Lightwave articles from September 2005

Lightwave archives from September 2005

Long-wavelength VCSEL products reach production.(TECHNOLOGY)
September 1, 2005... While the president of one developer acknowledged at a trade show earlier this year that the technology had been "a bit over-hyped," long-wavelength (LW) VCSELs have finally reached the market. Transceivers featuring the devices, which promise...

All eyes on China's giant appetite for home cooking.(INDUSTRY)
September 1, 2005... With a total population of more than 1.3 billion, China's potential broadband subscriber base is formidable. However, the current broadband saturation rate is just a fraction of the total population. The few who do have broadband service are...

'Fiber to the MDU' is residential broadband's last frontier.(APPLICATIONS)
September 1, 2005... A lot of excitement has surrounded fiber to the premises (FTTP) deployments in recent years--and with good reason. Most of these FTTP deployments have occurred in residential areas, more specifically to detached single-family homes. What...

ADC (Minneapolis) agreed to acquire Fiber Optic Network Solutions (FONS--Marlboro, MA) for payments of $172 million in cash, net of any FONS debt at the time of closing.(north america)
September 1, 2005... ADC (Minneapolis) agreed to acquire Fiber Optic Network Solutions (FONS-Marlboro, MA) for payments of $172 million in cash, net of any FONS debt at the time of closing. ADC says the acquisition is designed to add scale to its existing line of...

Hospitals organization Exempla Healthcare (Denver) selected the Canon (Lake Success, NY) Canobeam DT-120 optical wireless data transmission system.(north america)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Hospitals organization Exempla Healthcare (Denver) selected the Canon (Lake Success, NY) Canobeam DT-120 optical wireless data transmission system. The free-space optical system was installed to provide a secure network link between a medical...

Rural carrier Buckland Telephone (Buckland, OH) selected the Optical Solutions (OSI--Minneapolis) FiberPath 500 GPON system to support a transition to IP-based services.(north america)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Rural carrier Buckland Telephone (Buckland, OH) selected the Optical Solutions (OSI-Minneapolis) FiberPath 500 GPON system to support a transition to IP-based services. The carrier is replacing its copper infrastructure with a GPON that will...

Calix (Petaluma, CA) announced that three additional service providers will deploy FTTP using standards-based BPON OLT line cards for its C7 multiservice access platform.(north america)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Calix (Petaluma, CA) announced that three additional service providers will deploy FTTP using standards-based BPON OLT line cards for its C7 multiservice access platform. The telcos include Bixby Telephone (Bixby, OK), Cambridge Telephone...

Citynet (Bridgeport, WV), a wholesale IEC serving the domestic mid-Atlantic and midwestern markets, deployed the Infinera (Sunnyvale, CA) DTN platform across a significant portion of its network.(north america)
September 1, 2005... Citynet (Bridgeport, WV), a wholesale IEC serving the domestic mid-Atlantic and midwestern markets, deployed the Infinera (Sunnyvale, CA) DTN platform across a significant portion of its network. The deployment followed a nine-month lab and...

Cogent Communications (Washington, DC), an Ethernet and multinational Internet service provider, selected the Hibernia Atlantic (Dublin) network to provide 10-Gbit/sec wavelength services from Boston to London.(north america)
September 1, 2005... Cogent Communications (Washington, DC), an Ethernet and multinational Internet service provider, selected the Hibernia Atlantic (Dublin) network to provide 10-Gbit/sec wavelength services from Boston to London. Hibernia Atlantic owns and...

ETI Software.(north america)
September 1, 2005... Power utility Scottsboro Electric Power Board (Scottsboro, AL) selected the ETI Software (Norcross, GA) Triad platform to automate provisioning of video services. The utility chose the platform to provision both analog and digital TV services...

Alcatel (Paris) is deploying an optical multiservice transport network for Telmex (Mexico City) to support broadband data applications for the operator's Mexican business and residential users.(north america)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Alcatel (Paris) is deploying an optical multiservice transport network for Telmex (Mexico City) to support broadband data applications for the operator's Mexican business and residential users. The company is deploying its Optical Multi-Service...

Rural CLEC Quantum Communications (Redmond, OR) deployed the RAD Data Communications (Mahwah, NJ) RICi-T1 intelligent converters.(north america)
September 1, 2005... Rural CLEC Quantum Communications (Redmond, OR) deployed the RAD Data Communications (Mahwah, NJ) RICi-T1 intelligent converters to leverage an existing TDM-based SONET network to provide next generation Ethernet services.

