NETWORK DESIGN

Fiber-optic network design focuses on support of increasing bandwidth requirements in carrier and enterprise fiber-optic networks. From fiber optic cable to DWDM, ROADM, and packet optical transport platforms, fiber-optic network design technology continues to find a home in mobile backhaul, cloud services, data center, and other high-speed network applications.

Network design NEWS & PRODUCTS

PacketLight Networks enhances video support

PacketLight says it has enhanced support for video interfaces in both of its Optical Transpo...

NebraskaLink selects Telco Systems to build Ethernet network in Nebraska

Stimulus money will be used to extend metro Ethernet services across the state of Nebraska. ...

Pacnet and Infinera demo 500G optical superchannels in Asia

Pacnet and Infinera Corp. (NASDAQ: INFN) have completed a joint demonstration in which they ...

EXFO, RAD pair for Carrier Ethernet data network monitoring

EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF) and RAD Data Communications have joined to enable both e...

Huawei touts prototype flexible grid WDM

Huawei says it has developed a flexible-grid WDM prototype with a minimum granularity of 12....

SSE Telecoms links UK data centers with Ciena 100G

UK service provider SSE Telecoms is adding 100-Gbps capability to its network backbone via i...

Infonetics: Optical network spending slips 23% in 1Q12

Infonetics Research reports in its newly released Optical Network Hardware vendor market sha...

euNetworks moves to 100 Gbps

euNetworks Group Ltd. (SGX: H23.SI) says it has upgraded its European long-haul high-speed n...

EDitorial GUIDES

Lightwave Editorial Guide: What's New in 100g?

Lightwave Editorial Guide: What's New in 100G?

A new wave of 100-Gbps technology is about to hit the market. Meanwhile, the foundations of that technology also have indicated how ...
Lightwave Editorial Guide: Connecting the data center

Lightwave Editorial Guide: Connecting the data center

With data rate requirements in some data centers approaching 100 Gbps, it’s more important than ever to have an effective cabling an...
Lightwave Editorial Guide: Access network advances and alternatives

Lightwave Editorial Guide: Access network advances and alternatives

A variety of new technologies are emerging to help enable carriers keep up with bandwidth demand in the access. Here’s a look at how...
Lightwave Editorial Guide: Multi-lane data transmission technology

Lightwave Editorial Guide: Increasing Bandwidth Demand Drive Test Innovation

Both in the lab and in the field, higher data rates are driving requirements and innovation. Test technology has evolved to enable t...
Lightwave Editorial Guide: Multi-lane data transmission technology

Lightwave Editorial Guide: Multi-lane data transmission technology

A number of different standards and specifications are taking advantage of multi-lane, multi-fiber, or multi-wavelength transmission...
Lightwave Editorial Guide: Fiber meets emerging enterprise network requirements

Lightwave Editorial Guide: Fiber meets emerging enterprise network requirements

Enterprise networks continue to become increasingly complex, which means fiber is finding a bigger role in them from the cloud to th...
Lightwave Editorial Guide: Guide to Meeting High-Speed Requirements in the Data Center

Lightwave Editorial Guide: Guide to Meeting High-Speed Requirements in the Data Center

With demands on data center resources escalating, network managers seek to increase transmission rates while decreasing complexity a...

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Stephen Hardy

by Stephen Hardy
Editorial Director and Associate Publisher, Lightwave

Oclaro 2Q12 earnings call tidbits

February 2, 2012
Oclaro Chairman and CEO Alain Couder and CFO Jerry Turin discussed the company's results of the company's fiscal second quarter 2012 with analysts January 26 after announcing it had exceeded guidance by $1 million (see "Oclaro weathers Thailand flooding in fiscal second quarter"). Here are some statements of interest I didn't...

Jim Theodoras

by Jim Theodoras
ADVA Optical Networking

Swimming in 100GbE’s alphabet soup

January 11, 2012
Recently, there has been a lot of confusion around the area of next-generation 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) development and who is doing what. Given the alphabet soup of acronyms one has to wade through when dealing with standards bodies and multisource agreements (MSA), such confusion perhaps is not surprising. For example, I have re...

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