Fujitsu says it has collaborated with NTT Communications Corp. on a successful field test of coherent 100-Gbps DWDM transmission via a commercial fiber-optic cable between Tokyo and Osaka. The test clears the way for full network construction using the 100-Gbps DWDM systems. While Fujitsu has...
GlobeNet undersea cable route to link Colombia and Miami/New York City unveils broadband initiatives
GlobeNet, a provider of submarine capacity and a subsidiary of Brazil’s Oi, has announced plans for an express route from its future landing on Colombia’s Atlantic coast to Miami. UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones, the largest Internet provider in Colombia where it also acts as a full-service...
Infinera shipping DTN-X/BTI Systems touts Asian success
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) says it has begun shipments of its DTN-X platform to customers for deployment. The company says it also has the system in several trials and has received purchase orders from new and existing customers. The company has already announced Cable&Wireless Worldwide and...
AFL combines OTDR, connector inspection and cleaning in NOYES FlexTester PRO Kits/Vianet chooses Zhone Technologies for GPON FTTH
AFL says its new NOYES FlexTester PRO Kits combine a FlexTester multi-function optical tester with the FOCIS Fiber Optic Connector Inspection System and cleaning supplies in a hard-shell carry case. Each kit includes a user-specified, handheld OFL280 or FLX380 FlexTester singlemode OTDR with integrated optical...
Julie Veach to replace Sharon Gillett on FCC Wireline Competition Bureau/Prysmian jumps into fiber to the antenna
Sharon Gillett, chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau, has resigned her post to return to the Boston area, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced last Friday. Julie Veach, currently deputy general counsel in the Office of General Counsel, will step into Gillett’s shoes...
Corning Cable intros drop cable for easy FTTH installation/Ensphere 10G optical transceiver powers optical Thunderbolt cables
Corning Cable Systems LLC, part of Corning Inc.’s (NYSE:GLW) telecommunications segment, has introduced a new drop cable aimed at fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets. The company claims that ROC Dielectric Drop Cables with FastAccess technology enables faster and easier removal of the cable jacket, which reduces fiber...
Hitachi Cable unveils 40-Gigabit port terabit box switches/MRV unveils EM316EUSM-10G Ethernet Universal Service Module
JULY 26, 2010 — Hitachi Cable (TOKYO:5812) has announced the development of two terabit box switches, the Apresia 15000-64XL-PSR , and Apresia 15000-32XL-PSR power supply redundant Ethernet switches. The Apresia 15000-64XL-PSR and Apresia 15000-32XL-PSR will be the world’s first 40-gigabit port equipment, Hitachi Cable asserts....
Maxim intros SFP+ optical module controller for optical video/Zhone introduces 18 zNID optical network terminals for GPON and Gigabit Ethernet
JUNE 10, 2010 –Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) has introduced the DS1876, an SFP+ video controller with a dual laser diode driver (LDD) interface. The device is designed to control and monitor all transmitter functions for SFP+ MSA optical modules and fully support the SFF-8472...
PMC-Sierra releases pluggable GPON Optical Network Terminal/Phyworks reports 30 millionth chip shipment and strong growth
MAY 26, 2010 — PMC-Sierra Inc. announced the first pluggable GPON optical network terminal (ONT) reference design that can connect any customer premises equipment (CPE) equipped with a standard small form-factor pluggable (SFP) port to a high-speed passive optical network (PON), according to a company...
BroadLight announces small, low-power GPON processor/Maxim introduces low-jitter, integrated 10 Gbps chipset
MAY 17, 2010 — Gateway and GPON semiconductor supplier BroadLight has unveiled the BL2341 GPON SFU/SFP Processor, a new member of its GPON processor family. The BL2341 is the industry’s smallest and lowest power GPON processor, BroadLight asserts. The GPON processor comes in a 13×13...
