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JDSU fiscal 2012 second quarter exceeds management’s expectations

JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU) (TSX: JDU) reported results for its second fiscal quarter pf 2012 ended December 31, 2011 that management said exceeded its expectations. But that doesn’t mean they...

Tellabs to restructure, cut 530 jobs

Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB) has initiated a restructuring that will see the company concentrate its efforts on mobile backhaul and packet optical transport systems. "In a climate of economic...

Clearfield sets new standards for fiber density

Clearfield, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLFD) has unveiled two new high-density fiber management products: the multifiber push-on (MPO) equipped Clearview Cassette and Half-Wide LGX Blade. By teaming it with the...

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...

PacketFront divests its CPE business

PacketFront, a provider of access network equipment, says it has sold its customer premises equipment (CPE) business unit to Dutch-based CPE specialist Genexis for an undisclosed sum. The transfer...

Agilent intros precision waveform analyzer module

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has introduced a precision waveform analyzer for engineers involved in design verification and validation of high-speed electrical communications systems and...

XKL unveils DarkStar DSM optical transport system

Enterprise fiber-optic transport system developer XKL, LLC has introduced the DarkStar DSM, an optical transport system designed to provide “hands-free” configuration and provisioning...

Leoni assumes full control of j-fiber

German fiber and cable maker Leoni reveals it purchased all the shares of fiber maker j-fiber GmbH at the end of last year. Leoni had acquired 51 percent of j-fiber, located in Jena, in...

2012 optical industry trends

If the 2011 calendar year could be described in three words, they would be “explosive bandwidth growth.” Both wired and wireless networks were stretched as consumers continued to adopt...

Phonoscope selects Ciena’s packet-optical platform

Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) says Houston-based metro carrier Phonoscope has selected its packet-optical transport and Carrier Ethernet technology to provide high-capacity, next-generation optical...