Lightwave articles from March 2008

Lightwave archives from March 2008

Rising to the dispersion challenge.(TECHNOLOGY)
March 1, 2008... The increasing deployment of reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs), the explosion of bandwidth (10 and 40 Gbits/sec), and market factors such as triple play have put tremendous pressure on existing networks--and with this added...

OTDR vendors continue to specialize, innovate.(INDUSTRY)
March 1, 2008... An optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) is used to characterize optical fiber and, by extension, optical fiber networks. It measures end-to-end loss, section loss, splice loss, and the reflectance of connectors, splices, tight bends, and...

Bandwidth virtualization enables a programmable optical network.(APPLICATIONS)
March 1, 2008... Average annual Internet Protocol (IP) traffic increases of 75% per year on average have significant implications on today's networks. These diverse challenges include accommodating higher-rate 40-Gbit/sec interfaces from IP core routers, which...

Enablence Technologies Inc. (www.enablence.com) has extended its vertical integration strategy and its product portfolio, thanks to the closing of its acquisition of ANDevices Inc. (www.andevices), which supplies products such as tunable optical dispersion compensators and arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) for ROADMs based on planar lightwave circuit technology.(HOTPICK)
March 1, 2008... Enablence Technologies Inc. (www.enablence.com) has extended its vertical integration strategy and its product portfolio, thanks to the closing of its acquisition of ANDevices Inc. (www.andevices), which supplies products such as tunable...

NEC Corp. (www.nec.com), Fujikura Ltd. (www.fujikura.co.jp), and eGtran (www.egtran.com) have announced the formation of a new multisource agreement (MSA) for a compact small-form-factor pluggable (CSFP) transceiver and a compact small-form-factor (CSFF) transceiver to support network systems, especially those deploying single-fiber bidirectional transceivers.(north america)
March 1, 2008... NEC Corp. (www.nec.com), Fujikura Ltd. (www.fujikura.co.jp), and eGtran (www.egtran.com) have announced the formation of a new multisource agreement (MSA) for a compact small-form-factor pluggable (CSFP) transceiver and a compact...

Oki Optical Components (www.okioptical.com), supplier of very high-speed optical and IC components for Ethernet and telecom applications, and Kotura Inc. (www.kotura.com), provider of silicon photonic components, have announced a partnership to bring new products to the market place.(north america)
March 1, 2008... Oki Optical Components (www.okioptical.com), supplier of very high-speed optical and IC components for Ethernet and telecom applications, and Kotura Inc. (www.kotura.com), provider of silicon photonic components, have announced a partnership to...

Zayo Group (www.zayo.com), a regional provider of bandwidth and telecom services, has closed its acquisition of Citynet Fiber Network (CFN), the wholesale division of integrated communications provider Citynet.(north america)
March 1, 2008... Zayo Group (www.zayo.com), a regional provider of bandwidth and telecom services, has closed its acquisition of Citynet Fiber Network (CFN), the wholesale division of integrated communications provider Citynet. Zayo says the deal doubles its...

Blink Communications.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Blink Communications (www.blink.ca), a facilities-based data-communications carrier, says it has launched a distributed dedicated wavelength service as part of its suite of managed data transport services, using Meriton Networks' (www.meriton....

Columbus Networks.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Columbus Networks (www.columbus-networks.com) has completed cable installation on the first phase of an undersea fiber-optic express route that connects Colombia with Florida. The company says it expects to light the first of two fiber cable...

Turin Networks Inc. (www.turinnetworks.com) has successfully completed its acquisition of Carrier Access Corp., provider of wireless backhaul optimization and converged access equipment.(north america)
March 1, 2008... Turin Networks Inc. (www.turinnetworks.com) has successfully completed its acquisition of Carrier Access Corp., provider of wireless backhaul optimization and converged access equipment. The new company offers customers an expanded portfolio...

Corning Inc. (www.corning.com) says that Verizon Communications Inc. (www.verizon.com) has purchased Corning's ClearCurve rugged drop cable for its FiOS FTTP roll-out.(north america)
March 1, 2008... Corning Inc. (www.corning.com) says that Verizon Communications Inc. (www.verizon.com) has purchased Corning's ClearCurve rugged drop cable for its FiOS FTTP roll-out. Corning's ClearCurve product suite was designed to help overcome the...