TelCove.(north america)
September 1, 2005... TelCove (Pittsburgh), provider of telecom services to enterprise customers and carriers, announced plans to expand its fiber-optic network in Newark, NJ. The SONET ring expansion will cove the city's central and eastern wards. The provider...

NeoPhotonics (San Jose) completed its merger with Photon Technology (Shenzhen, China).(north america)
September 1, 2005... NeoPhotonics (San Jose) completed its merger with Photon Technology (Shenzhen, China). The new company, called NeoPhotonics, expects 2005 revenues to exceed $50 million. The company says the merger lends high-volume laser and transceiver...

iTown Communications.(HOTPICK)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... iTown Communications (Charleston, WV) initiated its "West Virginia First" advanced broadband project for communities across West Virginia. Through the project, the company's fiber-optic Local Community Public-Use Network (LCPN) will directly...

Through its distributor, Tal Technologies (Mexico City), cable TV provider Cablemas (Mexico City) selected OFS (Norcross, GA).(update)
September 1, 2005... Through its distributor, Tal Technologies (Mexico City), cable TV provider Cablemas (Mexico City) selected OFS (Norcross, GA) to provide about $1 million worth of its All-Wave Zero Water Peak optical fiber to enable increased bandwidth for the...

MobilePro (Bethesda, MD), a wireless technology and broadband telecom company, completed its acquisition of American Fiber Network (Kansas City, KS), a licensed CLEC and long-distance provider.(north america)
September 1, 2005... MobilePro (Bethesda, MD), a wireless technology and broadband telecom company, completed its acquisition of American Fiber Network (Kansas City, KS), a licensed CLEC and long-distance provider. The acquisition adds more than 15,000 customer...

Telmex Chile (Santiago) selected Cisco Systems (San Jose) products as the basis of a 10-Gigabit Ethernet IP network.(north america)
September 1, 2005... Telmex Chile (Santiago) selected Cisco Systems (San Jose) products as the basis of a 10-Gigabit Ethernet IP network. The IP/MPLS network, covering the Santiago metropolitan area, will incorporate the company's ONS 15454 multiservice optical...

Wabash Mutual Telephone (Celina, OH) selected the Wave7 Optics (Atlanta) Last Mile Link FTTP network equipment to deliver triple play broadband services to residential and business customers in areas outside the carrier's central exchange area.(north america)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Wabash Mutual Telephone (Celina, OH) selected the Wave7 Optics (Atlanta) Last Mile Link FTTP network equipment to deliver triple play broadband services to residential and business customers in areas outside the carrier's central exchange area....

LightPointe.(north america)
September 1, 2005... The city of Reading, PA, deployed the LightPointe (San Diego) FlightStrata free-space optical wireless platform to extend Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to a new public works facility and support a critical disaster recovery initiative.

Global Internetworking.(north america)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Airbus North America selected Global Internetworking (McLean, VA) to design, deploy, and manage a high-capacity WAN fiber ring linking Airbus's headquarters and operations in the Washington, DC, area with the company's nationwide and global...

Corning Cable Systems (Corning, NY) was again selected by NextG Networks (Milpitas, CA) as that company's national fiber-optic cable and hardware supplier in the construction of fiber-based distributed antenna networks.(north america)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Corning Cable Systems (Coming, NY) was again selected by NextG Networks (Milpitas, CA) as that company's national fiber-optic cable and hardware supplier in the construction of fiber-based distributed antenna networks. The companies signed an...

ZTE (Shenzhen, China) will expand Bulgaria's first DWDM optical network, installed earlier this year by the company, in a contract announced with Cabletel (Sofia), Bulgaria's leading fixed-line operator.(europe)
September 1, 2005... ZTE (Shenzhen, China) will expand Bulgaria's first DWDM optical network, installed earlier this year by the company, in a contract announced with Cabletel (Sofia), Bulgaria's leading fixed-line operator. The 293-km upgrade will expand the...

ECI Telecom (Petah Tikva, Israel) implemented its XDM MSPP into the network of Astral Telecom (Cluj Napoca, Romania), national provider of analog and digital cable TV, Internet, and voice services.(europe)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... ECI Telecom (Petah Tikva, Israel) implemented its XDM MSPP into the network of Astral Telecom (Cluj Napoca, Romania), national provider of analog and digital cable TV, Internet, and voice services. The XDM MSPP is already installed in the...

