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High Power Multimode Pump Module Offering Pp to 6W of Power

Bookham, Inc., today announced the launch of a fully qualified high power multimode pump module offering up to 6W power. The pump module, designed to provide the power and reliability required for pumping next generation amplifiers in cable and FTTx networks, offers a 50% power increase from the previous generation of Bookham multimode pump modules, and is thought to be the highest power telecom grade multimode pump module in the industry.

27 Feb 2008

Technology Breaks Through Last Bottleneck to Network Automation

With more and more optical network automation, one task has remained manual: fiber connections. But now, as the result of research conducted by Verizon, that is likely to change.

26 Feb 2008

Revolutionizing Service Provider ROI

Teknovus, the leading provider of Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (G-EPON) chips for the deployment of triple-play services in broadband access networks, today announced the TK3723, its third-generation EPON Optical Line Terminal (OLT) chip with two dual-speed Turbo-EPONTM MACs and multi-service traffic management and shaping.

26 Feb 2008

Fiber Laser Leader Secures More than 100 Key U.S. Photonics Patents

IPG Photonics Corporation, the world leader in high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, today reported that it has purchased more than 100 key U.S. patents, and their more than 340 foreign counterparts, by acquiring a photonics patent portfolio from British Telecom.

26 Feb 2008

Highly Customizable Software Supports Transparent Operation of AON Superblade

This telecom-grade application framework will support all of the optical functions within JDSU's new AON Superblade solution that was also announced today, allowing it to seamlessly integrate within network equipment manufacturer's (NEMS) and service provider networks.

26 Feb 2008

New AON Superblade Reduces Size and Power Requirements of Optical Components

JDSU today announced that it is creating a single-slot blade solution for delivering all major functions required for optical network transport, called the Agile Optical Network (AON) Superblade.

26 Feb 2008

CoreOptics Announces Availability of MLSE Technology for Optical Networks

CoreOptics Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of 40Gbps and 10Gbps optical networking subsystems announced availability of the second generation of its Maximum Likelihood Sequence Estimation (MLSE) technology for deployment in metro/regional optical networks.

25 Feb 2008

New High Power Tunable Laser Generates All Commonly Used Wavelengths

NeoPhotonics, a leading supplier of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) based components, modules and subsystems for the telecom and CATV industries, will debut at OFC a new high power tunable laser for DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) networks that has an output power of 40 mW and other features ideal for DQPSK coding and 40 Gbps systems.

25 Feb 2008

With Integrated Optical Service, Life Becomes Simpler

Verizon is now making available to its service provider customers the same super-efficient networking technology that Verizon uses to concentrate data streams from multiple transport protocols over high-capacity secure networks.

25 Feb 2008

Company Creates Industry’s First ROADM Device Based on DLP Technology

Nistica, a global supplier of agile optical modules to leading telecom system OEMs, announced today the launch of its new FULL FLEDGE subsystem to meet growing demand for cost-effective Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Modules (ROADMs) in core network nodes.

25 Feb 2008