Volume 5, Issue 3

VCs say optical communications quiet but not silent

Sept. 1, 2008

by Stephen HardyThe financial environment in which optical communications companies operate offers a conundrum. On the one hand, market research indicates that more money is being...

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Where should network intelligence reside?

Sept. 1, 2008

by Daniel Joseph BarryFive years ago, the world was a different place. The vision for telecommunications networks was clear: an all-IP network supporting multiple IP-based services...

FTTX

Test vendors 'tweak' devices for European FTTx market

Sept. 1, 2008

by Meghan Fuller HannaThe start of Verizon's and AT&T's FTTH/FTTx initiatives in 2004 did not immediately inspire European carriers to follow suit, mostly because there was simply...

PON/Systems

Despite economics, WDM-PON remains in the mix

Sept. 1, 2008

by Meghan Fuller HannaIn its recent "PON and FTTH Subscribers" report, Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) noted that while GPON represents the most immediate growth opportunity...

Market Research

Will EMEA market growth continue?

Sept. 1, 2008

by Stephen HardyBy all accounts, 2007 was the best year for optical networking equipment sales since 2001—and the Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) market led the way. The region...

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Earnings Statements

Libyan fibre deployments aid modernisation

Sept. 1, 2008

by Kurt RudermanLibya is building terrestrial and undersea fibre networks in a bid to create state-of-the-art telecoms infrastructure and to become a major communications hub ...

Network Design

Update

Sept. 1, 2008

Titanic Quarter Ltd., an urban mixed-use regeneration of a 185-acre site in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, announced that Redstone plc (www.redstone.co.uk/) has been granted...

DWDM & ROADM

Several factors shape the new optics landscape

Sept. 1, 2008

by Sinclair VassIt is no surprise to the optical communications industry that bandwidth demand continues to soar and that we have only just begun to tackle the challenge of how...

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Will bigger lead to smaller?

Sept. 1, 2008

by Stephen HardyWith shareholders of Finisar and Optium scheduled to vote on their proposed merger at the end of August, we are reminded of three things:Analysts continue to suggest...

Transport

Advanced amplification extends repeaterless links

Sept. 1, 2008

by Mark Zaacks and David MenasheGeography often limits the ability to provision repeater (i.e., optical amplification) sites between two remote terminal locations, thus dictating...

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Competition spurs Portuguese FTTx initiatives

Sept. 1, 2008

by Kurt RudermanFTTx projects are happening faster than expected in Portugal, where a high level of competition, government broadband goals, and an effective duct-sharing policy...

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