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Silicon Photonics - A Very Active and Progressive Area of Research

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Silicon Photonics: The State of the Art" to their offering.

17 Apr 2008

29% Yearly Growth Confirms Leadership for the Seventh Year in a row

Alcatel-Lucent further reinforces its optical networking leadership by consolidating its #1 position with a 24% market share for the full year 2007, according to Ovum RHK.

3 Apr 2008

ADTRAN Announces Addition of Gigabit Passive Optical Network Technology to Total Access 5000

ADTRAN®, Inc. today announced the addition of Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) technology to the Total Access® 5000 Ethernet Multi-service Access and Aggregation Platform.

2 Apr 2008

Enabling Ultra High Capacity Data to Be Transmitted to the Other Side of the Planet

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. announced it is the world's first to achieve all optically regenerated transmission, which enables unlimited transmission of 160Gbps optical signals with single wavelength.

2 Apr 2008

First 10G EPON Reference Designs for FTTH Deployments

PMC-Sierra, Inc. today announced the availability of complete reference designs for 10Gbit/s IEEE 802.3av EPON Optical Line Terminals (OLT) and Optical Network Units (ONU).

31 Mar 2008

The Smallest and Lightest 40/43Gbps Test Solution

Digital Lightwave®, Inc., a leading provider of optical networking test equipment and technology, today announced that the NIC 40/43G Testing Module can be ordered with a tunable laser for C-Band or L-Band application with NRZ, Duo-Binary and DPSK line codes available.

31 Mar 2008

DARPA Project Advances Chip Communications Via Proximity and Optical Connections

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Sun $44.29 million funding for a five and a half-year research project focused on microchip interconnectivity via on-chip optical networks enabled by Silicon photonics and proximity communication.

24 Mar 2008

Emergence of PIC Will Lead to Massive Changes in Optical Networks

The long-awaited emergence of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology will lead to a massive change in the way optical networks are built and deployed over the next decade.

19 Mar 2008

Fiber Network Provides Attractive Alternative for Enterprise and Carrier Customers

RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced the launch of its newest major metropolitan market of Philadelphia. RCN Metro Optical Networks just completed the build of a fiber ring encompassing over 3,000 fiber miles located in Center City, Philadelphia.

17 Mar 2008

Optical Keyhole Carries Discussion Between Strategic Partners

Optical Keyhole - the premier online source for information on the optical industry - is carrying a discussion between strategic partners ADC and Novera Optics, who share their views on the market drivers behind WDM-PON technology, the benefits and type of application for WDM-PON, and finally the competitive advantages of ADC's PONy Express solution, including pricing issues.

6 Mar 2008