Lightwave articles from May 2005

Lightwave archives from May 2005

Edgy component vendors are still feeling the heat.(Lightwave/Optical Society of America Executive Forum)
May 1, 2005... The annual Lightwave/Optical Society of America (OSA) Executive Forum, held in conjunction with the recent OFC/NFOEC conference in Anaheim, CA, was officially dubbed "Driving Fiber to the User," but the more interesting--and pressing--topic...

PLC development gets active.(planar lightwave circuits)
May 1, 2005... Planar lightwave circuits (PLCs) have established a niche for themselves within such passive devices as arrayed-waveguide-grating (AWG)-based multiplexers/ demultiplexers and splitters. However, the technology has always been touted for its...

RPR supports efficient Ethernet data traffic in metro networks.(APPLICATIONS)(resilient-packet-ring)
May 1, 2005... MANs have seen Ethernet switching and transport services expand to support E-Line (Ethernet private-line) and E-LAN (Ethernet local-area-network) services. Ethernet also has begun to supplant ATM as the backhaul technology from IP DSL access...

Bell Canada (Montreal) purchased VPIsystems' (Holmdel, NJ) network resource planning and engineering software.(north america)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Bell Canada (Montreal) purchased VPIsystems' (Holmdel, NJ) network resource planning and engineering software. The carrier will use the software to optimize capacity usage on its existing network as well as optimize the design of ring and mesh...

Looking Glass Networks (Oak Brook, IL) selected Acterna's (Germantown, MD) transport module for that company's T-BERD and MTS-8000 field test platforms.(north america)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Looking Glass Networks (Oak Brook, IL) selected Acterna's (Germantown, MD) transport module for that company's T-BERD and MTS-8000 field test platforms. The module will enable the service provider, which owns physically diverse metro fiber...

OnFiber Communications.(north america)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Metro-network services provider OnFiber Communications (Austin, TX) announced the expansion of its service offerings into the Austin market, making the company's Adaptive-Build enterprise platform and managed transport services available in a...

Benton Cooperative Telephone of central Minnesota chose Optical Solutions' (Minneapolis) FiberPath GPON platform to deliver triple play FTTP services.(north america)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Benton Cooperative Telephone of central Minnesota chose Optical Solutions' (Minneapolis) FiberPath GPON platform to deliver triple play FTTP services to several greenfield sites in Rice and Milaca, MN.

NanoOpto.(north america)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... NanoOpto (Somerset, NJ) closed on $12 million in Series C round venture financing, raising the company's total financing to $42.3 million. First Analysis, a private growth-equity investor, led the round, which also included existing equity...

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC--San Diego), a research and engineering firm, completed the sale of its subsidiary, Telcordia Technologies (Piscataway, NJ).(north america)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC--San Diego), a research and engineering firm, completed the sale of its subsidiary, Telcordia Technologies (Piscataway, NJ), to an affiliate of Providence Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus for...

Polatis (Cambridge, UK) announced a global sales distribution agreement with JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA).(europe)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Polatis (Cambridge, UK) announced a global sales distribution agreement with JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA). Polatis's optical-crossconnect switches will now be available through JDSU's network of resellers, direct sales, and distribution...

NetCologne (Bonn, Germany), a large regional telecom carrier, selected OFS (Norcross, GA) to upgrade the carrier's network in Germany's Rhein-Erft region.(europe)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... NetCologne (Bonn, Germany), a large regional telecom carrier, selected OFS (Norcross, GA) to upgrade the carrier's network in Germany's Rhein-Erft region. OFS will supply 80 km of its AllWave zero water peak optical fiber as well as mini- and...

Telecom and IT services carrier Elion Enterprises (Estonia) paired with Alcatel (Paris) to mount the latter's FTTU field trial delivering triple play bandwidth services to greenfield subscribers in Merirahu province, near Tallinn, Estonia.(europe)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Telecom and IT services carrier Elion Enterprises (Estonia) paired with Alcatel (Paris) to mount the latter's FTTU field trial delivering triple play bandwidth services to greenfield subscribers in Merirahu province, near Tallinn, Estonia. For...

Atrica (Santa Clara, CA) and systems integrator Intellicom (Skopje, Macedonia) formed a strategic reseller relationship.(europe)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Atrica (Santa Clara, CA) and systems integrator Intellicom (Skopje, Macedonia) formed a strategic reseller relationship. Macedonia's national telecom operator, Makedonski Telekomunikacii, has already deployed Atrica's carrier platform with...

