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  • Volume 25, Issue 4

    • Volume 25, Issue 4

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    Transmission

    Premier Products

    April 1, 2008
    Fiber-optic module management ICThe MIC3002 fiber-optic module controller enables the implementation of sophisticated, hot-pluggable fiber-optic transceivers with intelligent ...
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    Transmission

    Tunable pluggable XFP is the end game, but XFP-E may still play

    April 1, 2008
    by Meghan Fuller HannaIn late February, a large carrier began circulating an RFQ asking for tunable pluggable optics in the 2009 timeframe, and that RFQ has had something of a...
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    Cables & Enclosures

    Verizon Business trials AFOX technology

    April 1, 2008
    by Meghan Fuller HannaVerizon Business (www.verizonbusiness.com) recently announced details of a field trial it conducted late last year of technology to automate one of the last...
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    Earnings Statements

    Intelligent control planes ensure network survival

    April 1, 2008
    by Vinay RathoreAs network operators extend their optical networks globally, they are also driving higher-speed links into smaller end-user sites to enable high-value applications...
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    Network Design

    Corporations can now leverage bandwidth bounty

    April 1, 2008
    by Robert Michaels and Michael O'BrienIn the last 25 years, equipment innovations such as the commercial router and low-cost Ethernet have enabled enterprises to expand and more...

    More content from Volume 25, Issue 4

    Market Research

    Grumpy old men

    April 1, 2008
    by Stephen M. HardyOn the afternoon of Feb. 25, 2008, a collection of C-level executives took their places behind a table and looked out at an audience of nearly 200 of their ...
    High-Speed Networks

    40/100GbE market to net $4.3B by 2016

    April 1, 2008
    The IEEE�s efforts to create 40- and 100-Gigabit Ethernets (40/100GbE) will result in $4.3 billion in annual revenues by 2016, according to a new report from CIR (www.cir-inc...
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    Transmission

    Active optical cable options expand with market

    April 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyAlmost out of nowhere, a market appears to be developing for active optical cables as an alternative to copper links in high-performance computing and data center...
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    Transmission

    Menara Networks debuts 'OTN in a transceiver'

    April 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyFour-year-old Menara Networks (www.menaranet.com) has unveiled the first in a line of transceivers that incorporate ITU-T G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN)...
    Market Research

    CEOs describe strategies for profitability

    April 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyMuch of the talk among executives and observers at OFC/NFOEC in San Diego centered on the economy; would recession in the U.S. trigger another downturn in the ...
    PON/Systems

    update

    April 1, 2008
    CDE Lightband, formerly the Clarksville Department of Electricity in Clarksville, TN, has selected Clearfield Inc. (www.clearfieldconnection.com) to provide the fiber management...