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ColorChip Announces the Release of Triplexer Transceivers for FTTH Market

ColorChip, a leading developer and provider of fiber optics components based on PLC technology, announced today the release of a GEPON (EPON) PX10 Triplexer transceivers for the FTTH market.

15 Jan 2008

ColorChip Releases Meteor II GPON Diplexer Transceiver for FTTH Market

ColorChip, a leading developer and provider of fiber optics components based on PLC technology, announced today the release of the Meteor II GPON Class A+ diplexer transceiver for the FTTH market

15 Jan 2008

AT+T Announces New Optical Networking Contract with MMSD

AT&T Inc. today announced a new optical networking services contract with the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD), which serves approximately 25,000 students across southern Wisconsin. Under the terms of the five-year contract, AT&T will deliver AT&T OPT-E-MAN(R) service to more than 40 schools throughout the district.

10 Jan 2008

Plastic Fibre Making Optical Networking Cheaper and Simpler

Plans in the 1990s to bring ultra-high speed telecom lines into every home foundered because the optical fibre infrastructure was just too expensive. But a new European project using plastic fibre and off-the-shelf components could make optical networking so cheap and simple that anyone could install it.

9 Jan 2008

Verizon Upgrades to Next-Generation Electronics to Increase Speed

Verizon technicians are upgrading FiOS with next-generation electronics to dramatically enhance the speeds, and thus the capabilities, of Verizon's all-fiber-optic FiOS broadband, video and voice network.

8 Jan 2008

A Step Closer to All-Optical Circuits

Converting between electronic and optical signals is one of the main costs in high-speed data networks and telecommunications applications, even more so when looking at future applications.

7 Jan 2008

Internet at the Speed of Light

The ultra-high data speeds possible on optical fibre networks will only come into their own when the fibres reach the last mile into everyone’s home. But that will require miniaturisation and integration of optical components on a scale not yet seen. European researchers may have some of the answers. Broadband access has transformed the economic potential of the internet.

21 Dec 2007

JDSU Next-Generation OTDRs Offers More Effective Troubleshooting of Fiber Networks

JDSU today announced three field-interchangeable, single-slot plug-in OTDRs for the T-BERD/MTS-6000 and T-BERD/MTS-8000 platforms. Each of the new OTDR modules -- for very short-range (VSRe), medium-range (MR) and long-range (LR) environments -- provide the right combination of price and performance for the respective type of network under test. The VSRe module is geared to FTTx/access networks, the MR to metro/regional networks and the LR to core networks.

17 Dec 2007

Most Advanced All-Fiber-Optic Network Straight to Consumers' Homes

The future of television has arrived for thousands of Portland Metro consumers as Verizon today announced the launch of its industry-leading FiOS TV service in the greater Portland area. With the launch of its video service in Oregon, Verizon now offers FiOS TV in 13 states.

14 Dec 2007

JDSU Optical Spectrum Analyzer Engineered to Test Optical Performance in Agile Optical Network

JDSU today announced improved measurement analysis for its industry-leading in-band optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) for the T-BERD/MTS-8000. The OSA-320 module, a high-performance optical spectrum analyzer, incorporates a unique and highly accurate method for measuring the "true" optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) in Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) networks.

12 Dec 2007