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    Market Research

    The past is the future

    Nov. 1, 2003
    If you had fallen into a deep sleep eight years ago—just before the U.S. Telecommunications Act of 1996 took effect—and woke up at the 2003 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference...
    FTTN/C

    Broadband prices plunge worldwide

    Nov. 1, 2003
    The cost of broadband Internet technology around the world has fallen sharply over the past 12 months, which has generated a rapid increase in the number of subscribers, says ...
    Market Research

    Mixed fortunes at quiet ITU Telecom 2003

    Nov. 1, 2003
    The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2003 exhibition and conference last month focused on getting down to business, restoring confidence, and building...
    FTTH/B

    Fibre's coming home

    Nov. 1, 2003
    Fibre to the home (FTTH) is a bit like politics. Almost everybody has an opinion about it but not many people know what's really happening, pretty much until after it has happened...
    Packet Transport

    Metro Ethernet ripples out to the WAN

    Nov. 1, 2003
    This is turning out to be the year of metro Ethernet. The idea of a ubiquitous Ethernet global network has been in the cards since ATM lost out to Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) in the...

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    Electronics

    Lithium niobate to rule 40G modulation

    Nov. 1, 2003
    Transmission at 40 Gbits/sec initially bumped up against several technology limitations, but many of these limitations have been resolved. One of the key enabling factors in migrating...