Finisar Corp. (NASDAQ: FNSR), leveraging its acquisition of Broadway Networks, has announced the availability of an EPON (Ethernet Passive Optical Network) Stick. Finisar describes the EPON Stick as the first Small Form-factor Pluggable Optical Networking Unit (SFP ONU) that interoperates with other EPON equipment based...
LightCounting: Optical transceiver market rose 30% in 2010/Video over EPON goal of BroadLogic, ZTE collaboration
JANUARY 24, 2011 — Global sales of optical interface modules used in telecom and datacom networks exceeded $2.5 billion in 2010, increasing by 30% from the year before, says market research firm LightCounting. The growth was driven by sales of 10-Gbps SFP+ and DWDM modules,...
LightCounting: 10GBase-T port shipments to exceed 300% CAGR for 2009-2014/Ensphere Solutions debuts 10-Gbps transceiver and laser diode shunt driver ICs
JANUARY 18, 2011 — The 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) market is finally taking off with shipments of SFP+ optical transceivers driving early growth – but 10GBase-T is nearly ready to challenge for ports says market research firm LightCounting LLC in its latest report, “10GBASE-T to...
Vello Systems tells 10-Gbps low-latency story/VI Systems, consortium develop 40-Gbps VCSEL components
DECEMBER 14, 2010 By Stephen Hardy — On the heels of unveiling its strategy to support cloud networking (see “Vello Systems announces Cloud Switching technology for flexible bandwidth provisioning”), Vello Systems has added low-latency capabilities to the mix. The company has unveiled the 10G CX50T...
LightCounting: Optical transceivers set sales record in Q3 2010/Solarflare unveils SFP+ optical transceiver module
DECEMBER 13, 2010 — Market research firm LightCounting says that global sales of optical transceivers reached $670 million in Q3 2010, exceeding the previous record set in Q2 2008 before the latest economic slowdown. The growth was driven by sales of 10 Gigabit Ethernet SFP+...
Calix launches E7-20 platform for multi-terabit fiber access speeds/Allied Telesis announces SwitchBlade x3112, new iMAP cards for FTTX
NOVEMBER 9, 2010 — Calix, Inc (NYSE: CALX) has upgraded its Unified Access portfolio with the launch of the E7-20 multi-terabit Ethernet Service Access Platform (ESAP). The E7-20 is designed to provide a very high capacity, low latency, all-fiber access concentrator. The 20-slot E7-20 is...
Infonetics: Systems vendors’ in-house work tips 40G, 100G optical transceiver market/Xilinx Virtex-6 HXT FPGAs target optical transceivers
NOVEMBER 1, 2010 — Much has been made of the fact that systems vendors will rely on in-house expertise for the first generation of serial 100-Gbps technology. In its newly updated 10G/40G/100G Optical Transceivers Market Size and Forecast, market research firm Infonetics Research says that...
LightCounting: Optical communications market recovery continues/Spectronix Eye-BERT Micro combines bit error rate test, optical signal generation, and SFP test
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 — Despite continuing declines in capital expenditures and modest growth in sales of telecom networking equipment, the industry momentum is clearly positive in 2010, says market research firm LightCounting. Sales of datacom systems picked up “promptly” in 2010, LightCounting asserts, as businesses...
Finisar demonstrates ROADM, transmission advances at ECOC/Leviton adds Mini LC Connector to fiber cable assemblies make-to-order program
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 — Finisar Corp. is demonstrating several new technologies and products at the European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Torino, Italy, including its new Flexgrid technology for next-generation ROADMs, a Board Mounted Optical Engine operating at 240 Gb/s, and a...
GigOptix intros low-power SMART optical subassemblies/Finisar demonstrates ROADM, transmission advances at ECOC
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 — GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) has unveiled a pair of ultra-low-power multirate SMART Optical Sub-Assemblies (OSAs) targeting 2-to 14-Gbps short reach datacom applications. The SMART Receive OSA (HXR2101A) and Transmit OSA (HXT2101A) are based on a new generation of GigOptix VCSEL driver and...
