Lightwave articles from November 2003

Lightwave archives from November 2003

What's next for 'Big Three'?(Industry)(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2003... The 'Big Three' optical-component companies--JDS Uniphase, Bookham Technology, and Avanex--have all made significant announcements over the past few months. JDSU reorganized while Avanex and Bookham went shopping. But what's next for these...

Bandgap structures move to wafers.(Technology)
November 1, 2003... Despite selling its Optical Technologies Division to Coming in 2000 and its DWDM system line to Cisco Systems, Pirelli (Milan, Italy) has not restricted its subsequent optical communications activities to fiber. Pirelli Labs used the recent...

Evolution toward 50-msec shared mesh rerouting in AONs.(Applications)
November 1, 2003... Traditional carrier optical networks are built around SONET/SDH equipment using interconnected ring topologies with 50-msec traffic restoration in an equipment failure or fiber cut. However, ring-network topologies have two major drawbacks....

Extending LAN communications across the MAN.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... As companies are running more diverse and bandwidth-intensive applications, they are finding the traditional T1/E1 connections externally are a big bottleneck. Enterprise customers can avoid these bottlenecks with managed Ethernet services...

Know your asset.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... It is important that cable deployment and fiber installation be carefully controlled during all stages. If mistakes are made, then the ability to measure fiber performance in the field will enable any problem to be found and dealt with. Indeed,...

NPU/switch-fabric devices for next-generation multiservice platforms.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Packet switches and routers used in the next generation of multiservice platforms can now be characterized by commercially available integrated devices featuring standards-based interconnection interfaces to provide a low-cost alternative to a...

Managing Ethernet in the metro core: what's the right approach?(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Many service providers are focused on delivering a greater breadth of high margin services, lowering their overall cost of business, and preparing their networks for strategic expansion. The ability of service providers to deliver Ethernet...

Photo detector choice for pulsed laser-diode test systems.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Testing laser diodes for fiber-optic communications systems requires a photodetector with a fast response. However, a 10%-90% rise time is not the only important characteristic of a photodiode, particularly when it is used for absolute optical...

Hotpick.(Update)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Allied Telesyn (Bothell, WA), provider of Ethernet networking equipment for the access edge, announced that its RG223 Residential Gateway has been chosen as the customer premises equipment in the phase-one rollout of fiber to the premises...

Optical access systems vendor Wave7Optics (Alpharetta, GA) and utility company Jackson Energy Authority (JEA-Jackson, TN) are teaming up to build a fiber to the premises network.(North America)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Optical access systems vendor Wave7Optics (Alpharetta, GA) and utility company Jackson Energy Authority (JEA-Jackson, TN) are teaming up to build a fiber to the premises network. Upon its completion in 2005, the network will pass 31,000 homes...

Arroyo Optics (Santa Monica, CA), manufacturer of wavelength management products for telecommunications equipment, and Lightcross (Monterey Park, CA), maker of integrated silicon-based optical products for telecom equipment, agreed to merge.(North America)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Arroyo Optics (Santa Monica, CA), manufacturer of wavelength management products for telecommunications equipment, and Lightcross (Monterey Park, CA), maker of integrated silicon-based optical products for telecom equipment, agreed to merge....

Cisco Systems (San Jose, CA) and Huawei Technologies (Beijing) signed an agreement to stay the litigation currently pending in a Texas district court.(North America)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Cisco Systems (San Jose, CA) and Huawei Technologies (Beijing) signed an agreement to stay the litigation currently pending in a Texas district court. Cisco's suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas last...

Marconi (London) through its U.S. subsidiary, Marconi Communications Federal (Pittsburgh), announced the sale of several BXR-48000 multiservice switch-routers to the U.S. government.(North America)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Marconi (London) through its U.S. subsidiary, Marconi Communications Federal (Pittsburgh), announced the sale of several BXR-48000 multiservice switch-routers to the U.S. government. This sale, worth about $9 million, includes hardware and...

