Optical Networks/WDM back issues from March 2008:
Global ON market shares for top ten vendors.
Mar 01, 2008 ... <Pre> Global ON market shares for top ten vendors4Q07 3Q07 ChangeRollingChange Vendor market market from4Q from sharesharepreviousshareprevious Alcatel-Lucent25.3%24.9% ...
Nortel introduces 40G, 100G.(TECHNOLOGY)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Nortel introduced the industry's first optical technology that can deliver both 40G and 100G network capacity, enabling four times the network throughput immediately while providing the foundation to simply and affordably increase capacity tenfold as required. This innovative capability ...
NSG America demonstrates SELMUX DWDM three-port filter module.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Mar 01, 2008 ... NSG America, the creator of the SELFOC lens and the SELMUX filter package and a provider of low dark current PDs and APDs, held a live demonstration at the 2008 OFC/NFOEC of their SELMUX DWDM operating in a -40-degree C environment. The NSG proprietary SELMUX filter packaging ...
AOI offers DWDM QAM laser.(NEW PRODUCTS)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI), a manufacturer of laser diodes, photodetectors, and optical modules for fiber-optic communications systems, is offering a C-band DWDM QAM laser in standard 14-pin butterfly package. Key features of the laser include the following: ...
CMOS retimer with EDC brings 10G Ethernet performance to legacy fiber infrastructure.
Mar 01, 2008 ... Phyworks has announced a fully 10GBASE-LRM-compliant serial retiming receiver with electronic dispersion compensation (EDC). Manufactured on a CMOS process, this second-generation EDC chip offers a more powerful equalizer, is smaller in size than alternatives and is easier to integrate ...
Fujitsu to aid Sea-Me-We 4 upgrade.(SUBMARINE NETWORKS)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Fujitsu Ltd. says it will upgrade the capacity of the South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe (SEA-ME-WE) 4 submarine cable network connecting numerous countries between Singapore and France. With completion scheduled in 2009, this multimillion-dollar second upgrade project will triple ...
Global Crossing upgrades Latin American network to meet growing demand.
Mar 01, 2008 ... Global Crossing, a global IP solutions provider, announced that it has expanded capacity on its South American Crossing (SAC) undersea fiber-optic cable system to meet rapidly growing demand for Internet Protocol (IP) and Ethernet transport in Central and South America. "Our ...
Nortel wins next-gen Neos contract.(CONTRACTS)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Neos Networks is delivering the nationwide network capacity to meet customer demand for increasingly advanced applications, such as Internet video and new business communication services, thanks to a 40G-ready optical solution from Nortel. With its new optical network in the UK, Neos ...
Brasil Telecom GlobeNet selects Nokia Siemens Networks for optical backbone network expansion in North America.(CONTRACTS)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Brasil Telecom GlobeNet will strengthen its North American product strategy, expanding its solutions capacity and strengthening security with an optical platform from Nokia Siemens Networks. The deployment of the flexible, high-capacity SURPASS hiT 7300 dense wavelength division ...
Zayo Group secures $30 million in debt financing.(FINANCING)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Zayo Group, a regional provider of bandwidth and telecommunications services, announced that it has closed on $30 million in debt financing. The funding comes from three institutions led by CIT and is co-sponsored by CoBank and Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc. The ...
Qwest provides Farmington residents with increased network capacity and protection.(BUSINESS)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Qwest Communications International Inc. announced the completion of a redundant communications path, providing increased capacity and protection for residents of Farmington, New Mexico, and the surrounding area. Qwest technicians completed the project more than five weeks ahead of the date ...
TelemaxX deploys Ekinops 360 platform in Germany.(BUSINESS)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Ekinops, a provider of optical transport, CWDM, DWDM, and aggregation solutions for service providers and enterprise networks, announced that TelemaxX, a telecommunications service provider, has deployed the Ekinops 360 optical transport platform in its network in Germany. TelemaxX is ...
Verizon Business expands global network and moves deeper into emerging markets.(BUSINESS)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Focused on meeting the growing needs of its large-business and government customers worldwide, Verizon Business will expand its global network footprint in 2008 while it continues to invest in numerous network programs and enhancements around the world. The Verizon Business ...
Optical Networking market hits another 6-year high, says Ovum RHK.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Ovum RHK announced its preliminary quarterly results for global optical equipment networking vendors. The global optical networking (ON) market reached a new post-2001 high of $4.4 billion in 4Q07, for a 16 percent sequential and 30 percent year-over-year gain. "The ...
No slowdown in network operator spending evident in 4Q07, says Ovum.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)
Mar 01, 2008 ... Ovum posted its analysis of fourth-quarter 2007 revenue and capital spending by North American network operators. Fixed telecom revenues were largely flat to down among top-tier service providers, although AT&T and BellCanada eked out small gains. Despite the poor revenue ...
Report: US Consumers more savvy about broadband options.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)
Mar 01, 2008 ... US consumers are becoming aware of the limitations that some broadband service connections provide, particularly in regard to available bandwidth, reports In-Stat. "As a general rule of thumb in the broadband world, higher bandwidth is better," said Mike Paxton, In-Stat analyst ....