May 27, 2010 – RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today it is offering its award-winning Ethernet services to local, national, and international service providers via Ethernet Exchange Carriers in New York City and Chicago at bandwidths from 1 Mbps [...]
May 27, 2010 – Berk-Tek, a Nexans Company, has unveiled a new high-density distribution fiber-optic cable, which the company has designated ACP (Aramid Connect Plenum). This new cable was developed to provide a small cable diameter suitable for termination with MPO connectors. The cable has a 3.0-mm diameter, and contains up to 12 color-coded fibers. [...]
May 26, 2010 – JDSU has introduced what it asserts is the first field-portable test tool for “one-way delay” testing. An enhancement to the T-BERD/MTS-6000A Multi-Services Application Module (MSAM) provides measurement accuracy 10X greater than most service level agreements (SLAs) currently require for Ethernet backhaul and mission-critical applications, according to JDSU. This new feature is [...]
May 25, 2010 – GigOptix, Inc. says it has started high-volume production of its portfolio of transimpendance amplifiers (TIA) addressing 10G, 40G, and 100G applications. The GigOptix TIA family includes: GX3101B, a universal limiting TIA whose 20-kOhm gain enables it to support a range of reaches without requiring a post amplifier and whose bandwidth selection [...]
May 24, 2010 – Ocean Optics Inc. announced Thursday that it had acquired the assets of Sandhouse Design LLC, a designer and manufacturer of modular mid-infrared spectrometers, LEDs, light sources and other photonic products. Based in Dunedin as well, Sandhouse Design has developed over the past four years a novel line of high-power LED light [...]
May 24, 2010 – Allied Fiber says it has executed definitive agreements with financial partners and several major railroads and right-of-way owners, including Norfolk Southern Railway, to build a new, network-neutral, high-count dark fiber, colocation and wireless tower integrated system. Construction of the first phase linking New York, Chicago, and Ashburn, VA, is already underway [...]
May 24, 2010 – Verizon Global Wholesale has announced enhancements of its Optical Wave Service. The upgrades are designed to enable carrier customers to diversify their services, offer new high-speed data links, and leverage the value of highly reliable ring topologies. Verizon’s Optical Wave Service aims to deliver wavelength services with versatile point-to-point links. Because [...]
May 20, 2010 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., and the University of Tokyo have announced what they say is the world’s first quantum dot laser based 25-Gbps high-speed data transmission. Researchers are investigating quantum dot lasers as a next-generation semiconductor light source for high-speed data transmissions that consume minimal power. Quantum dot lasers are semiconductor lasers [...]
May 19, 2010 – Calix announced that Indiana communications service provider Smithville Telephone Company (Smithville) has selected the Calix Unified Access portfolio to bring fiber access solutions to approximately 34,000 homes and businesses across the communities it serves. The company plans to move “Fiber Forward,” replacing its aging copper infrastructure with an advanced, standards-based fiber [...]
May 17, 2010 – The analysts at market research firm LightCounting say their data shows “the optical components and transceiver industry is booming again.” Better yet, this boom doesn’t look like it will go bust anytime soon. While some of the increased activity is a result of several slow quarters in late 2008 and early [...]
