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Power & Tel to Distribute Blue Wave's Optical Transceivers and Networking Components

Power & Telephone Supply Co. (Power & Tel) and Blue Wave Micro announce they have reached a distribution agreement for the US, Canada, and Latin America. This agreement allows Power & Tel to stock, sell and distribute Blue Wave's optical transceivers and networking components. The objective of this partnership is to utilize both companies' strengths to efficiently supply solutions that provide service providers long-term reliability and consistency.

20 Oct 2014

KVH Awarded Military Contract for Fiber Optic Gyro-Based Tactical Navigation Systems

KVH Industries, Inc., announced today that it has received a $19 million contract for the delivery of a new fiber optic gyro- (FOG) based tactical navigation system for use by an international military customer in an armored vehicle application.

From KVH Industries, Inc. 17 Oct 2014

CALIENT Introduces New ODL Plugin for SDN-Controlled Hybrid Packet-Optical Networks

CALIENT Technologies, Inc., the global leader for optical circuit-switching technology, today announced a new plugin for the OpenDayLight (ODL) platform, giving data center architects flexibility in building software-defined networking (SDN)-controlled hybrid packet-optical networks using the company’s S-Series Optical Circuit Switches.

17 Oct 2014

Global Optical Transceiver Market Anticipated to Grow to $9.9 Billion by 2020

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "Optical Transceivers: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2014 to 2020" to their offering.

16 Oct 2014

SDN and OpenFlow World Congress: ADVA Optical Networking to Demonstrate True Value of Transport SDN

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that it will be showcasing a new demonstration at the SDN and OpenFlow World Congress that highlights the true business value of transport Software-Defined Networking (SDN).

16 Oct 2014

ADVA Optical Networking to Jointly Demonstrate with Metaswitch Networks at SDN and OpenFlow World Congress

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that it's jointly hosting a demonstration with Metaswitch Networks at this year's SDN and OpenFlow World Congress. The demonstration presents a radical new approach to routing the enormous and ever-growing volume of network traffic.

15 Oct 2014

pureLiFi Turns Off-the-Shelf LED Light Fixtures into Wireless Access Points

pureLiFi, the light communications technology company, has produced the world’s first Li-Fi network by turning off-the-shelf LED light fixtures into wireless access points. The company has produced all the necessary components for the “atto-cellular” communication system that can serve multiple mobile users at the same time (multi-user access), allowing them to move around inside a room or premises while seamlessly connecting to the best serving light bulb (also termed “handover”).

13 Oct 2014

Chunghwa Telecom Selects Coriant to Enhance Mobile Backhaul Network

Coriant, a global supplier of dynamic metro-to-core transport solutions, announced that Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) has chosen Coriant to further enhance their mobile backhaul network. The 4G LTE infrastructure upgrade is part of CHT's continuing effort to utilize the most advanced technologies to provide the best possible broadband service experience for their customers in Taiwan.

9 Oct 2014

ADVA 100G Core Deployed by Televorgu in Trans-European Network

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that Televõrgu AS has deployed the ADVA 100G Core to connect Northern and Eastern European countries to Central Europe over a route running through the Baltic States and Poland.

9 Oct 2014

Telecom Italia Mobile Brasil to Deploy Coriant hiT 7300 Multi-Haul Optical Transport Platform

Coriant, a global supplier of dynamic metro-to-core transport solutions, today announced that Telecom Italia Mobile Brasil (TIM), one of the leading telecom providers in Brazil, will deploy the Coriant™ hiT 7300 Multi-Haul Transport Platform.

8 Oct 2014