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    While network-processor vendors contract, capabilities expand

    Dec. 1, 2003
    As if to illustrate why the name of the Network Processors Conference West will change next year, most of the action at October's show in San Jose, CA, focused on such chips as...
    Market Research

    Asia Forum 2004: Doing business in the world's largest market

    Dec. 1, 2003
    Lightwave will again partner with the Optical Society of America (OSA) to sponsor a one-day event Sunday, Feb. 22, in Los Angeles, CA, on how to do business in Asia—the largest...
    Market Research

    European carriers see upswing in optical-network equipment spending

    Dec. 1, 2003
    Telecommunications-carrier responses to the "Optical Networking Equipment Survey 2003" from KMI Research (Providence, RI) indicate that carriers plan to increase their optical...
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    In Brief

    Dec. 1, 2003
    Bookham Technology (Oxford, UK) purchased Palomar's (Vista, CA) Laser Diode Assembly Cell to complement its automated equipment resources used for precision volume manufacturing...
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    Products

    Dec. 1, 2003
    For long-haul and metro DWDM optical-networking systems that deploy optical add/drop nodes and varying link budgets, the PGE60850 variable gain amplifier (VGA) provides flat response...

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    Delivering metro Ethernet over copper, fibre

    Dec. 1, 2003
    Ethernet is fast becoming the protocol of choice for metro networking, but with only about 10% of buildings connected via fibre, service providers and their customers are left...
    Network Design

    Core routers are smarter, more modular, reliable

    Dec. 1, 2003
    Beyond the enormous advancement in forwarding speed, today's core routers are more reliable, more intelligent, and feature increased modularity over their previous incarnations...
    Network Design

    Ready for primetime: MSPPs can deliver digital video over existing networks

    Dec. 1, 2003
    Several industry trends are coming together to give service providers an opportunity to increase revenues from digital video transport services. Over the next couple of years ...