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UTStarcom Provides Gigabit and Ethernet Passive Optical Network Solution to BSNL

An IP-based Interactive network solutions provider for telecom and cable operators, UTStarcom has announced that the company has provided GEPON (Gigabit and Ethernet Passive Optical Network) products to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited for their FTTH (fiber -to-the-home) network deployment.

5 Aug 2011

Novel Method Allows Data Transfer by Light

A novel transfer technology for video data has been developed by the researchers at Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) based in Berlin, Germany.

5 Aug 2011

10X10 MSA Releases 100Gbps Standards to Reduce Manufacturing and Developing Costs

A group of 25 companies that create 100 Gb/s solutions, the 10x10 MSA has introduced the 40 Km and 10 Km specifications. A common specification was developed by the MSA for deployments of longer reach applications with a reduced risk.

4 Aug 2011

NeoPhotonics Introduces Pluggable 10G PON OLT Transceivers

The California-based manufacturer of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) with manufacturing units in Shenzhen, China and the Silicon Valley, NeoPhotonics has made available the XG PON1 transceiver module, which is in an XFP form factor for 10G PON applications.

4 Aug 2011

Infinera, SEACOM Develop South Africa’s Telecommunication Network

An Africa-based telecommunications provider, SEACOM in association with the US-based supplier of digital optical networking equipment, Infinera has successfully transmitted 5X100 Gb/s coherent optical signals over a distance of 1732 km.

From Infinera 3 Aug 2011

euNetworks Acquires TeraGate AG Storage Optical Network to Provide On-Net Services

A subsidiary of euNetworks Group, euNetworks has signed a definitive contract to acquire TeraGate AG Storage Optical Network, a German company of EGORA Holding and of DB Industrial Holdings Beteiligungs KG.

1 Aug 2011

Optical Chip and Module Manufacturers Announce Multi-Source Agreement

Optical chip and module manufacturers, Oki Semiconductor, Mitsubishi Electric, Opnext, Sumitomo Electric and Renesas Electronics, have announced a Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) in order to meet the increasing demand for the pluggable 40 Gbps transceiver modules series in data, IP communication and telecommunication applications.

29 Jul 2011

Home Communications Collaborates with Clearfield for Fiber-to-the-Home Project

A Kansas-based provider of Internet, telephone and TV services, Home Communications has entered a contract with Clearfield, a fiber management company for the deployment of its recently launched FTTH (Fiber to the Home) project across its exchanges in nine cities.

26 Jul 2011

NTS Communications Selects ADTRAN GPON Solution to Resolve Network Issues

A provider of networking solutions and communications equipment, ADTRAN declared that the company has been chosen as the vendor for Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Broadband Stimulus buildout by the wholly based subsidiary of Xfone based in Texas, NTS Communications.

From ADTRAN, Inc. 25 Jul 2011

Researchers Attain Milestone in Field of Optical Communication

Researchers of the ITEAM Institute located at the Universitat Politècnica de València have collaborated with the McGill University in Montreal and the Eindhoven University of Technology in Netherlands to attain a scientific milestone in optical communications.

21 Jul 2011