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    Packet Transport

    Carrier Ethernet sales up 100% year-over-year

    Jan. 1, 2007
    The worldwide market for Carrier Ethernet equipment increased 100% year-over-year and more than 25% sequentially, according to Synergy Research Group’s “Q2 2006 Enterprise and...
    DWDM & ROADM

    Demo showcases 100GbE transmission over commercial network

    Jan. 1, 2007
    At the SC06 International Conference, held in Tampa, FL, last November, Infinera teamed with Finisar, Level3 Communications, Internet2, and the University of California at Santa...
    FTTH/B

    The year of making money

    Jan. 1, 2007
    by Stephen M. HardyWell, the shift of manufacturing resources to Asia is more or less complete for most companies, the market has stabilised at worst and is growing in several...
    Market Research

    Asia-Pacific leads FTTX market

    Jan. 1, 2007
    Over the next 5 years, worldwide spending on fibre-optic systems used for broadband access will total US$77 billion, increasing from US$8 billion this year to US$21 billion by...
    Market Research

    Alcatel, Huawei, Nortel top 3Q06 networking market

    Jan. 1, 2007
    Ovum-RHK recently announced its preliminary analysis of 3Q06 results for optical networking equipment vendors. Revenues were US$3.1 billion, up 13% versus 3Q05 and up 5% versus...

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    Network Design

    VPIsystems has ‘OnePlan’ for network planning

    Jan. 1, 2007
    by Meghan FullerFor the last several years, network planning has been “kind of boring,” at least from a transport perspective, say the folks at VPIsystems (www.vpisystems.com)...
    Optical Tech

    For Metro Ethernet Forum, testing is critical

    Jan. 1, 2007
    by Meghan FullerLike most industry organisations, the Metro Ethernet ­Forum (www.metroethernetforum.org) was established to educate the industry on the benefits of its technology...
    PON/Systems

    Premier Products

    Jan. 1, 2007
    10 Gbit transponder and protocol converterThe PM 1001 10 Gbit LAN PHY to WAN PHY protocol converter connects 10-Gbit LAN switches to 10 Gbit SONET/SDH and DWDM networks. The PM...
    DWDM & ROADM

    Dynamic reconfigurability is ready for carrier networks

    Jan. 1, 2007
    by Paul MorkelNew technologies that enable the dynamic delivery of bandwidth to any location at any time are entering the marketplace. The use of on-demand provisioning and automated...
    PON/Systems

    European FTTH debates GPON vs. Ethernet

    Jan. 1, 2007
    by Kurt RudermanOver the past year, Europeans have gone from wondering if FTTH would happen to debating which access technology-GPON or pure point-to-point Ethernet-is the best...
    Transmission

    update

    Jan. 1, 2007
    Mid-Atlantic Crossroads(MAX) has deployed the Ekinops (www. ekinops.com) 10-Gigabit LAN PHY to WAN PHY protocol converter to connect its 10-Gigabit Ethernet network to an OC-192...