October 7, 2010 – EXFO Inc. has launched the MaxTester DSL, a handheld FTTX tester designed to enable field technicians to quickly and easily turn up xDSL services. The MaxTester DSL supports ADSL, ADSL2, ADSL2+, and VDSL2. Combining DSL, Ethernet, and IP layer testing into one handheld unit, the MaxTester DSL enables service providers to [...]
October 4, 2010 – LeCroy Corp. has launched a new class of instrument, the SPARQ series of Signal Integrity Network Analyzers. The SPARQ measures 40-GHz S-parameters on up to four ports with single button press operation at a small fraction of the cost of traditional methods such as vector network analyzers, LeCroy asserts. The SPARQ [...]
July 19, 2010 – JDSU has announced three new 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) testing tools designed to accelerate the development, verification, benchmarking, and interoperability testing of next-generation converged Ethernet networks with emerging Data Center Bridging (DCB) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) technology. The Xgig High Density 10 GbE Load Tester Solution builds on JDSU’s storage [...]
July 7, 2010 – LeCroy Corp. has launched the SierraFC M8-4, an 8G Fibre Channel protocol analysis platform. Operating at 2G, 4G, and 8G Fibre Channel signaling rates, 4 or 8 GB of recording memory, and either two or four recording channels, SierraFC M8-4 is designed to offer affordable, “world-class” protocol analysis capabilities in either [...]
July 7, 2010 – JDSU has added ODU0 and ODUFlex testing capabilities to the ONT test system, which offers an optical transport network (OTN) feature set and interfaces from OTU1 (2.7G) to OTU4 (111.8G). These enhancements enable implementation of a two-layer network approach with a packet layer based on Ethernet/IP and a transport layer based [...]
April 16, 2010 – DiCon Fiberoptics announced today that its MEMS Tunable Optical Bandpass Filter has passed a major testing milestone, completing one billion toggling cycles over its full tuning range. In addition to this demonstration of longevity, the MEMS Tunable Optical Bandpass Filter features multiple bandwidth options, a small form factor, and fast tuning [...]
April 13, 2010 – The JDSU T-BERD/MTS-6000A Multi-Services Application Module (MSAM), with recently announced new J-Profiler, Datacom and Diphase features, has added additional testing capabilities. The industry’s most compact, powerful 10-Gigabit tester for Carrier-grade Ethernet and Internet Protocol (IP) services now includes: J-QuickCheck performs a quick continuity test prior to running an RFC Script to [...]
March 30, 2010 – Finisar Corp., a leading er of high-speed optical communications, working with EXFO Inc. and Ixia, demonstrated a standards-compliant 100G Ethernet (100GE) optical link at OFC in San Diego last week. The demonstration consisted of an Ixia “K2″ 100G tester and an EXFO 40G/100G Ethernet Packet Blazer tester communicating error-free at 103.1 [...]
March 22, 2010 – Global sales of optical transceivers will reach $2.2 billion in 2010, with the market posting a 15 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 2009-2013, as the industry catches up with the steadily growing demand for bandwidth, reports the latest Market Forecast from LightCounting, a leading provider of optical transceivers. The improved [...]
March 17, 2010 – Oclaro, Inc. has announced its first 40G RZ-DQPSK indium phosphide based transponder qualified to Telcordia standards. Designed to deliver high performance in a low-cost, 300-pin multi-source agreement (MSA) platform, the new TL9040 transponder modules are currently shipping to Tier 1 customers for field deployments. Oclaro’s new multi-rate adaptable 43-Gbps RZ-DQPSK transponder [...]