Ciena (Linthicum, MD) entered into a reseller agreement to market, sell, and support the Laurel Networks (Pittsburgh) flagship ST200 service edge router to service providers worldwide.(North America)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Ciena (Linthicum, MD) entered into a reseller agreement to market, sell, and support the Laurel Networks (Pittsburgh) flagship ST200 service edge router to service providers worldwide. Under the agreement, Clans also will integrate Laurel's...

Five IC companies--Applied Micro Circuits (AMCC), IBM.(North America; formation of the Physical-Layer Initiative (UXPi) program )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Five IC companies--Applied Micro Circuits (AMCC), IBM. Infineon Technologies, Texas Instruments, and Xilinx--joined forces to create the Unified 10-Gbit/sec Physical-Layer Initiative (UXPi), a program of the IEEE-ISTO, which provides a legal...

Russian carrier OJSC Rostelecom (Open Joint-Stock Co.--Moscow) awarded Siemens Information and Communication Networks (Munich) a contract to supply and install optical transmission technology.(Europe)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Russian carrier OJSC Rostelecom (Open Joint-Stock Co.--Moscow) awarded Siemens Information and Communication Networks (Munich) a contract to supply and install optical transmission technology. Rostelecom is operating a 5,000-km transmission...

Alcatel (Paris) completed a 10-Gbid-sec terrestrial and undersea project for PT Comunicacoes, a subsidiary of Portugal Telecom Group.(Europe)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Alcatel (Paris) completed a 10-Gbidsec terrestrial and undersea project for PT Comunicacoes, a subsidiary of Portugal Telecom Group. Based on the company's 10-Gbit/sec DWDM and SDH terrestrial- and undersea-network technologies, the undersea...

Following the acquisition of the photodiode (PD) business line of former Opto Speed, Swiss optical components manufacturer Albis Optoelectronics AG is re-launching a portfolio of PD chips and receiver subassemblies.(Europe)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Following the acquisition of the photodiode (PD) business line of former Opto Speed, Swiss optical components manufacturer Albis Optoelectronics AG is re-launching a portfolio of PD chips and receiver subassemblies. The company took over all...

Systems integrator NTT Data (Tokyo) selected Terabeam (Redmond, WA) to provide its free-space optics (FSO) and high-frequency millimeter wave broadband wireless systems after the completion of extensive testing in Japan over the past year.(Asia)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Systems integrator NTT Data (Tokyo) selected Terabeam (Redmond, WA) to provide its free-space optics (FSO) and high-frequency millimeter wave broadband wireless systems after the completion of extensive testing in Japan over the past year....

GuangZhou Pantong Information Broadband Network, known as Panyu Cable, partnered with Ethernet passive-optical-network (PON) vendor Salira Shanghai to develop advanced telecommunications networks.(Asia)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... GuangZhou Pantong Information Broadband Network, known as Panyu Cable, partnered with Ethernet passive-optical-network (PON) vendor Salira Shanghai to develop advanced telecommunications networks. Panyu Cable has agreed to deploy the Salira...

Laurel Networks (Pittsburgh) announced that KT Corp. (formerly Korea Telecom, Seoul) is deploying its ST200 service edge router to deliver advanced Internet services at the edge of KT's KORNET network.(Asia)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Laurel Networks (Pittsburgh) announced that KT Corp. (formerly Korea Telecom, Seoul) is deploying its ST200 service edge router to deliver advanced Internet services at the edge of KT's KORNET network. Laurel's ST200 enables KT to lever age its...

People get ready.(Editorial)(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2003... With the end of 2003 rapidly approaching, people have begun to make plans for 2004. While at this time last year, people with whom I spoke were hoping that the coming year would yield improvement, optimistic sentiments about the next 12 months...

Simulation influences network realities.(Technology: advances in research, development, engineering, and standards)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Many system vendors offer tools to help their carrier customers provision and troubleshoot their equipment. Unfortunately, most of these tools only work with the vendor's products. Faced with networks built using equipment from multiple vendors...

