July 30, 2009 – Worldwide optical transport equipment revenues are forecast to resume growth in 2010 and approach a market size of $15 billion by 2013, according to a newly released forecast from market research firm Dell’Oro Group. The report also indicates that 40-Gbps wavelengths will likely account for nearly half of the DWDM (dense [...]
July 28, 2009 – GAIN Capital, a leading provider of network solutions to the foreign exchange markets, has selected Optimum Lightpath as its telecommunications provider. GAIN Capital will use its new capacity to increase the speed, scalability, and reliability of its 24/5 online FOREX trading platform used by customers in 140 countries around the world. [...]
July 27, 2009 – Walnut Communications, serving west central Iowa, has selected the Total Access 5000 multiservice access and aggregation platform (MSAP) from ADTRAN Inc., provider of next-generation networking products, for next-generation access and Ethernet transport throughout its network. Walnut will utilize ADTRAN’s enhanced Pseudowire Emulation Edge to End (PWE3) technology via the MSAP for [...]
July 23, 2009 – Fiberguide Industries will feature its full line of standard optical fibers with polyimide coating at the SPIE Optics + Photonics show from August 2 – 6 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. While conventional coatings such as acrylate, nylon and Tefzel begin to deteriorate between 100ºC and [...]
July 23, 2009 – AboveNet, Inc., a leading provider of high-bandwidth connectivity solutions, announced that it is working with NYSE Euronext (NYX) to build fiber optic networks connecting NYSE Euronext’s new data centers being built in the greater New York and London metropolitan areas. NYSE Euronext will provide the industry-leading speed and low latency necessary [...]
July 22, 2009 – According to a new report from CIR, the market for data communications transceivers will grow from $4.2 billion in 2009 to $6.5 billion in 2014. Highlights of the report include: Processor speeds have now caught up with the networking power of 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE), and as a result 10GbE will rapidly [...]
Jul 21, 2009 – The University of Ghent and the nanoelectronics research center IMEC demonstrated repulsive and attractive nanophotonic forces, depending on the spatial distribution of the light used. These fundamental research results might have major consequences for telecommunication and optical signal processing. Photon impulse is usually considered to be relatively weak. In our macroscopic [...]
July 17, 2009 – JDSU has completed its acquisition of the Network Tools business of Finisar Corp. The acquisition immediately boosts JDSU’s portfolio as a provider of storage area network (SAN) protocol test tools, software, and services. “This acquisition provides JDSU with unique capabilities to address the SAN test market’s best growth opportunities, such as [...]
July 16, 2009 – JDSU announced today the standardization of its HP3-60 fiber inspection and power meter product line with AboveNet, Inc., a leading provider of high-bandwidth connectivity solutions. JDSU’s HP3-60 product line will support AboveNet’s ongoing best practices by providing consistent high-quality inspection and testing of the high bandwidth connectivity its customers depend on. [...]
July 15, 2009 – Market research firm Infonetics Research released a new report, “Telecom and Datacom Network Equipment,” which aggregates data from the many markets the firm tracks (the majority of the networking products in the telecom/datacom equipment industry) to provide a big picture of the health of the market. “Though service provider capital expenditures [...]
