Volume 4, Issue 1

Carrier Ethernet sales up 100% year-over-year

Jan. 1, 2007

The worldwide market for Carrier Ethernet equipment increased 100% year-over-year and more than 25% sequentially, according to Synergy Research Group’s “Q2 2006 Enterprise and...

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Cabling market awaits FTTX boost

Jan. 1, 2007

by Kurt RudermanFTTH announcements by France Telecom and Free Telecom last year have raised hopes among European cable makers that other incumbents and alternative carriers will...

FTTH/B

The year of making money

Jan. 1, 2007

by Stephen M. HardyWell, the shift of manufacturing resources to Asia is more or less complete for most companies, the market has stabilised at worst and is growing in several...

Market Research

Asia-Pacific leads FTTX market

Jan. 1, 2007

Over the next 5 years, worldwide spending on fibre-optic systems used for broadband access will total US$77 billion, increasing from US$8 billion this year to US$21 billion by...

Market Research

Alcatel, Huawei, Nortel top 3Q06 networking market

Jan. 1, 2007

Ovum-RHK recently announced its preliminary analysis of 3Q06 results for optical networking equipment vendors. Revenues were US$3.1 billion, up 13% versus 3Q05 and up 5% versus...

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DWDM & ROADM

Dynamic reconfigurability is ready for carrier networks

Jan. 1, 2007

by Paul MorkelNew technologies that enable the dynamic delivery of bandwidth to any location at any time are entering the marketplace. The use of on-demand provisioning and automated...

PON/Systems

Premier Products

Jan. 1, 2007

10 Gbit transponder and protocol converterThe PM 1001 10 Gbit LAN PHY to WAN PHY protocol converter connects 10-Gbit LAN switches to 10 Gbit SONET/SDH and DWDM networks. The PM...

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Demo showcases 100GbE transmission over commercial network

Jan. 1, 2007

At the SC06 International Conference, held in Tampa, FL, last November, Infinera teamed with Finisar, Level3 Communications, Internet2, and the University of California at Santa...

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10G form factors: Too much just enough?

Jan. 1, 2007

by Stephen HardyIf you listen to transceiver vendors, the emerging SFP+ multisource agreement (MSA) could revolutionise 10 Gbit/s interfaces. The module sector hasn’t witnessed...

Transmission

update

Jan. 1, 2007

Mid-Atlantic Crossroads(MAX) has deployed the Ekinops (www. ekinops.com) 10-Gigabit LAN PHY to WAN PHY protocol converter to connect its 10-Gigabit Ethernet network to an OC-192...

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IEC provides guidance for connecting different singlemode fibre types

Jan. 1, 2007

by James J. RefiAlmost since the invention of singlemode fibre, different types have existed. In the early 1980s, dispersion-unshifted fibres had matched clad and depressed clad...