Transmission News

ETRI tests DP-QPSK alternative for 100-Gbps metro networks

Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) says it has successfully trialed a 100-Gbps optical transceiver that uses an alternative to coherent-enabled...

Inphi, NeoPhotonics collaborate on 100G modules

Inphi Corp. (NYSE: IPHI ), a provider of high-speed semiconductors, has partnered with NeoPhotonics Corp. (NYSE: NPTN) to develop 100G next-generation optical modules for high-density data center...

OE Solutions, AimValley partner for optical transceiver development

Transceiver vendor OE Solutions and Dutch technology services company AimValley say they have joined forces to develop optical transceivers for wireless and wireline applications. One goal of the...

Oclaro targets 100-Gbps coherent module availability for April 2012

[UPDATED] Oclaro Inc. (NASDAQ: OCLR) has released details of the MI 8000XM, its 100-Gbps coherent module. The company expects to begin shipping the 100-Gbps module in April 2012, which should put...

Fujitsu Labs, Furukawa Electric develop optical interconnect technology

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. say they have developed optical interconnect technology for the high-speed, large-bandwidth internal data transmissions that will be needed...

JDSU demos 40-Gbps QSFP+ optical transceiver modules

At this week’s ECOC conference in Geneva, JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) (TSX: JDU) demonstrated quad small form factor pluggable plus (QSFP+) optical transceiver modules for 40-Gbps transmission up to...

Fujitsu Optical Components announces 100-Gbps DP-QPSK transponder

It looks like Opnext will have a race on its hands to be the first to offer a 100-Gbps DP-QPSK transponder after all. Fujitsu Optical Components Ltd. has announced that they too will have such a...

Finisar unveils multi-rate serial 40-Gbps CFP-FR optical module, other products, at ECOC

Finisar Corp. (NASDAQ: FNSR) is using ECOC as a springboard to launch several new products, including what the company asserts is the first CFP-FR module that offers error-free operation at 40 Gbps....

OE Solutions CWDM bi-directional pluggable modules target CPRI and OBSAI

OE Solutions Co. Ltd. has announced the production of single-fiber bi-directional SFP optical transceivers for CPRI and OBSAI standards with CWDM wavelengths. For the OBSAI application, the rates...

Opnext targets April 2012 for 100G DP-QPSK coherent transponder module production

Opnext, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPXT) looks like it remains in front in the race to provide the first 100-Gbps optical transponder module based on dual-polarization quadrature phase-shift-keying (DP-QPSK)...