Volume 4, Issue 1

Going, going, GPON!

Jan. 1, 2007

by Jean-Pierre LartigueDebate over the next generation of broadband services is no longer reserved for industry conferences and technical committees. Beyond the service provider...

Optical Tech

For Metro Ethernet Forum, testing is critical

Jan. 1, 2007

by Meghan FullerLike most industry organisations, the Metro Ethernet Forum (www.metroethernetforum.org) was established to educate the industry on the benefits of its technology...

Design & Manufacturing

Platform convergence drives MAN test equipment demand

Jan. 1, 2007

by Olga YashkovaThe metropolitan area network (MAN) test equipment market is often considered to be one of the most significant areas in the communications test and measurement...

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Industry debates merits of 100GbE transmission

Jan. 1, 2007

by Meghan FullerLast July, the IEEE 802.3 Working Group formed the Higher Speed Study Group (HSSG) to determine whether the time is right to develop 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE...

PON/Systems

European FTTH debates GPON vs. Ethernet

Jan. 1, 2007

by Kurt RudermanOver the past year, Europeans have gone from wondering if FTTH would happen to debating which access technology-GPON or pure point-to-point Ethernet-is the best...

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Packet Transport

Carrier Ethernet sales up 100% year-over-year

Jan. 1, 2007

The worldwide market for Carrier Ethernet equipment increased 100% year-over-year and more than 25% sequentially, according to Synergy Research Group’s “Q2 2006 Enterprise and...

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Cabling market awaits FTTX boost

Jan. 1, 2007

by Kurt RudermanFTTH announcements by France Telecom and Free Telecom last year have raised hopes among European cable makers that other incumbents and alternative carriers will...

FTTH/B

The year of making money

Jan. 1, 2007

by Stephen M. HardyWell, the shift of manufacturing resources to Asia is more or less complete for most companies, the market has stabilised at worst and is growing in several...

Market Research

Asia-Pacific leads FTTX market

Jan. 1, 2007

Over the next 5 years, worldwide spending on fibre-optic systems used for broadband access will total US$77 billion, increasing from US$8 billion this year to US$21 billion by...

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10G form factors: Too much just enough?

Jan. 1, 2007

by Stephen HardyIf you listen to transceiver vendors, the emerging SFP+ multisource agreement (MSA) could revolutionise 10 Gbit/s interfaces. The module sector hasn’t witnessed...

Market Research

Alcatel, Huawei, Nortel top 3Q06 networking market

Jan. 1, 2007

Ovum-RHK recently announced its preliminary analysis of 3Q06 results for optical networking equipment vendors. Revenues were US$3.1 billion, up 13% versus 3Q05 and up 5% versus...