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    Companies

    VCs say optical communications quiet but not silent

    Sept. 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyThe financial environment in which optical communications companies operate offers a conundrum. On the one hand, market research indicates that more money is being...
    Earnings Statements

    Libyan fibre deployments aid modernisation

    Sept. 1, 2008
    by Kurt RudermanLibya is building terrestrial and undersea fibre networks in a bid to create state-of-the-art telecoms infrastructure and to become a major communications hub ...
    FTTX

    Test vendors 'tweak' devices for European FTTx market

    Sept. 1, 2008
    by Meghan Fuller HannaThe start of Verizon's and AT&T's FTTH/FTTx initiatives in 2004 did not immediately inspire European carriers to follow suit, mostly because there was simply...
    PON/Systems

    Despite economics, WDM-PON remains in the mix

    Sept. 1, 2008
    by Meghan Fuller HannaIn its recent "PON and FTTH Subscribers" report, Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) noted that while GPON represents the most immediate growth opportunity...
    Market Research

    Will EMEA market growth continue?

    Sept. 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyBy all accounts, 2007 was the best year for optical networking equipment sales since 2001—and the Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) market led the way. The region...

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    Network Design

    Update

    Sept. 1, 2008
    Titanic Quarter Ltd., an urban mixed-use regeneration of a 185-acre site in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, announced that Redstone plc (www.redstone.co.uk/) has been granted...
    DWDM & ROADM

    Several factors shape the new optics landscape

    Sept. 1, 2008
    by Sinclair VassIt is no surprise to the optical communications industry that bandwidth demand continues to soar and that we have only just begun to tackle the challenge of how...
    Transport

    Advanced amplification extends repeaterless links

    Sept. 1, 2008
    by Mark Zaacks and David MenasheGeography often limits the ability to provision repeater (i.e., optical amplification) sites between two remote terminal locations, thus dictating...