by Daniel MahgereftehFor the past two decades, high–performance optical transmitters for 10–Gbit/sec telecommunications systems have relied upon external modulators to maintain...
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...
by Mark Donovan and Keith ConroyWith new data and video applications driving massive increases in Internet traffic, service providers and telecom and datacom OEMs have been under...
by Gerlas van den HovenFor two weeks in September, Brussels, the political capital of Europe, also became the fibre–to–the–home (FTTH) capital. The city first hosted the European...
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...
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...
by Meghan Fuller HannaAmong readers of Lightwave Europe, the acronym "FTTH" is well–understood to mean fibre to the home. But for subscribers of Amsterdam's CityNet network, the...
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...
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...
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...