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‘Early bird’ registration opens for Lightwave ONE Conference

JULY 14, 2010 -- Lightwave has opened registrations for the Lightwave Optical Networks for Enterprises (ONE) Conference. During the initial “early bird” registration period, which runs...

Lightwave ONE Conference announces platinum sponsor, presenters

JULY 14, 2010 -- Lightwave has announced that JDSU has signed as a Platinum sponsor of the Lightwave Optical Networks for Enterprises (ONE) Conference and Expo Pavilion. The Lightwave ONE...

Smart grid offers test gear opportunities

JULY 7, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- Electric utilities have deployed fiber-optic networks for decades. So it’s no wonder that many utilities have looked to fiber optics to help enable their...

Timing everything when selling low-latency network services

MAY 18, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- It seems everyone with a network -- or at least everyone with a network in the New York/New Jersey area -- has hopped on the low latency bandwagon. The competition...

New LIGHTWAVE ONE Conference to collocate with ITEXPO West 2010 in Los Angeles

MAY 6, 2010 – LIGHTWAVE, the leading media provider of technical insights for optical communications professionals, has announced that its new Optical Networks for Enterprises (ONE)...

Lightwave issues call for papers for new Optical Networks for Enterprises conference

APRIL 29, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- Lightwave has issued a call for papers for its new live event, Optical Networks for Enterprises (ONE). The conference will take place October 4-6, 2010, in Los...

Ericsson talks packet optical transport options

APRIL 29, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- Like many companies in the optical communications space, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is expanding its product line to help customers’ evolve their networks to...

Tunable XFPs positioned to replace 300-pin modules

APRIL 1, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- The promise of tunable, pluggable transceivers, especially XFPs, is finally beginning to be realized. While initial applications involve replacing fixed-wavelength...

Is Active Ethernet best FTTH option for Google?

FEBRUARY 24, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- Google’s plans to test 1-Gbps open access FTTH networks has drawn considerable attention -- particularly from equipment vendors who believe their Active...

Engineering DPSK spectral properties enables superior performance through multiple cascaded optical wavelength-selective switches

Wavelength-selective switches (WSS) are crucial elements in a 40G network, but degrade signal quality. Measurements show crosstalk can increase the BER by an order of magnitude, which is equivalent...