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...
NeoPhotonics unveils SFP transceivers for bi-directional single-fiber communication/Calix expands residential and business Ethernet fiber access products
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 — NeoPhotonics has debuted at the China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE 2010) a new line of Compact SFP (C-SFP) transceivers that combine two bi-directional Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) or Gigabit Ethernet transceivers in a single SFP package. NeoPhotonics says its C-SFP’s compact...
Centec Networks intros CTC6048 packet-processing silicon for Carrier Ethernet/Finisar acquires PON transceiver vendor Broadway Networks
SEPTEMBER 19, 2010 — Centec Networks, a Chinese IP/Ethernet switching silicon and ODM/OEM system products company, says it has expanded its family of packet-processing chipsets with the CTC6048. The second-generation IP/Ethernet switching processor integrates a Layer 2 through Layer 4 packet-processing engine, traffic manager, and...
MRV SFPs earn US Patent for HD-SDI video over fiber transport/ADTRAN offers NetVanta 1534, NetVanta 1544 managed Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet switches
AUGUST 23, 2010 — MRV Communications Inc. says that its line of digital video small form-factor pluggable (SFP) interfaces used for transporting serial digital interface (SDI) and high-definition serial digital interface (HD-SDI) video over any fiber-optic network has been granted United States patent No. 7,688,231....
MRV unveils EM316EUSM-10G Ethernet Universal Service Module/BroadLight launches BL23500 40-nm GPON processor family
AUGUST 2, 2010 — MRV Communications, Inc., has announced its new Fiber Driver EM316EUSM-10G, a 10-Gbps (10G) Ethernet Universal Service Module (EUSM) for provisioning Metro Ethernet Forum-compliant high-speed transparent Ethernet private line (EPL) services in bookend pair applications. The EM316EUSM-10G is MRV’s latest addition to...