Telecom Serbia (Belgrade) selected Riverstone Networks (Santa Clara, CA) to provide Ethernet infrastructure in the deployment of a multiservice MPLS MAN.(europe)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Telecom Serbia (Belgrade) selected Riverstone Networks (Santa Clara, CA) to provide Ethernet infrastructure in the deployment of a multiservice MPLS MAN. The network will provide triple play broadband services to the carrier's residential and...

Essent Kabelcom (Hilversum, Netherlands) selected Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) and Telindus (Heverlee, Belgium) to deliver optical systems and software in support of Essent's Ethernet-over-optical deployment for enterprise customers.(europe)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Essent Kabelcom (Hilversum, Netherlands) selected Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) and Telindus (Heverlee, Belgium) to deliver optical systems and software in support of Essent's Ethernet-over-optical deployment for enterprise customers....

Acome (Paris) provided high-capacity optical cables to Arras-Networks (Arris, France) for the construction of a broadband network.(europe)
September 1, 2005... Acome (Paris) provided high-capacity optical cables to Arras-Networks (Arris, France) for the construction of a broadband network. The optical cables will connect the community's 26 towns as well as the area's industrial parks and sectors for...

Transport for London (TfL--London) selected the Transmode (Stockholm) TS-1100 CWDM platform to upgrade TfL's metro and storage networks, which underpin the management of London's public transport services.(europe)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Transport for London (TfL--London) selected the Transmode (Stockholm) TS-1100 CWDM platform to upgrade TfL's metro and storage networks, which underpin the management of London's public transport services. TfL selected the plat form to support...

Increasing importance of extinction ratio in telecom.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Extinction ratio is an important measure of the quality of an optical signal, especially for modern transmitters. It is commonly misunderstood, can be harder to measure than other parameters, and is traded for performance with other parameters...

Considering FTTH networks.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... In residential applications, service bandwidth requirements are continuing to rise due to increasing competitive threats and subscriber demand. That not only includes larger demands for downstream bandwidth, but also a very large increase in...

The no-pain way to multiservice optical transport.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Pluggable optics makes the possibility of true multiservice optical networks an obtainable reality. Driven by the flexibility of pluggable optics, passive multiplexers/demultiplexers, and multirate transponders, a single optical-service...

Alloptic (Livermore, CA) tested its GEPON products on the Acreo (Kista, Sweden) national broadband testbed in Hudiksvall, Sweden.(europe)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Alloptic (Livermore, CA) tested its GEPON products on the Acreo (Kista, Sweden) national broadband testbed in Hudiksvall, Sweden. The testing was part of a program led by Ericsson (Stockholm), which acted as systems integrator for the Alloptic...

Sydkraft Bredband (Malmo, Sweden) migrated to the Cisco Systems (San Jose) IP Next Generation Network (IP NGN) offering, deploying the company's optical networking platforms to support the rollout of broadband Internet access services to hospitals, municipalities, schools, and businesses across Sweden.(europe)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Sydkraft Bredband (Malmo, Sweden) migrated to the Cisco Systems (San Jose) IP Next Generation Network (IP NGN) offering, deploying the company's optical networking platforms to support the rollout of broadband Internet access services to...

FlexLight Networks.(asia)
September 1, 2005... FlexLight Networks (Dallas) deployed a GPON network in Gangseo-gu Ward, South Korea, Seoul's second-largest municipality. Using the company's Optimate system, the municipality's regional headquarters is linked to 26 remote branches in a series...

Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) won a $1.2-million contract to supply Qingdao Netcom (Qingdao, China), a subsidiary of China Netcom (Beijing), with its Metropolis ADM multiservice transport platform.(asia)
September 1, 2005... Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) won a $1.2-million contract to supply Qingdao Netcom (Qingdao, China), a subsidiary of China Netcom (Beijing), with its Metropolis ADM multiservice transport platform. Lucent will also provide spares to...

UTStarcom (Alameda, CA) signed a contract with Softbank BB (Tokyo).(asia)
September 1, 2005... UTStarcom (Alameda, CA) signed a contract with Softbank BB (Tokyo), a leading provider of broadband services in Japan, to expand the provider's existing GEPON network in support of its Hikari fiber broadband service.

