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...
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...
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...
Openreach, the infrastructure division of BT Group, has launched a new Optical Spectrum Access (OSA) service using optical transport equipment from ADVA Optical Networking. Part of...
MTS Allstream of Canada is touting the success of its IP fiber-optic network expansion. The service provider says it signed 46 new customers for IP-based services in the fourth quarter of 2011...
AT&T (NYSE:T) has announced it has selected – or, it is believed, selected again -- Fujitsu as one of two domain suppliers for optical transport and metro and core network equipment. The...
IBM (NYSE:IBM) and the Vermont Electric Power Company (VELCO) have announced they will build a fiber-optic network based on Carrier Ethernet that will lay the foundation for a state-wide smart grid....
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) says it is supplying Austrian mobile operator H3G with 100-Gbps technology for its backbone network. H3G and Alcatel-Lucent are installing the coherent...
[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...
LightPointe, a manufacturer of free space optics (FSO) and millimeter-wave backhaul products, has introduced a new point-to-point optical backhaul system. The AireStrata G contains new features...