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Coherent 100G Port Shipments Expected to Grow by 118% in 2015

Coherent 100G port shipments for metro regional optical networks grew 145 percent in 2014 from the prior year, and are anticipated to grow another 118 percent in 2015, predicts IHS.

12 Aug 2015

India Passive Optical Network Equipment Market Forecast to Grow at 21.0% CAGR from 2014 to 2020

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Passive Optical Network (PON) Equipment Market - India Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2014 - 2020" report to their offering.

6 Aug 2015

MRV’s Packet and Optical Platforms Empower CentraCom to Build 100G Core

MRV Communications™, Inc. (“MRV®”), a global provider of innovative packet and optical solutions, announced today that CentraCom is leveraging MRV’s portfolio of packet and optical platforms, alongside its service orchestration software, to ensure reliability and performance as it expands its network and service portfolio.

6 Aug 2015

Global Service Solutions Installs AOptix’ Advanced Laser-Radio Technology in San Juan, Puerto Rico

AOptix, a pioneer in ultra-high capacity wireless communications, today announced that Global Service Solutions, Inc. (GSS), the premier reseller and distributor of telecommunications products in the Caribbean region, has successfully deployed the AOptix Intellimax wireless transport product in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on behalf of a major national carrier. The new link will deliver multi-gigabit bandwidth to the heart of historic Old San Juan.

5 Aug 2015

WiTCOM Installs ADVA FSP 3000 with ROADM Technology Throughout the Hessen Region of Germany

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that WiTCOM has deployed the ADVA FSP 3000 with reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) technology throughout the Hessen region of Germany.

5 Aug 2015

Broadcom Announces DOCSIS-Compatible 10G EPON Residential Gateway Solution for Cable MSOs

Broadcom Corporation, a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, today announced a DOCSIS-compatible 10G Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) residential gateway reference design.

5 Aug 2015

Network Specialist Ciena Acquires Cyan

Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Cyan, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation software and platforms to enable open, agile and scalable software-defined networks, pursuant to the terms of the acquisition agreement.

4 Aug 2015

JDSU Renamed Viavi Solutions Following Spinoff of CCOP Business Segment

Viavi Solutions Inc. ("Viavi"), formerly JDSU, announced the completion of the spinoff of its Communications and Commercial Optical Product business segment ("CCOP") on August 1, 2015. With the spinoff complete, JDSU's Network Enablement ("NE"), Service Enablement ("SE") and Optical Security and Performance Products ("OSP") businesses were renamed Viavi.

4 Aug 2015

µQSFP MSA Group Assembles Leading Networking Companies to Define ìQSFP Form Factor

The Micro Quad Small-Form-Factor Pluggable (ìQSFP) Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) group today announced that it has assembled 12 leading global networking companies to define a new compact, hot-pluggable transceiver module form factor, the ìQSFP (pronounced micro QSFP), targeting next generation data communications.

3 Aug 2015

University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory Hosts Second Open Networking Solutions Plugfest

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) hosted the second Open Networking Solutions Plugfest to support the acceleration of Open Networking Solutions and to prepare the community for a certification program.

31 Jul 2015