Volume 25, Issue 7

Dynamic bandwidth allo-cation sets GPONs apart

July 1, 2008

by Amir ShefferPON technology has seen increasing deployment in the broadband access network as a premier approach for delivery of high bandwidth to consumers and businesses in...

Cables & Enclosures

Comparing bend-insensitive singlemode fibers

July 1, 2008

This article will define the current bend-insensitive siinglemode fiber products currently on the market and compare the different fiber classes. It will also try to answer many...

PON/Systems

Next-generation PON options promise greater bandwidth

July 1, 2008

by Scott WilkinsonPONs have enjoyed widespread success for access applications for the last decade. This has been especially true over the last few years as the technology has...

Earnings Statements

Industry debates wholesale open access model

July 1, 2008

by Meghan Fuller HannaThe recent sale of iProvo to private operator Broadweave Networks (www.broadweave.com) and the well-documented financial woes of the Utah Telecommunications...

Packet Transport

Zeugma Systems debuts service delivery router

July 1, 2008

by Meghan Fuller HannaAfter more than four years of development, startup Zeugma Systems has unveiled its flagship product, a broadband edge device that belongs to an emerging ...

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High-Speed Networks

100G directions begin to emerge

July 1, 2008

by Stephen HardyLike the prototype "cars of tomorrow" that always draw a crowd at the major auto shows, demonstrations of 100-Gbit/sec technology have proven a popular feature...

Transmission

Premier Products

July 1, 2008

Network managing softwareFiber Manager is sold as an extension to the ArcFM Solution, which allows users to manage and maintain facility network data in an ESRI ArcGIS environment...

PON/Systems

It's never too early?

July 1, 2008

by Stephen M. HardyLast month's NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas reminded me of one of the optical communications industry's salient attributes: It's never too early to tout a technology...

Packet Transport

update

July 1, 2008

Verizon Telecom has selected Nortel (www.nortel.com) to provide a new generation of switching equipment to help Verizon expand its metro Ethernet backbone. The technology Verizon...

Companies

VCs say optical communications quiet but not silent

July 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...

PON/Systems

Despite economics, WDM-PON remains in the mix

July 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...