MEMS development innovations continue.(Tech Trends)(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2003... Industry analysts may be predicting hard times ahead for MEMS-based switch component vendors, but that doesn't mean all innovation in the space has ceased. Despite the closures of such high-profile MEMS manufacturers as OMM, some component...

IEC creates new microcable, blown fiber standards.(Standards Watch; International Electrotechnical Commission )
November 1, 2003... New optical-fiber-cable installations in metro areas are focused on getting fiber closer to the customer to support a higher volume of high-speed revenue-generating services. Minimizing construction costs in metro areas is difficult since most...

How long should SDH be prolonged?(Technology)(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2003... Since the 1970s, when optical telecommunications systems were first tested in the network, optical communications technologies such as Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH), SDH (and, of course, SONET), and WDM have been more and more widely...

Noncontacting, high-speed fiber-optic interferometer.(Test Equipment; Krell Technologies' SpecMap)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The SpecMap fiber-optic interferometer provides advanced noncontacting optics with high-speed data acquisition and analysis. All critical surface geometries are measured for single-fiber connectors and multifiber arrays containing up to 72...

Handheld multipath interference meter.(Test Equipment; EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering's MPI-800 )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... For deployment and provisioning of DWDM and TDM high-speed optical networks, the handheld MPI-800 multipath interference meter contains a built-in loss measurement test sot. It can detect multipath interference, a physical phenomenon prevalent...

Automated multifiber polish, clean, inspection cell.(Manufacturing; Sagitta's Gemini Cx machine)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The Gemini Cx integrated polish, clean, and inspection automated manufacturing cell has a new process for terminating 24-fiber (MT-24) multifiber connectors to attain higher optical-fiber-connector densities in smaller-form-factor footprints...

Scintera Networks debuts compensation device.(Product Profile; SCN3142)
November 1, 2003... Scintera Networks' (San Jose, CA) high speed advanced signal processing platform (ASPP) blends analog and digital processing to provide high-speed, high-performance, blindly adaptive dispersion compensation. Implemented in standard...

Multirate CWDM SFP transceiver.(Components)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Designed for data rates from 155 Mbits/ sec to 2.67 Gbits/sec, the FTM-6128C-S80xx multirate CWDM small form-factor-pluggable (SFP) optical transceiver provides an enhanced monitoring interface compliant with SFF-8472. It is available in eight...

CWDM SFP optical transceiver.(Components; ExceLight Communications)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The small-form-factor-pluggable (SFP) optical transceiver comes in eight ITU-compliant CWDM wavelengths (1470-1610 nm), with color-coding by wavelength for easy identification. Using high performance, uncooled distributed feedback lasers and...

Multiservice transport switches.(Systems; Tellium's Aurora MTX series )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... "About a year ago," notes Tellium chairman and CEO Harry Carr, "we started working closely with many tier one carriers around the world concerning the challenges facing their networks... to meet current and future needs in optical switching."...

10-port GbE VoD multiplexer.(Systems; Sorrento Networks' device for video on demand)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Designed to provide 25% greater port density, the 10-port Gigabit Ethernet multiplexer is targeted at cable multisystem operators, which Sorrento Networks chairman and CEO Phil Arneson describes as "starting to spend heavily in rolling out VoD...

Compact coarse wave-division mux/demux.(Subsystems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Meeting Telcordia 1209 and 1221 standards for expanding high-capacity networks from the enterprise to the core, the SpectraMux compact coarse wavelength-division multiplexer/demultiplexer has channel spacing of 20 nm and wide bandpass...

Integrated variable gain optical amplifier.(Subsystems; Dowslake Microsystems' SmartGAIN )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Integrating a variable optical attenuator (VOA) and equipped for mid-stage access in central-office applications, the SmartGAIN optical amplifier provides a variable gain from 15 to 30 dB without affecting output flatness. It suppresses optical...

Pluggable metro/access transponder.(Subsystems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Plugged directly into the WAN port of such devices as Layer 2 switches, the pluggable transponder for metro/access applications is part of an end to end optical-networking solution that can be managed all the way to the client port, providing a...

