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NXP, Freescale to merge
03/02/2015
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) and Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. (NYSE: FSL) have agreed ...
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JDSU reveals names for post-split companies
02/27/2015
For those of you wondering which arm of JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) would retain the family name once the...
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Avago to buy Emulex for $606 million plus debt
02/26/2015
Avago Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:AVGO) says it has reached an agreement to purchase Emulex Corp. (...
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Ciena, Infinera, ZTE 2014 optical systems winners says Infonetics
02/23/2015
Ciena (NYSE:CIEN), Infinera (NASDAQ:INFN), and ZTE posted significant revenue gains in 2014 durin...
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European FTTH connects 14.5 million homes
02/17/2015
Research commissioned by the FTTH Council Europe and released at the organization's annual confer...
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Interxion, TelecityGroup sign non-binding merger agreement
02/17/2015
European-based data center operators Interxion Holding N.V. and TelecityGroup plc (LSE: TCY) have...
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Internet content providers capex growth engine says Ovum
02/10/2015
A new report from market research and analysis firm Ovum asserts that Internet content providers ...
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Netrality Properties expands into Houston
02/10/2015
Netrality Properties, a colocation/connectivity company that debuted last month, has expanded its...
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Verizon to sell certain wireline assets to Frontier, lease wireless tower rights
02/09/2015
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) announced February 5 that it would sell its local ...
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Oclaro 2Q15 sees gain in core telecom product sales thanks to 100G
02/04/2015
Optical component and subsystems vendor Oclaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCLR) saw its total revenues for it...
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Sterlite beefs up broadband research
02/03/2015
Fiber-maker Sterlite Technologies (BSE: 532374, NSE:STRTECH) says it will support its home countr...
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Luna, Advanced Photonix to merge
02/02/2015
Luna Innovations Inc. (NASDAQ: LUNA), maker of fiber-optic sensing and test and measurement produ...
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Intel to buy broadband chip maker Lantiq
02/02/2015
Intel Corp. says it has agreed to acquire Munich-based Lantiq, which develops semiconductors and ...
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JDSU 2Q15 revenues, 3Q15 guidance disappoint Wall Street
01/30/2015
JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) fell short of Wall Street's consensus estimates for both revenues for the thi...
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AT&T confirms smaller 2015 capex
01/29/2015
As expected, management at AT&T (NYSE:T) said on January 27 during its review of fiscal fourt...
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Business Featured Articles
Pressure points for 2015
An uneven 2014 is coming to an end. Here's a look at what 2015 may bring in the way of optical co...
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Optical transport vendors prep for SDN
The Open Networking Foundation is still prepping its vision of how software-defined networking co...
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The most important story of the last 30 years
Lightwave has covered a lot of stories in its history. But one story rises above the rest as the ...
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2014 Annual Technology Forecast
It's not that we can't wait for 2013 to end, but here's a look at what optical communications tec...
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Interview with Andre Kriger -- FTTXcellence Award winner fibers Brazil
With both the World Cup and Olympics coming to Brazil, the country's service providers are furiou...
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Watch for silicon photonics on the line side
Thu Oct 23 15:04:00 CDT 2014
Most of the hullabaloo around silicon photonics has centered on its application to data center networks. But presentations and announcements at last month’s ECOC in Cannes, France, indicate the technology will play on the line side as well.
For example, Acacia Communications used the show to further publicize its use of sili...
Why there is no room for ego in the new-age networking ecosystem
Fri Jan 23 14:30:00 CST 2015
The term "ecosystem" seems pretty well ensconced in the IT industry, and in networking too of late. The idea of a system of vendors, developers, and operators interacting and collaborating to mutual benefit is one that seems like it ought to have come to fruition a long time ago. Given where we are heading...
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