[UPDATED] Optical systems vendor Ekinops has unveiled a 20-Gbps transponder, which can transmit a pair of 10-Gbps in 50 GHz of spectrum on existing fiber-optic networks. The transponder not only...
Orckit-Corrigent Ltd. (NASDAQ: ORCT) has teamed up with TELSOL, a turn-key telecommunications provider in Central America, to provide new packet-transport networking (PTN) equipment for cable...
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) says it has deployed the first 100G-capable cable-TV network in South America. Cablevision Argentina has selected the vendor’s 100-Gbps coherent...
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has unveiled a new 100-Gbps line card for its 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) designed to offer extended reach and better spectral efficiency. The...
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) announced a 24% attendance increase at this year’s Cable-Tec Expo, held November 15-17 in Atlanta. Judging by the population on the...
BTI Systems has introduced the proNX SLA Portal, a cloud-based service assurance and performance monitoring tool targeted mainly at mobile backhaul and other Ethernet-based services...
InnoTrans Communications says it has received a multiyear contract to supply its Chromadigm 1550-nm ITU-T compliant forward optical transmitters to one of the five largest U.S. cable operators. The...
Shaw Communications (TSX: SJR.B, NYSE: SJR) has demonstrated that telcos aren’t the only carriers interested in 100-Gbps transmission. The Canadian cable MSO has announced it has upgraded its...
ECI Telecom today has unveiled the Apollo family of Optimized Multi-Layer Transport (OMLT) systems that the company describes as the next generation of packet-optical transport platforms. The...
Optelian has unveiled the RGN-8010 eight-port transponder/regenerator card for the company’s LightGAIN optical networking platform. The RGN-8010 offers reach extension and wavelength...