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The Lightwave editorial staff uses The Lightwave Blog to share their thoughts on optical communications and whatever else might be the current topic of conversation from cubicle to cubicle. Feel free to add your own opinions. If you'd like to become a guest blogger, contact Editorial Director Stephen Hardy at stephenh@pennwell.com


August 31, 2010
Yeah, we've got a lot of big names from the vendor community on the speaker roster for Lightwave's Optical Networks for Enterprises Conference (Lightwave ONE). They include Alcatel-Lucent, Ciena, Cisco, Ericsson, JDSU, etc., etc. (see the full roster on the Lightwave ONE website). But lest you think that vendors are the only people I know, I will point out that: - NTT America has just... Read more

Labels: Lightwave ONE ,  Yahoo ,  NoaNet ,  NTT America
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Roy Rubenstein
August 26, 2010
Skype’s planned initial public offering doesn’t directly call to mind the travails of the optical component industry. But the hope of raising $100 million by an over-the-top telephony company does make one wonder about the value of optical component vendors, the enablers of the underlying infrastructure. Ovum analyst Ron Kline recently noted how hard life is for optical component... Read more

Labels: Gazettabyte ,  JDSU ,  Oclaro ,  Finisar ,  ROADM ,  WSS
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August 24, 2010
The Sydney Morning Herald and Dow Jones Newswire reports that NBN Co., the organization administering the Australian Government's National Broadband Network, has put the project on hold after national elections in Australia failed to produce a clear majority in Parliament. The incumbent Labor Government had launched the NBN at a projected cost of AUS$43 billion. However, the opposition... Read more

Labels: NBN ,  Alcatel-Lucent
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