Volume 4, Issue 1

VPIsystems has ‘OnePlan’ for network planning

Jan. 1, 2007

by Meghan FullerFor the last several years, network planning has been “kind of boring,” at least from a transport perspective, say the folks at VPIsystems (www.vpisystems.com)...

Transmission

update

Jan. 1, 2007

Mid-Atlantic Crossroads(MAX) has deployed the Ekinops (www. ekinops.com) 10-Gigabit LAN PHY to WAN PHY protocol converter to connect its 10-Gigabit Ethernet network to an OC-192...

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...

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...

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...

More content from Volume 4, Issue 1

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...

DWDM & ROADM

Demo showcases 100GbE transmission over commercial network

Jan. 1, 2007

At the SC06 International Conference, held in Tampa, FL, last November, Infinera teamed with Finisar, Level3 Communications, Internet2, and the University of California at Santa...

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...

DWDM & ROADM

Dynamic reconfigurability is ready for carrier networks

Jan. 1, 2007

by Paul MorkelNew technologies that enable the dynamic delivery of bandwidth to any location at any time are entering the marketplace. The use of on-demand provisioning and automated...

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...