The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) announced that Louis Fox would be assuming the position of CEO. According to CENIC, Louis Fox will begin his duties on February 1, 2012. CENIC is a non-profit corporation created by California’s research and education community...
Application No. 92/CHE/2011 Published on Dec. 9, Assigned to Sumitomo Electric Industries for Laser Apparatus (Japanese Inventors)
MUMBAI, India, Dec. 20 — Shinobu Tamaoki and Motoki Kakui, both of Japan, have developed a laser apparatus. Application No. 92/CHE/2011 was filed on Jan. 11, and published on Dec. 9. The application has been assigned to Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd., Osaka, Japan. According to...
Optical Society Releases Optical Fiber Report
Optics and photonics may one day revolutionize computer technology with the promise of light-speed calculations, according to a release from Optical Society. According to a release, storing light as memory, however, requires devices known as microresonators, a technology that cannot yet meet the demands of...
Weekly: Alliance Fiber Optic Products rises 1.3% on low volume, ending a three week streak of losses
Alliance Fiber Optic Products (AFOP.O), NASDAQ’s 6th largest Fiber Optics company by market capitalisation, rose 10.0c (or 1.3%) to US$7.80 in the week ending Friday December 16, ending a three-week streak of losses. Compared with the NASDAQ-100 index which fell 80.5 points (or 3.5%) in...
Argentina’s Cablevision Taps Alcatel-Lucent’s 100 Gigabit Optical Solution
Cablevision Argentina, a cable TV and Internet services providers, will be a cable operator in South America to deploy an optical networking solution to deliver services at 100 gigabits per second (100G) speeds, Alcatel-Lucent reported. The Company said that Cablevision Argentina has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s next-generation...
Honeywell International Assigned Patent for System to Reduce Gyroscopic Errors with Limited Power Supply Quality in a Fiber Optic Gyroscope
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 — Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent (8,077,321) developed by Gregory W. Keith, Glendale, Ariz., and Paul Schwerman, Phoenix, for a “system to reduce gyroscopic errors with limited power supply quality in a fiber optic gyroscope.” The...
Prysmian Group targets XSNet fiber portfolio at BDUK FTTx projects
Prysmian Group is touting the applicability of its new XSNet suite of fiber-optic cabling products and engineering services for rural broadband projects such as those that might fall within the BDUK Broadband Development funding program. The XSNet suite, one result of the integration of Draka’s...
XC Networks selects packet-optical transport gear from Tejas Networks
Mexican service provider XC Networks will use packet-optical transport systems from Tejas Networks for a fiber-optic backbone network upgrade. “As we continue to evolve our network to meet our customers’ needs, we seek strong partners to help strengthen our business,” said Thomas Spackman, CEO of...
XC Networks selects packet-optical transport gear from Tejas Networks
Mexican service provider XC Networks will use packet-optical transport systems from Tejas Networks for a fiber-optic backbone network upgrade. “As we continue to evolve our network to meet our customers’ needs, we seek strong partners to help strengthen our business,” said Thomas Spackman, CEO of...
BT Openreach includes Scotland in next fiber roll-out phase
Openreach, the arm of BT in charge of broadband services, has announced plans to extend its fiber-based infrastructure to another 178 exchanges – including 33 in Scotland. Most of these exchanges should see fiber-enabled “superfast broadband” services in 2012. The new roll out should reach...
