DWDM AND ROADM

DWDM and reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) systems are the linchpins of next generation networks. Today’s DWDM systems feature high channel count and longer reach. Meanwhile, colorless, directionless, contentionless, and gridless ROADM features are either available now or on the drawing board.

DWDM AND ROADM NEWS & PRODUCTS

Troll Housing chooses TransPacket for data center connectivity

Troll Housing, which offers data center services and Ethernet connectivity to European custo...

Zayo to supply backbone fiber for Gigabit Squared in Chicago

Fiber-optic network services provider Zayo Group says they have partnered with Gigabit Squar...

Colt deploys ADVA FSP 3000 for HD video connectivity

ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) says Colt Technology Services used the ADVA FSP 3000 to s...

ZTE transmits 400 Gbps more than 5000 km

ZTE Corp. (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ) says it has transmit...

Zayo unveils West Coast 100G wavelength services

Fiber-optic network services provider Zayo Group says it now offers 100-Gbps wavelength serv...

Cisco lands Chinese cable operator as 100-Gbps network client

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) says it has supplied its Cisco ASR 9000 Aggregation Services Router and...

RASCOM runs 100 Gbps from Russia to Western Europe with Ciena gear

Russian service provider RASCOM is using the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform from Ciena Corp. (...

VTLWaveNet upgrades fiber-optic network to 100 Gbps via Huawei

Fiber-optic network services provider VTLWaveNet, part of the Viatel Group (which itself rec...

Optical network hardware market 'looking good' in 2013 says Infonetics Research

Proving that it’s all how you look at things, analysts at Infonetics Research say there’s re...

Russia’s MegaFon upgrades metro networks with NEC and Transmode

NEC Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary CJSC NEC Neva Communications Systems, together wit...

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