by Stephen HardyWith the global economy in a tailspin, many optical communications companies have lowered their revenue expectations under the belief that carriers will curb their...
by Kurt RudermanFears of dwindling energy sources and a global economic crisis could be the catalysts that telecoms equipment vendors have been waiting for to accelerate the deployment...
by Gerlas van den HovenFor two weeks in September, Brussels, the political capital of Europe, also became the fibre–to–the–home (FTTH) capital. The city first hosted the European...
France Telecom's Orange (www.orange.com) and SFR (originally Société Française de Radiotéléphone) have broadened their recent cooperation agreement by planning to implement a...
Israeli–based Ethos Networks (www.ethos–networks.com) was founded in 2004, several years before the concept of Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) was conceived. At the time, there...
by Meghan Fuller HannaThe Optical Internetworking Forum (www.oiforum.com) this summer agreed to begin work on a project framework for 100–Gbit/sec long–haul transmission, focusing...
by Mark Donovan and Keith ConroyWith new data and video applications driving massive increases in Internet traffic, service providers and telecom and datacom OEMs have been under...
by Stephen HardyNext month will bring not only a new year, but a new look to Lightwave Europe. The reformatting of the publication is inspired by the fact that most of you now...
by Kurt RudermanEfforts by the European Commission (EC) to put in place a new telecoms framework that focuses on broadband fibre access technologies have raised optimism at the...
by Meghan Fuller HannaAmong readers of Lightwave Europe, the acronym "FTTH" is well–understood to mean fibre to the home. But for subscribers of Amsterdam's CityNet network, the...