Network security pedestal.(Installation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The plastic High-Security Pedestal for improving network security and reducing cable-signal theft is molded from modified linear low-density polyethylene, designed to resist impact, ultraviolet, and environmental degradation. It includes a...

Plug & play cassettes, pre-terminated cables.(Installation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Plug and play cassettes and MTP pre-terminated cables ease installation of fiber-optic links because connector terminations are not required in the field. The system is especially suited for zone cabling applications where network...

2003 Attendees' Choice Awards Winner.(Technology; 2003 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference )
November 1, 2003... Congratulations NFOEC 2003 Winners NFOEC 2003 attendees recognize design achievements Lightwave is pleased to recognize the winners of its third annual Attendees' Choice Awards, held at the 2003 National Fiber Optic Engineers...

Reconfigurability ROADMap: extending static OADM.(Focus on; reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers, optical-add/drop-multiplexers )(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2003... The majority of optical-add/drop-multiplexer (OADM) systems deployed in metro DWDM networks today are static. Channels are extracted or added through the use of wavelength-selective components, while the rest of the wavelengths or DWDM channels...

The past is the future.(WDM Solutions; 2003 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference )(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2003... If you had fallen into a deep sleep eight years ago--just before the U.S. Telecommunications Act of 1996 took effect--and woke up at the 2003 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference in September, you could be forgiven if you thought you had...

FIS training specialist.(Ask Bruno)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Q When using a fiber opt, c microscope, how do I avoid exposure to infrared light that can damage my eyes? A Many microscopes that are designed for fiber optic work provide built-in protection against infrared light Some models achieve this...

Planar splitters are the optimal choice for passive optical networks.(Applications)(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2003... Passive optical networks (PONs) require wide wavelength response and benefit in performance from good port uniformity, characteristics that do not go hand-in-hand. Both requirements are met consistently and reliably with planar-waveguide...

Ethernet in the first mile makes inroads in Asia.(Industry: opportunities, market intelligence, and forecasts to improveyour bottom line)
November 1, 2003... Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT West and NTT East--Tokyo) ignited the hopes of Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) passive-optical-network (PON) vendors in August when it issued a request for proposal for GbE PON technology compliant with the IEEE...

Optical networks' killer app: streamed content.(Analyst Corner)(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2003... Have Asian telcos finally found the next killer app? Skeptics persist, and real challenges exist, but streamed media over content delivery networks (CDNs) has real revenue potential for Asian telecommunications. And new revenue streams...

Northlight gives green light to former JDSU, Nortel exec.(people)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Former JDS Uniphase, Nortel Networks, and Optospeed executive Dr. Dirk Sinerius is the new chief operating officer at Northlight Optronics AB, the former Ericsson business that makes optical transmitters, receivers, and amplifiers. Sinerius was...

Tandberg Television.(people)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Oran Cassem has been appointed chief technology officer at Tandberg Television, supplier of open solutions for digital broadcasting and broadband. Cassem will be based in the United Kingdom, with responsibility for R&D, engineering, business...

In the wake of Jozef Straus's retirement as chief ex-executive and co-chairman, Dr. Kevin Kennedy is the new CEO of JDS Uniphase.(people)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... In the wake of Jozef Straus's retirement as chief ex-executive and co-chairman, Dr. Kevin Kennedy is the new CEO of JDS Uniphase, and president and COO Syrus Madavi has decided to pursue future opportunities outside of JDSU following a...

Marconi Communications GmbH.(people)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Stefan Kindt has been promoted to managing director of Marconi Communications GmbH, replacing Jurgen Beer, who retired last month. Kindt joined Marconi in June 2000 and has worked most recently as vice president for optical-networking product...

DMG Technologies.(people)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Recognized as a "DFB laser guru" with "design prowess and engineering leadership in microwave and photonics technologies and especially semiconductor lasers," Dr, Toshi Makino has been named chief technology officer at optical-subassembly maker...

