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 debuts low-power 14G VCSEL driver, TIA for SFP+/ADTRAN adds Active Ethernet to FTTP offerings
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 — GigOptix, Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) has announced the sampling of its new pre-production chipset for short-reach 2- to 14-Gbps serial optical interconnects. GigOptix asserts its latest offering provides a complete serial link chipset for applications up to 14 Gbps. The GigOptix chipset comprises...
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...
ADTRAN offers NetVanta 1534, NetVanta 1544 managed Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet switches/Preparing for the bandwidth explosion
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010 — ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) has unveiled its second generation of high-density, managed Layer 3, 28-port Gigabit Ethernet switches. The new NetVanta 1534 and NetVanta 1544 platforms are designed to deliver greater bandwidth and feature enhancements that optimize business communications, mission-critical network...
Centec Networks intros CTC6048 packet-processing silicon for Carrier Ethernet/GigOptix intros low-power SMART optical subassemblies
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...
BroadLight launches BL23500 40-nm GPON processor family/Vitesse PHYs target high-density Carrier Ethernet, mobile backhaul, and enterprise networks
AUGUST 2, 2010 By Stephen Hardy — GPON chip vendor BroadLight has unveiled the BL23500, its third-generation GPON processor family. The BL23500 devices, made via a 40-nm process, will combine a MIPS controller, the in-house developed RunnerGrid Network Processor, and a VoIP DSP, says Didi...
Cable&Wireless adds 100 Gbps to Hong Kong and Singapore nets/LION2 submarine network consortium uses Ciena switching gear
Cable&Wireless Worldwide, whose addition of 100-Gbps to certain European routes was announced last month (see “Cable&Wireless Worldwide chooses Ciena for 100-Gbps link”), has added similar capabilities to metro networks in Hong Kong and Singapore. As with the European deployment, Cable&Wireless will leverage Ciena Corp.’s (NASDAQ:...
Kabel Deutschland achieves 4.7 Gbps downstream with ARRIS gear/Cablenet of Cyprus taps Ekinops for capacity upgrade
ARRIS Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRS) says that German cable MSO Kabel Deutschland has used a EuroDOCSIS 3.0-based ARRIS C4 CMTS and 12 ARRIS Touchstone Cable Modem CM820S units to deliver 4.7 Gbps of aggregated downstream data. Kabel Deutschland conducted the tests at a school in...
Dell’Oro: 1Q12 access equipment revenue slips slightly/Verizon boosts top FiOS FTTH speed to 300 Mbps
The Dell’Oro Group says in a newly published report that first quarter 2012 revenue for access equipment (cable, DSL, and PON) including infrastructure equipment and CPE declined 8% sequentially. The shrinkage was significantly smaller than reported by Infonetics Research, which pegged the dropped at 22%...