Avanex.(asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Avanex (Fremont, CA), developer of photonic devices for optical networks, opened an operations center near Bangkok, Thailand. The facility is part of a plan to cost-effectively centralize the company's global manufacturing and operational...

Nortel.(asia)(China's Customs General Administration )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... China's Customs General Administration selected Nortel's (Ottawa, CA) Optical Metro 5200, Optical Multiservice Edge 6110, and Optical Metro 1200 devices to upgrade the country's storage-network infrastructure. China Customs will extend its...

Transmode Systems (Stockholm) and Lumentis (Stockholm) merged to form a new company under the Transmode name, focused solely on optical-networking equipment.(HOTPICK)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Transmode Systems (Stockholm) and Lumentis (Stockholm) merged to form a new company under the Transmode name, focused solely on optical-networking equipment. Leveraging each company's product portfolio, customer base, financial resources: and...

Alcatel (Paris) awarded Avanex (Fremont, CA) a contract to supply optical components to be deployed in connection with Alcatel's recently announced contracts for major submarine fiber networks.(HOTPICK)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Alcatel (Paris) awarded Avanex (Fremont, CA) a contract to supply optical components to be deployed in connection with Alcatel's recently announced contracts for major submarine fiber networks. Avanex's range of optical products for submarine...

Flavor of the month?(Metro Ethernet Forum )(usage of carrier ethernet )(Editorial)
May 1, 2005... I have to admit to raising an eyebrow when I first heard about the new Carrier Ethernet initiative launched by the MEF. (MEF, of course, stands for Metro Ethernet Forum--but now that the organization has decreed that Ethernet isn't just for the...

Data-mapping techniques drive network design.
May 1, 2005... The services that a carrier can offer depend on a number of protocol choices that are often implemented at the chip level--and equally as often poorly understood. A basic understanding of mapping is crucial, but cannot be limited purely to the...

New 10G backplane strategies offer promise.(TECH TRENDS)
May 1, 2005... Today, most cards are connected within a rack via a backplane, but the drive toward 10 Gbits/sec has limited the distance such connections can run. While cards that require high-speed connection can be cabled together using fiber or a short...

TIA begins activity on fiber to the premises.(STANDARDS WATCH)(Telecommunications Industry Association )
May 1, 2005... At the January meeting of the Telecommunications Industry Association FO-4 Committee on Fiber Optics in Phoenix, a correspondence group (CG) was formed to identify the need for specific standards for fiber to the premises (FTTP). Led by yours...

New trends in multimode 10-GbE stressed-receiver conformance testing.(Technology)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Singlemode 10-Gigabit Ethernet stressed-receiver sensitivity testing is critical and necessary to ensure compliance and interoperability. Many companies are producing singlemode measurements, yet with the declining cost of multimode VCSEL-based...

Heat-tolerant 10G PIN, APD ROSAs.(COMPONENTS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... For use in XENPAK, XPAK, X2 and XFP optical-transceiver modules, the NR3312 10-Gbit/sec PIN-type ROSA is designed for operation to 100[degrees]C, providing very high heat tolerance and a 15[degrees]C improvement. To match the applied voltage of...

Bend-insensitive fiber FTTP/FTTH drop cables.(COMPONENTS)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... PureAccess bend-insensitive fiber drop cables for FTTP and FTTH applications combine low bending loss with easy entry-cable designs to facilitate easier fiber handling for tight bends at the edges of walls and tighter fiber coiling within entry...

All-optical switch, remote management software.(SYSTEMS)(LambdaNode 2000 )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The LambdaNode 2000 all-optical switch eliminates the need for CEO conversions that slow high-bandwidth data transmissions in traditional optical networks, and the integrated LambdaCreate network management suite empowers organizations to...

Entrisphere's multiservice platform eases migration.(PRODUCT PROFILE)
May 1, 2005... Composed of an 18-slot, 14-RU chassis, Entrisphere's BLM 1500 broadband loop multiplexer is a multiservice access platform (MSAP) that integrates a range of access-network service and transport functions. The platform combines the functions of...

800G adaptive optics beaming system.(SYSTEMS)(AOptix Technologies)(GT1.0 communicator)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Using the bidirectional adaptive optics method of beam control, the GT1.0 communicator reaches a range of >20 km with low probability of intercept or detection due to its intrinsic ability to control the beam diameter down to a few centimeters....