Corecess (Kyonggi, South Korea) and Teknovus (Petaluma, CA) announced that Korea Telecom (KT--Seoul, South Korea) selected the Corecess S5 IP multiservice access platform and Corecess 3800 series ONT, powered by the Teknovus TK3700-series EPON chipset, for exclusive use in the mass deployment of KT's FTTH service.(asia)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Corecess (Kyonggi, South Korea) and Teknovus (Petaluma, CA) announced that Korea Telecom (KT--Seoul, South Korea) selected the Corecess $5 IP multiservice access platform and Corecess 3800 series ONT, powered by the Teknovus TK3700-series EPON...

UCOM (Tokyo) deployed 100-Mbit/sec services based on the Ikanos Communications (Fremont, CA) Fx 100100 chipsets.(asia)
September 1, 2005... UCOM (Tokyo) deployed 100-Mbit/sec services based on the Ikanos Communications (Fremont, CA) Fx 100100 chipsets. Designed for FTTX and multi-dwelling-unit MDU applications, the symmetrical 100-Mbit/sec chipset will enable applications such as...

Nortel Networks (Ottawa, Ontario) was selected to upgrade the China Mobile (Beijing) optical-backbone network in China's Zhejiang province.(asia)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Nortel Networks (Ottawa, Ontario) was selected to upgrade the China Mobile (Beijing) optical-backbone network in China's Zhejiang province. For the upgrade, the company's Optical Cross Connect HDX Multiservice Switch and Optical Multiservice...

No smoking signs?(Editorial)(Editorial)
September 1, 2005... The cliche says that where there's smoke, there's fire. However, the boom and bust of the optical communications space we've experienced since the end of the 1990s has taught us that where there's smoke, there's frequently more smoke and maybe...

Plasma-activated process key for low-cost Ethernet.(Technology: Advances in research, development, engineering, and standards)
September 1, 2005... The market for 10-Gigabit Ethernet in premises networks is now gaining traction and growing rapidly. The key technical enablers that have extended low-cost Ethernet to 10 Gbits/ sec are short-wavelength VCSELs and ultra-high-bandwidth multimode...

Micro-MSPPs can't be boxed in.(TECH TRENDS)
September 1, 2005... A multiservice provisioning platform (MSPP) enables carriers to consolidate different types of traffic--including data, traditional TDM, and storage--on a common infrastructure. It is a fully redundant device with a rich feature set and wide...

Measuring multimode-component attenuation.(STANDARDS WATCH)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... In pursuit of improvements to the launch-condition specification for multimode components, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is preparing a new standard on the measurement of the mode transfer function (MTF) of fiber-optic...

DWDM micro wave blocker for metro optical deployment.(PRODUCT PROFILE)(dense wavelength division multiplexing )
September 1, 2005... Xtellus (Morris Plains, NJ) recently introduced its Wavelength Blocker (WB) 7000, a micro wavelength blocker that the company says is optimized for deployment in cable multiservice-operator and metro optical networks. "The application space is...

EoS service emulation, analysis, troubleshooting.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
September 1, 2005... For next generation Ethernet over SONET/SDH service emulation, analysis, and troubleshooting, the FTB-8100 analyzer's additional functionalities include support for low-order virtual concatenation (VCAT) and link capacity adjustment scheme...

10-GbE Layer 1-7 metro test module.(TEST EQUIPMENT)
September 1, 2005... The STT Ethernet module is designed for the qualification, installation, maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting of metro networks from 10/100 Mbits/sec to 1- and 10-Gigabit Ethernet, plus 1-and 2-Gbit/sec Fibre Channel. Its...

'One-to-one' design FTTH delivery systems.(SYSTEMS)
September 1, 2005... Using a "one-to-one" design particularly geared to new construction where the number of potential subscribers is initially small rather than a "shared" media-converter architecture designed for large systems, the LightHouse FTTH series is a...

Compact, flexible mode conditioning plug.(COMPONENTS)
September 1, 2005... The small, compact, and very flexible mode conditioning (MC) plug eliminates the need to buy a specific MC patch cord since the existing patch cord is used. The need for mode conditioning is due to the singlemode launch characteristics of the...

High-frequency, low-phase true sinewave VCXO.(COMPONENTS)
September 1, 2005... For 10-Gigabit Ethernet, broadband, SONET/SDH, network/switch, and ATM communications, the CVSS-940 true sinewave voltage-controlled crystal oscillator (VCXO) provides low-phase -150 dBc/Hz noise floor performance and [+ or -] 50-ppm minimum...

