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According to Dell’Oro, the average selling price (ASP) of a 10GE port was 31 times higher than a port of 1GE in 2006 – Price ratio between 1GE and Fast Ethernet was 4.8 times 10GE is in a different league than 1GE 1GE ASP approaching...

Dell’Oro reports and forecasts 10GE port shipments every six months. This graph shows forecasts and predictions from the three latest reports. Predicted 854k ports in Jan 06 Report Reported 318k ports in Jan 07 Report 526k Ports shipped by Jan 2007 More ports should ship...

High speed, cost effective data intensive applications. The better question is who will buy it or use it? Companies who need 10GE or more but not 100GE Much larger market than 100GE because it will be lower cost Fast Ethernet – 171 M Gigabit Ethernet...

The April Meeting Had These 40GE Issues What are the applications for 40G? – Explain issues with LAG in the context of these applications • Show more end user support • What is the number and type of PMDs required? • Must not delay 100G...

3M says its new Slim Lock Closure for wireless applications weatherproofs coaxial jumper cable connections on the cell tower where 7/16 DIN connectors are used. The compact closure protects connections at the antenna and remote radio unit (RRU) and complements fiber to the antenna (FTTA)...

Columbus Networks, a wholesale communications service provider in the pan Caribbean/Americas region, says that it has deployed 100-Gbps technology on its existing high-capacity network in Panama using equipment from Xtera Communications, Inc. The company claims it is the first to deploy 100G in the region....

TELE Greenland, Eastlink, and Hibernia Atlantic have revealed their plans for a low latency network connection between New York City and Landeyajasandur, Iceland. The proposed route would combine TELE Greenland’s Greenland Connect cable, network facilities owned and operated in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia by Eastlink;...

WASACE Cable Co. says it has begun the process of selecting a cable system supplier for its planned undersea network that will link the United States with Africa, with links as well to Brazil and Europe. WASACE says its plans to deploy 100-Gbps technology across...

ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) says that it has created a way to extend the capabilities of OpenFlow to control wavelength-switched optical networks. The advance potentially links optical communication with the growing interest in software-defined networks, of which OpenFlow is an enabler. Software-defined networks, in...

Dell’Oro hasn’t predicted 100GE yet, but if 100GE follows a similar pattern as 10GE, then there will be minimal shipments in the first few years after the standard (This doesn’t have to be!) • One year after the 10G standard (2003), 10GE port shipments were...