Testing-accessory adapters, multimode modules.(TEST EQUIPMENT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... DTX CableAnalyzer accessories include copper and fiber adapters that allow users to test a greater number of links and measure insertion loss in a shorter period of time. The adapters also allow testing of coaxial cables for video distribution...

Interchangeable three-mode OTDR tester.(TEST EQUIPMENT)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The rugged, portable OptiVisor 400 provides full OTDR testing flexibility with field-interchangeable multimode, singlemode, and combination modules, which can be easily switched out in the field without using tools. The unit can provide full...

10G 200-km transponders.(SUBSYSTEMS)(TeraSea)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... For SONET/SDH, DWDM, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, and Fibre Channel systems, the FronTera FT2010 and FT3010 10-Gbit/ sec transponders enable up to 200-km transmission without dispersion compensation over the existing fiber infrastructure, allowing...

FTTH GbE reference design access system.(fiber to the home, Gigabit Ethernet)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Fully compliant with the IEEE 802.3ah EPON standard for FTTH, the access system's reference design provides bandwidth of 1 Gbit/sec to each user and enables delivery of triple play services and HDTV channels over IP. It is a fully functioning...

PC-controlled connector, bare fiber polisher.(DESIGN & MANUFACTURING)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The PC-controlled Scepter provides consistent, efficient connector and bare fiber polishing. Technicians are prompted through each process step via the user-friendly interface. Various polishing procedures are easily programmed for all...

Multivariable optimization, scanning analysis.(DESIGN & MANUFACTURING)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... A dedicated engine for the automation and analysis of parameter scanning and optimization, the MOST multivariable optimization and scanning software package is a driver for a range of photonic design and simulation software to produce an...

OFC/NFOEC 2005 winners.(LIGHTWAVE 2005: Attendees' Choice Awards Winner)(Optical Fiber Communications Conference / National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference)
May 1, 2005... Lightwave is pleased to recognize the winners of the magazine's fifth annual Attendees Choice Awards, held at the 2005 Optical Fiber Communications Conference / National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference in March. The awards are designed to...

RPR, pseudo wires boost service-provider networks.(resilient packet ring)
May 1, 2005... "Native" circuit services such as circuit voice and fax constitute an ever-dwindling percentage of service-provider (SP) network traffic. Since essentially all other key SP services come in the form of native packet or cell traffic, the growing...

Undistracted, MCI continues ULH stretch.(ultra-long-haul service forecast)
May 1, 2005... Amid the clamor Verizon and Qwest created in their pursuit of MCI, people like lack Wimmer, vice president of network architecture and advanced technology of the suddenly popular carrier, have done their best to maintain a business-as-usual...

The light side.
May 1, 2005... "Grandpa's tin-can telephone is going to need way more than just an upgrade to a fiber-optic backbone in today's environment." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Timing right for ROADMs?(reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers, forecast)
May 1, 2005... Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs) have been hailed as an essential building block lot the next generation of DWDM networks. Analyst firms are predicting huge increases in ROADM revenue and deployments going forward, although...

Fusion-splicer demand, applications growing.(ANALYST CORNER)
May 1, 2005... The most critical aspects of optical-fiber implementation are the joining of fibers with minimal signal loss and reflections as well as providing a mechanically stable connection. The conventional methods include using fiber-optic mechanical...

ROADM market to nearly double to $200 million.(reconfigurable optical-add/ drop-multiplexer)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Worldwide reconfigurable optical-add/ drop-multiplexer (ROADM) equipment revenue came in well over $i00 million last year and is expected to nearly double this year, with continued explosive growth projected through 2008, according to a report...

Broadband-to-premises global deployments seen hitting $10.8 billion in 2008.(MARKET WATCH)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... Total global deployment of components consumed in broadband to the premises applications is forecast to grow at an average rate of 13% per year, from $5.9 billion in 2003 to $10.8 billion in 2008, according to a recent study by ElectroniCast....

10-GbE to drive billion-dollar optical-switch-fabric market.(MARKET WATCH)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... The market for electronic- and optical-switching fabrics will grow from $1 billion in 2005 to $1.5 billion in 2008, according to a new report by Communications Industry Researchers (CIR--Charlottesville, VA). Growth will be driven by 10-Gigabit...