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Brocade Certifies Infinera ATN Platform for 1G and 2G Fibre Channel

Infinera announced that its ATN metro edge platform has been certified by Brocade Communications Systems Inc. for 1G and 2G Fibre Channel, according to the testing requirements of the Brocade Data Center Ready Program.

30 Mar 2010

Virtensys Bags FOSE 2010 Award for its VIO-4000 Networking Switches

Virtensys™, Ltd, a leader in next-generation I/O solutions for data centers, today announced that the Virtensys VIO-4000 I/O virtualization switches won the Government Computer News (GCN) Best of FOSE Awards for 2010 in the Networking Equipment category.

27 Mar 2010

New CPE Devices from D-Link to be Powered by BroadLight’s BL2348 SoC

BroadLight, the leading supplier of Ultra-Broadband Residential Gateway and GPON semiconductors, today announced that D-Link has selected its BL2348 GPON Residential Gateway (RG) SoC for a new line of high-performance CPE devices.

27 Mar 2010

Optametra Adds New Analysis Capabilities to its Software Solutions

Optametra, a leading supplier of coherent lightwave signal analyzers, has added new analysis capabilities to its line of software solutions.

27 Mar 2010

New IEEE P802.3bg Project Aims to Provide 40 Gb/s Optical Compatibility

The IEEE has approved work to begin on a new amendment to the IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet standard that will serve to enhance the 40 Gb/s Ethernet physical layer (PHY) capabilities already under development in the IEEE P802.3ba™ 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Ethernet project.

26 Mar 2010

Sumitomo Announces New Splice-On Connector for Fiber Optic Network Applications

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, a leader in fiber optic product manufacturing, announced today the introduction of the Lynx2 CustomFit® Splice-On Connector, the first splice connector in the industry to offer the three leading connector types, SC, LC, and FC for single-mode, 50 and 62.5 micron multimode, and gigabit laser optimized multimode fiber types.

26 Mar 2010

Source Photonics Unveils Industry’s First 6 Gb/s SFP+ Optical Module

Source Photonics, Inc., a leading provider of optical transceivers for fiber to the home and telecom networks, today announced the availability of the industry’s first 6 Gigabit module in SFP+ form factor for applications in 3/4G wireless backhaul networks supporting Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) and Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) standards.

26 Mar 2010