Gemfire Corp. (www.gemfire.com) has announced the completion of its merger with Covega Corp., provider of indium phosphide and lithium niobate components and modules to the telecommunications, industrial, medical, defense, and test and measurement industries.(north america)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Gemfire Corp. (www.gemfire.com) has announced the completion of its merger with Covega Corp., provider of indium phosphide and lithium niobate components and modules to the telecommunications, industrial, medical, defense, and test and...

Media Broadcast GmbH (formerly Deutsche Telekom's Media & Broadcast Unit before it was sold to French company TDF) has selected Corrigent Systems' (www.corrigent.com) CM-100 and CM-4000 products for a network to be built by Deutsche Telekom's wholesale business unit and leased to a leading German cable operator.(north america)
March 1, 2008... Media Broadcast GmbH (formerly Deutsche Telekom's Media & Broadcast Unit before it was sold to French company TDF) has selected Corrigent Systems' (www.corrigent.com) CM-100 and CM-4000 products for a network to be built by Deutsche Telekom's...

Gennum Corp.(north america)
March 1, 2008... Reflecting the company's strategy to expand the market for its optical, analog, and mixed-signal and intellectual property (IP) offerings, Gennum Corp. (www. gennum.com) has unveiled a new corporate identity and brand strategy. Gennum designs...

IPtronics A/S.(emea)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... IPtronics A/S (www.iptronics.com), supplier of silicon for parallel optical applications, has closed more than $10 million in Series B funding. Creandum and Sunstone Capital co-led the investment round. Also contributing to the round was...

Next-generation pan-European network operator Interoute (www.interoute.com) and Malta's quad-play telecom provider GO (www.go.com.mt) have signed an agreement to deploy a second submarine cable, linking Malta to Italy and the rest of the continent through Interoute's pan-European network.(emea)
March 1, 2008... Next-generation pan-European network operator Interoute (www.interoute.com) and Malta's quad-play telecom provider GO (www.go.com.mt) have signed an agreement to deploy a second submarine cable, linking Malta to Italy and the rest of the...

Bookham Inc.(emea)
March 1, 2008... Bookham Inc. (www.bookham.com) has shipped its 500,000th 980-nm pump laser module to the telecommunications industry. The 980-nm pump laser was recently shipped to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, which recognized Bookham as a "Global Core Partner"...

Level 3 Communications.(emea)
March 1, 2008... Level 3 Communications' (www.level3. com) European Markets Group has been selected by Spill Group, one of the world's leading generators of online gaming traffic, to provide the company's underlying network infrastructure and content delivery...

Prysmian Cables & Systems (www.prysmian.com) has announced a major contract for the supply of telecommunication cables to Libya.(emea)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... Prysmian Cables & Systems (www.prysmian.com) has announced a major contract for the supply of telecommunication cables to Libya. Prysmian says the contract, inked with Libyan General Post and Telecommunications Co. (GPTC), will involve the...

Optical fiber network provider Geo (www. geo-uk.net) has been sold by the Hutchison Whampoa Group to the Alchemy Investment Plan in a deal worth 62 million [pounds sterling].(emea)
March 1, 2008... Optical fiber network provider Geo (www. geo-uk.net) has been sold by the Hutchison Whampoa Group to the Alchemy Investment Plan in a deal worth 62 million [pounds sterling]. Geo owns a 2,500-km optical fiber network across the U.K., which is...

Foundry Networks (www.foundrynet.com) reports that its NetIron MLX metro routers have been deployed by Telstra Europe (www.telstra.co.uk), the European arm of global B2B communications services provider Telstra International, across its U.K. IP network.(emea)
March 1, 2008... Foundry Networks (www.foundrynet.com) reports that its NetIron MLX metro routers have been deployed by Telstra Europe (www.telstra.co.uk), the European arm of global B2B communications services provider Telstra International, across its U.K. IP...

PacketFront (www.packetfront.com) has concluded an agreement with OpenNet (www.opennet.se) on upgrading the city networks in Orebro and Kumla, Sweden.(emea)(PacketFront Sweden AB)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... PacketFront (www.packetfront.com) has concluded an agreement with OpenNet (www.opennet.se) on upgrading the city networks in Orebro and Kumla, Sweden. OpenNet carries the services of other service providers in open networks. In just two weeks,...