GbE SFP-based plug-in transponder.(SUBSYSTEMS)
September 1, 2005... The Double Dual Gigabit Ethernet SFP-based transponder for the TM-Series (formerly Mentis) platform allows the deployment of small-footprint fully integrated metro WDM nodes, enabling backhaul of GbE traffic generated by DSL and cable-based...

All-optical photonic 40G 2R regenerator.(SUBSYSTEMS)
September 1, 2005... Fabricated from a hybrid integrated combination of a planar silica MachZehnder interferometer and monolithic semiconductor optical-amplifier (SOA) array, the 40G-2R-ORP 40-Gbit/sec all-optical photonic reamplification and reshaping regenerator...

Optical LAN termination kit.(INSTALLATION)
September 1, 2005... The Xpress electricity-free termination kit provides fast and reliable LC, SC, and ST connector terminations for optical LANs. With an operating temperature of -10[degrees] to +60[degrees]C, the kit is suited for indoor applications like bare...

10-GbE, optical CDMA design software.(DESIGN & MANUFACTURING)
September 1, 2005... The OptSim 4.5 optical communications design suite now supports new applications for optical CDMA and 10-Gigabit Ethernet multimode systems. It also includes several technical advances such as stimulated Brillouin scattering modeling, which...

Connectorization choices can save FTTP costs.(use of fiber to the premises architectures)
September 1, 2005... Making early cost-sensitive decisions when deploying fiber to the premises (FTTP) is often a difficult yet necessary consideration in today's competitive access environment. Service providers not only must consider initial installation costs,...

GPON vs. EPON: a cost comparison.(gigabit passive optical network, broadband passive optical network )
September 1, 2005... Industry standards for PON technology have enabled the initial deployment of FTTP services. The ITU-T BPON standard has been embraced in North America, while the IEEE 802.3ah-based EPON (a.k.a. GEPON) has been chosen as the next step in Japan...

FTTH Conference expands, expects record exhibitors.(fiber to the home)
September 1, 2005... Like the application space it serves, the FTTH Conference continues to grow. Now in its fourth year, the event moves to the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Oct. 3-6. The FTTH Council, which sponsors the show, promises an expanded...

Fiber to the what ... and when?(new fiber optic networks)
September 1, 2005... Hundreds of phone companies, local and regional government authorities, utilities, real estate developers, and other organizations around the world have projects underway to install fiber-based broadband access-network technology. They all have...

Conferences.(KMI Research)(meetings for fiber optics industry)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... KMI'S 9TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON OPTICAL NETWORKING MARKETS September 25-26, 2005, Glasgow Scotland--co-located with ECOC Don't miss your chance to learn from a host of industry experts presenting and analysing the trends, services,...

Vitex.(Fiber Optic Supplier)(management of Vitex Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... VITEX, 616 E Palisade Ave., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. PH: 201-871-1881, FX: 201-871-1909 Main products include: (1) PON related products including diplexer/triplexer/PON transceivers/splitters. (2) SFF, SFP, and 1x9 transceivers for...

Prior Scientific, Inc.(about fiber optics equipments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... PRIOR SCIENTIFIC, INC. 80 Reservoir Park Drive,, Rockland, MA 02370 PH: 781-878-8442, FX: 781-878-8736, EMAIL: info@prior.com, WEB: www.pdor.com Prior Scientific, Inc., designs and manufactures a full line of fiber optic microscopy...

Telecom private-line recovery expected to start next year.(MARKET WATCH)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... The market for private-line services (i.e., point-to-point circuits leased by enterprises from telecom carriers to link enterprise sites to each other and the Internet) is expected to continue its contraction through the remainder of this year....

Edge/core-router sales seen doubling to $8.4b by '09.(MARKET WATCH)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2005... Driven by demand for new business virtual-private-network services, upcoming consumer triple play services, and an evolution toward converged networks, the combined edge- and core-router market's sales will grow from $3.8 billion last year to...

Gigabit switches bolster LAN switches.(MARKET WATCH)(local area networks)
September 1, 2005... According to a pair of reports from Synergy Research Group (Scottsdale, AZ), the LAN switch markets in both the United States and Europe/ Middle Last/Africa (EMEA) regions saw growth in sales of gigabit and content switching products in the...