Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp. (Research Triangle Park, NC) and Optical Communications Products

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp. (Research Triangle Park, NC) and Optical Communications Products Inc. (Chatsworth, CA) agreed in principle to offer multisourced 2.5-Gbit/sec optical transmitter, receiver, and transceiver modules for high-speed fiber-optic applications. The companies will provide products with compatible interfaces and specifications in common form factors and footprints. These products will support sonet/sdh and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) transmissions over a range of distances, fiber types, and wavelengths.