October 20, 2009 – It may look like little more than fishing line, but plastic optical fiber or POF promises to revolutionize high-speed last-mile communications networks. Its evolution is being aided by groundbreaking research in Europe. Plastic optical fibre (POF) for data transmission is often described as the “consumer” version of glass optical fibre, the [...]
October 19, 2009 – Alloptic has announced the availability of a new range of MicroNode RF over glass (RFoG) optical networking units (ONUs): the 500 series MDU MicroNode RFoG ONU. Alloptic says the MDU MicroNode R-ONU is optimized for deployments in multiple dwelling and multiple tenant (MDU/MTU) buildings and other applications with demanding distribution wiring. [...]
October 19, 2009 – Sorrento Networks has released an 8-Gbps Fibre Channel card for its GigaMux 1600/3200, an optical transport system that supports a variety of WDM architectures. The new card from Sorrento Networks is designed to enable high-bandwidth connectivity of storage-area networks (SANs) between data centers and meet new bandwidth demands driven by cloud [...]
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October 16, 2009 – Tempe, AZ – PCT International, a leading worldwide manufacturer of last mile and access network solutions for broadband communications networks, announced today that is has developed a mini-fiber node that combines the advantages of an internal coupler and the company’s Burst Mode technology. The new PCT-BPFN products, which build on the [...]
October 13, 2009 – Ixia has unveiled a new set of products for data center testing. Ixia’s new offerings are intended to enable equipment manufacturers, data center operators, and storage vendors to assess the functionality and performance of their Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE), Data Center Ethernet (DCE), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and SAN devices.
October 13, 2009 – Sunrise Telecom Inc. has introduced the CM2800, which the company asserts is the first high-resolution, upstream and downstream sweep system designed to analyze triple-play services and optimize the use of the upstream spectrum for emerging DOCSIS 3.0 services. Using the CM2800, technicians can identify even small impairments in network performance, speeding [...]
October 12, 2009 – FastTrack Communications, a provider of voice and data network services, has selected Fujitsu FLASHWAVE platforms, professional services, and hosted software to create a next-generation DWDM network. The network will be used for private line services, data, and backhaul for wireless networks to meet FastTrack Communications customers’ escalating bandwidth demands. FastTrack Communications [...]
October 12, 2009 – ITC DeltaCom Inc., a provider of integrated communications services to customers in the southeastern United States, has extended its digital optical network into several metro markets. The company has deployed Infinera’s ATN metro edge platform to expand its metro reach and provide additional high-capacity services. Under its Interstate FiberNet carrier group, [...]
October 8, 2009 – Alcatel-Lucent and First Communications have announced the successful deployment of Alcatel-Lucent’s advanced multireach DWDM platform for First Communications’ new high-capacity, low-latency network between Chicago and Newark/New York City. Upgradeable to 40 Gbps, the new network is running 1G to 10G services today expanding First Communications’ reach to transport customers in New [...]