Calendar.(Industry)(Calendar)
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RSoft design group.(Design and Test)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... E: info@rsoftdesign.com, www.rsoftdesign.com Physical-Layer Division, 200 Executive Blvd, Ossining, NY, 10562, USA, 914-923-2164 Network-Layer Division, 19 Christopher Way, Eatontown, NJ, 07724, USA, 732-380-2620 RSoft provides a suite of...

Prior Scientific, Inc.(Design and Test)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... 80 Reservoir Park Drive,, Rockland, MA 02370 PH: 781-878-8442, FX: 781-878-8736, EMAIL: info@prior.com WEB: www.prior.com Prior Scientific, Inc., designs and manufacturers a full line of fiber optic microscopy inspection equipment,...

ELS Electronik Laser System GMBH.(Design and Test)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Reinheimer Strasse 11, Gross-Zimmern, D-64846 Germany PH: +49-6162-969860, FX: +49-6162-919723, EMAIL: info@els.de, WEB: www.optopackaging.com From bar level to finished modules, ELS offers state-of-the-art test and production equipment....

AFL Telecommunications.(Component/Subsystems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... P.O. Box 3127, Spartanburg, SC 29334 PH: 864.433.0333, FX: 864.433.5560, EMAIL: afltele@alcoa.com, WEB: www.afltele.com AFL Telecommunications is an industry leader in providing fiber optic products, engineering expertise and integrated...

Infineon Technologies North America Corp.(Component/Subsystems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... 1730 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95112 PH: +1 (408) 501-5739, FAX: +1 (408) 501-5670, E-Mail: alexander.hoffmann@infineon.com, Web: www.infineon.com As an industry leader in fiber optic technology, Infineon offers a standardized...

Kyosemi-USA, LLC.(Component/Subsystems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... 368 S Abbott Avenue, Milpitas, CA 95035 USA PH: 408-946-8836, FX: 408-946-8839, EMAIL: info@kyosemi-usa.com, WEB: www.kyosemi-usa.com Kyoto Semiconductor Corporation (Kyosemi) Manufacturers standard and custom InGaAs Photo detectors, PIN...

NKT Integration A/S.(Component/Systems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... Blokken 84 DK-3460 Birkeroed Denmark PH: +45 4590 3000, FAX: +45 4590 3001, EMAIL: info@nktintegration.com, WEB: www.nktintegration.com Provides foundry service for volume production of integrated optical planar waveguide circuits. The...

O-m6 Technologies.(Component/Systems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... 14163, Rd. 117, Suite 90, Mirabel, Qc, Canada, J7J 1M3, PH: (450) 979-2275, FX: (450) 979-4110, WEB: www.om6.com O-m6 Technologies is a leading manufacturer of Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies. Our production facility can respond rapidly...

Kingfisher International Pty Ltd.(Test and Measurement)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... 30 Rocco Drive, Scoresby, Victoria 3179 Australia PH: + 613 9757 4100, FX: + 613 9757 4193, EMAIL: sales@kingfisher.com.au WEB: www.kingfisher.com.au, Established in 1986 family owned, Kingfisher is a specialist manufacturer of fiber optic...

Global market for optical circulators shows 'significant increase'.(Market Watch)(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2003... The worldwide consumption value or use of optical circulators in telecom applications is showing signs of recovery in 2003, contends a new market study from ElectroniCast (San Mateo, CA). "In 2000, the value of optical circulators actually...

Ethernet adoption in the rise.(Market Watch)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... KMI Research (Providence) completed an e mail-based survey of telecommunications operators in July and collected data about the adoption of Ethernet line cards in new equipment purchases. The carriers' responses to the survey reveal an outlook...

Worldwide optical spending reflects second-quarter uptick.(Market Watch)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2003... Worldwide optical network hardware revenue hit $2.15 billion in the second quarter of this year, a 5% increase over the first quarter, reveals a new quarterly report from Infonetics Research (San Jose, CA). Principal analyst and company...