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    Transmission

    New Products

    Nov. 1, 2008
    Photonic integrated platformThe HyBoard hybrid photonic integrated circuit (PIC) platform enables systems integrators to offer high–performance, highly functional, custom PICs...
    FTTH/B

    A preview of coming attractions

    Nov. 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyNext month will bring not only a new year, but a new look to Lightwave Europe. The reformatting of the publication is inspired by the fact that most of you now...
    FTTH/B

    update

    Nov. 1, 2008
    France Telecom's Orange (www.orange.com) and SFR (originally Société Française de Radiotéléphone) have broadened their recent cooperation agreement by planning to implement a...
    Market Research

    European utilities require more fibre

    Nov. 1, 2008
    by Kurt RudermanFears of dwindling energy sources and a global economic crisis could be the catalysts that telecoms equipment vendors have been waiting for to accelerate the deployment...
    Market Research

    Is high-speed networking impervious to the downturn?

    Nov. 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyWith the global economy in a tailspin, many optical communications companies have lowered their revenue expectations under the belief that carriers will curb their...

    More content from Volume 5, Issue 6

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    Packet Transport

    Ethos Networks touts 'simple' packet transport

    Nov. 1, 2008
    Israeli–based Ethos Networks (www.ethos–networks.com) was founded in 2004, several years before the concept of Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) was conceived. At the time, there...
    FTTH/B

    Regulatory uncertainty may be clearing

    Nov. 1, 2008
    by Kurt RudermanEfforts by the European Commission (EC) to put in place a new telecoms framework that focuses on broadband fibre access technologies have raised optimism at the...
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    Electronics

    Photonic integration diverges down two paths

    Nov. 1, 2008
    by Stephen HardyThe need to lower cost, power consumption, and package size has led to significant advancements in photonic integration. Infinera (www.infinera.com) has made the...
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    Electronics

    CML and EML see eye to eye

    Nov. 1, 2008
    by Daniel MahgereftehFor the past two decades, high–performance optical transmitters for 10–Gbit/sec telecommunications systems have relied upon external modulators to maintain...