April 10, 2006 Golden Valley, MN -- Telecom Engineering recently introduced its passive 10-Gbit/sec WDM products. The company's TIP product line consists of passive DWDM, CWDM, OADM, cross band 1310/1550 WDM, and bi-directional coupler products. Designed for both metro and long-haul fiber-optic networks, the company says the products allow users to easily and economically increase fiber span capacities.
The company says the products are fully universal, allowing bi-directional communication on any port, and can be used in fiber spans of 2 or 1 fiber spans. The products are fully data rate and protocol independent and accept 4 to 32 ITU-T standard wavelengths and optical transmission rates up to OC-192 / STM-64 / 10 Gbit/sec on all ports. The products are compatible with all ITU-T standard lasers, as well as XFPs, SFPs, GBICs, XENPAK, SONET, SDH and products from equipment manufacturers including Cisco, Nortel, Fujitsu, Alcatel, and Ciena, according to the company.
The company says the products are easy to install and require no configuration or power connections. 1 and 2RU form factors for 19- or 23-inch rack installation are available. The company says the rack units disassemble easily for cleaning; "hardened" units for outdoor use are also available.