ENP Newswire – 21 February 2012 Release date- 20022012 – Electro Standards Laboratories, Cranston, RI, has announced the Model 6296 single mode LC duplex fiber optic bypass switch. This switch is ideal for inserting or removing devices that are concatenated, linked together in a chain...
‘Rostelecom expands fibre optic network in Sakhalin’
Russian national operator Rostelecom has expanded its fibre optic network in the Sakhalin region. The operator has deployed a 16 km section connecting Uglegorsk and Shakhtyorsk, and a 9 km section connecting Vostok and Vakhrushev. Rostelecom has launched IPTV and broadband access services in Vakhrushev...
U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Connecticut (Feb. 19)
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 — Kerr, Orange, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,113,830) developed by Owen J. Gill, Southbury, Conn., and Denis J. Lachance, New Fairfield, Conn., for a curing light instrument. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark...
10G-EPON target of DFB-LD and APD from Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has introduced the ML7xx42 distributed feedback laser diode (DFB-LD) and the PD8xx24 avalanche photodiode (APD) for use in optical network units (ONUs) of symmetric 10-Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (10G-EPON) applications. The ML7xx42 DFB-LD incorporates an AlGaInAs active layer that provides 10...
PacketFront intros ASR6000 gigabit-to-the-home platform
Swedish vendor PacketFront has a new addition to its advanced service router (ASR) product family, the ASR6000. The broadband router uses a hybrid ASIC and network processor design to deliver improved functionality for controlling bandwidth consumption and traffic quality of services in the access layer,...
Hillton adds Class C+ optics to GPON transceiver line
Shenzhen-based optical component and subsystems supplier Hillton Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. says it has added transceivers with Class C+ optics to its line of GPON transceivers. GPON transceivers with Class C+ optics offer greater transmission distances than those with Class B+ optics, which enables service providers...
OIF members plan 100G interface interoperability demo
Ten member companies of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) are planning a multi-vendor demonstration of 100G interfaces at OFC/NFOEC next month. Taking place under the title “Interoperability 2012 – Enabling High-Speed Dynamic Services,” the demo is intended to show that components suppliers are ready to...
The status of optical fiber access network
After recent years of research and practice, the first fiber optic cable to the curb (FTTC), Fiber to the Building (FTTB) is the consensus of telecom operators in the construction of access to fiber optic cable. The organization of the access cable is mainly used...
CyOptics intros 40-Gbps TOSA, ROSA for QSFP+ transceivers
CyOptics Inc. has made available a new series of 40-Gbps transmit optical subassemblies (TOSA) and receive optical subassemblies (ROSA) for use in Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable (QSFP+) transceivers. Such transceivers are growing increasingly popular as interfaces for high-bandwidth routers and switches in datacenter and...
With new US HQ, additional funding, BTI Systems readies for expansion
Optical packet transport systems vendor BTI Systems last week announced a new round of funding, the promotion of its U.S. center of excellence to headquarters status, and its readiness to step up its global marketing efforts. The most recent funding round, led by new investor...