU) support for the 1600 Series ONT product line enables service providers to leverage existing wiring in multidwelling buildings such as apartment complexes or university residence halls in fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP)...

Plug-and-play optical bypass system.(SYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... An all-optical bypass system has been added to the LightLEADER 3000 series of plug-and-play photonic switches. The LL-300x system, targeted at carriers and service providers in storm-affected areas where electrical wire breakdowns are common,...

Reflective semiconductor optical amplifier for WDM-PON.(SUBSYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... A curved waveguide architecture inside the monolithic InP-based SOA-RL-OEC-1550 delivers smooth output with typical ripple of 0.5 dB and polarization-dependent gain of 1.5 dB. It has ultralow front facet reflectivity, making it suitable as a...

Micro-MSPP evaluation platform.(SUBSYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... The ETHOS MB87M2181 evaluation platform is an integrated system that allows ODMs and OEMs to rapidly prototype a compact micro multiservice provisioning platform (MSPP). It collapses a multishelf system to a single card in a "pizza box" form...

4-Gbit/sec CWDM SFP transceiver.(SUBSYSTEMS)
March 1, 2006... A 4-Gbit/sec CWDM small-form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceiver for metro networks is available in eight wavelengths for data links up to 20 km. The RollS-compliant, lead-free transceiver transmits both Gigabit Ethernet and 1 x / 2 x/ 4 x Fibre...

Singlemode and multimode loss meters.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
March 1, 2006... Incorporating a stabilized single-, dual-, or quad-wavelength transmitter and InGaAs optical power meter in a compact, benchtop unit, the 0P930 insertion loss/return loss meters employ a chain of light pulses to quickly and easily measure loss...

Multichannel laser tunable to 40 wavelengths.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
March 1, 2006... Providing 40 wavelengths locked to the ITU-T grid from one optical fiber, the TM3100C-T can tune the entire grid by [+ or -] 20 GHz, with 100-GHz channel spacing, allowing it to be set on either side of the ITU-T central frequencies. It can be...

NIST-traceable lightwave component analyzer.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
March 1, 2006... The N4373A lightwave component analyzer (LCA) features NIST-traceable optoelectrical converters at 850-nm (multimode), 1310-nm (singlemode) and 1550-nm (singlemode) wavelengths for optical interfaces, as well as differential and single-ended...

Putting MPEG over Ethernet to the test.(Focus on)
March 1, 2006... Deploying video services over Gigabit Ethernet presents service providers with a new set of testing challenges. In particular, the proper provision of IP television (IPTV) and video-on-demand (VoD) requires simultaneous testing of both the...

Cervalis taps Lightpath for metro Ethernet.(Optimum Lightpath )
March 1, 2006... Cervalis (Stamford, CT), a provider of IT infrastructure services including business continuity and disaster recovery, recently announced its selection of Optimum Lightpath (Jericho, NY) as its primary provider of point-to-point metro Ethernet...

The light side.(Applications)
March 1, 2006... " I just wanted a little light. But no, I have to have fiber-optic network for everything that walketh, flyeth, and swimeth!"

Smaller test market sees bigger companies.(Instrument industry (Equipment))
March 1, 2006... Last year, a spate of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) within the optical communications test equipment space signaled a change in the market's dynamics. JDS Uniphase's acquisition of Acterna and Anritsu's purchase of NetTest launched a shift in...

The state of play in 10G.(ANALYST CORNER)
March 1, 2006... Manufacturers of optical networking equipment, modules, and components may still be pining for the good old days, but today they have more reasons for hope than for a number of years. Capital expenditures by service providers are up, and fiber...

Optoelectronics Industry Development Association.(Arpad Bergh retired)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Cofounder of the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) Arpad Bergh has retired as president, with the board of directors electing executive director Michael S. Lebby as his successor. Bergh became president of OIDA in 1991....

Novera Optics.(Bernd Hesse appointed)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Telecom industry veteran Bernd Hesse has been appointed vice president of marketing and business development at fiber-optic access solutions developer Novera Optics. Over the 20 years he has been involved in telecom, Hesse founded HB Consulting...

Cortina Systems.(Thomas Foster appointed)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Cortina Systems, a provider of integrated high-speed digital and analog silicon technology, has named Thomas Foster as vice president of worldwide sales. Foster, whose 20 years in technology sales has included positions at Virata, Hyundai...

Scintera Inc.(Arthur Reidel appointed)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... San Jose-based Scintera Inc., the developer of Gigabit Signal Processor semiconductor products for high-speed communications, has appointed Arthur Reidel, previously a partner with Lightspeed Venture Partners, as chief executive officer....