Alcatel-Lucent.(asia)
March 1, 2008... Alcatel-Lucent (www.alcatel-lucent.com) has signed a turnkey contract with a consortium composed of nine operators to deploy a new submarine cable network linking Mumbai in India to Marseilles in France, over approximately 13,000 km. Named...

Ericsson (www.ericsson.com) has announced a two-phase turnkey contract to deploy microwave and optical transmission equipment for M1 (www.m1.com.sg), one of Singapore's leading mobile communications providers.(asia)
March 1, 2008... Ericsson (www.ericsson.com) has announced a two-phase turnkey contract to deploy microwave and optical transmission equipment for M1 (www. m1.com.sg), one of Singapore's leading mobile communications providers. Per the agreement, Ericsson is to...

GPON provider iamba Networks (www.iamba.com) has announced distribution agreements with Eastele Technology Ltd. (www.eastele.com.hk) in China; I&C Microsystems Co. Ltd. (www.incmicro.com) in Korea; and Jeritronics Ltd. (www.jer itronics.com) in Taiwan.(asia)
March 1, 2008... GPON provider iamba Networks (www. iamba.com) has announced distribution agreements with Eastele Technology Ltd. (www.eastele.com.hk) in China; I&C Microsystems Co. Ltd. (www.incmicro.com) in Korea; and Jeritronics Ltd. (www.jeritronics.com)...

Execute or execution.(Editorial)
March 1, 2008... Last month in this space I discussed how fears of economic recession might affect the optical communications industry. I concluded that while the market could see a slowing of the momentum generated last year, that head wind was likely to prove...

Clarifications.(Editorial)(Correction notice)
March 1, 2008... In our February column "Companies Evolve to Boost 2008 Success" (page 59), CEO and co-founder of ADVA Optical Networking Brian Protiva's name was misspelled. In our February column "MPO/MTP Connectors Targeted for High-density Parallel Optics"...

ROADMs now mainstream, but innovation continues.(TECH TRENDS)(reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer)
March 1, 2008... By all accounts, reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) technology has become mainstream. First adopted by the cable multiple-system operators (MSOs), ROADMs now are finding applications in ILEC, CLEC, IOC, mobile operator, utility...

Vitesse embeds waveform viewing into chip architectures.(PRODUCT PROFILE)
March 1, 2008... Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (www. vitesse.com) says it has developed a technology that enables design engineers and end users to view waveforms within an IC, thus improving signal analysis capabilities. The company plans to incorporate the...

Transport/core networks require new look at test.(Applications: Innovative component, subsystem, system, and network design examples and alternatives)
March 1, 2008... The move to next-generation networks (NGN) is anything but straightforward. Evolving technology, unprecedented customer expectations, and the challenges of a legacy infrastructure combine to present some daunting tasks. Yet with advanced,...

Fiber innovation optimizes FTTH reach, reduces installation cost.(CASE BY CASE)
March 1, 2008... Economic modeling of the business cases for FTTH has revealed that it is most cost effective to concentrate initial deployments in densely populated areas. That fact, coupled with the realization that in such dense areas the majority of...

Tuning in to 2008.(ANALYST CORNER)
March 1, 2008... The year may be almost a quarter old, but it's still young enough that component suppliers continue to test the assumptions on which they based this year's plans. Two of the larger optical technology suppliers, JDSU (www.jdsu. com) and Bookham...

Five-year acceleration expected for N. American FTTH.(fiber to the home )(North America, United States)(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... The North American FTTH market will accelerate in the next five years, according to a new report from RVA Market Research (www.rvallc.com). The current annual numerical increases of approximately 3 million FTTH homes passed (homes that could...

Asia-Pacific PON vendors see sales jump 50%.(MARKET WATCH)(passive optical network )(Brief article)
March 1, 2008... PON equipment manufacturer revenue forecast: China, Japan, Rep. of Korea, and Rest of Asia-Pacific Revenue (US$/B) PON equipment manufacturers in Asia-Pacific were expected to see a 50% jump in revenue overall between 2006 and 2007, according...

Global connector/splice market to top $1.4b in 2011.(MARKET WATCH)(Industry overview)
March 1, 2008... According to a recent five-year forecast and report from ElectroniCast Consultants (www.electronicastconsultants.com), global fiber-optic connector and mechanical splice consumption will reach $3.462 billion by 2011, compared to the $1.401...