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  • Volume 25, Issue 12

    • Volume 25, Issue 12

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    FTTH/B

    FTTXcellence Award winner reduces FTTH costs

    Dec. 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyLike a lot of his peers, Jim Hansen, senior vice president, network services, of EMBARQ (www.embarq.com), began to experiment with fiber-to-the-home networks for...
    Network Design

    Active cables have a future in data centers

    Dec. 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyAmong the servers and software on display at last month's Supercomputing '08 Conference in Austin, TX, several optical component vendors added to the expanding...
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    Transport

    Several factors shape the new optics landscape

    Dec. 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...
    FTTX

    Active Ethernet FTTH offers PON alternative

    Dec. 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyGiven all the attention that PON has received, one could be forgiven for the belief that it is the only way to deploy FTTH. Yet hundreds of networks around the...
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    Packet Transport

    Ethos Networks touts 'simple' packet transport

    Dec. 1, 2008
    by Mehan Fuller HannaIsraeli–based Ethos Networks (www.ethos–networks.com) was founded in 2004, several years before the concept of Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) was conceived...

    More content from Volume 25, Issue 12

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    Transport

    Product Profile

    Dec. 1, 2008
    The HMC690 transimpedance amplifier (TIA) chip is designed for driving optical systems transceivers directly. The device supports data rates up to 11.3 Gbits/sec and meets the...
    Mergers & Acquisitions

    Update

    Dec. 1, 2008
    GigOptix LLC (www.gigoptix.com/), provider of electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, has signed a purchase agreement with a North American investor to invest...
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    Network Design

    Multiplexing streaming data in an Ethernet network

    Dec. 1, 2008
    by Leo GoyetteTo paraphrase Mark Twain, "Reports of SONET's death have been greatly exaggerated." While Ethernet networks are undeniably gaining ground and likely represent the...
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    Market Research

    Assessing the business case for telepresence

    Dec. 1, 2008
    by Meghan Fuller HannaTelepresence is defined as an immersive experience that combines high–quality audio and real–time, high–definition, life–sized video images on one or more...
    Market Research

    A preview of coming attractions

    Dec. 1, 2008
    by Stephen M. HardyWhile my usual rule is not to use this space to talk about Lightwave, we're about to do something significant enough to warrant an exception. Next month will...
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    Test

    MSOs' metro, core test needs evolve

    Dec. 1, 2008
    by Meghan Fuller HannaToday's MSOs are taking advantage of access technologies like Switched Digital Video (SDV), DOCSIS 3.0, and RF over Glass (RFoG) to increase bandwidth to...