Lightwave Direct Newsletter of June 8, 2007
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SPECIAL THEMED ISSUE: WEEK-IN-REVIEW
Today's newsletter recaps the week's biggest regulatory, business, and financial news, including Wednesday's $182-million IPO from Infinera Corp.
In the news
Infinera IPO raises $182 million
An initial public offering from chip-maker Infinera Corp. raised $182 million on Wednesday, above a forecast range. More...
Oplink closes purchase of majority interest in OCP
Oplink Communications Inc. has closed purchase of Furukawa's 58.1% stake in OCP for $1.50 per share, payable in cash and stock of Oplink. More...
FCC boosts competitive phone, video opportunities in multi-unit buildings
New entrants to the video services and telephony markets should not be prevented from competing for consumers in multi-unit buildings based on costly and inefficient industry practices, says the Commission. More...
New contracts
Chunghwa Telecom announces pair of contracts for "Optical Era Project'
As part of its 'Optical Era Project,' Chunghwa Telecom's will invest approximately $180 million to construct an island-wide fiber-optic network to connect 2.4 million subscribers by the end of 2010. The carrier today announced contracts with Teknovus and Alcatel-Lucent. More...
'Wall Street West' fiber network to connect New York City, Northeastern Pennsylvania
The Level 3 Communications-built DWDM optical network will provide integrated data communications and support a variety of applications, including synchronous data replication, streaming video, video instruction and workstation video conferencing, converged networking, storage-area networks, Intranet support, and support for Internet access for the end-user employees. More...
Prosodie, Nortel roll out broadband network in France
Prosodie's high-bandwidth optical network will use Nortel equipment to interconnect six major sites across the Paris and Rhône-Alpes region of France. More...
Alcatel-Lucent inks deal with Australia's Nextgen Networks
Alcatel-Lucent will supply WDM, SDH, and Ethernet/MPLS equipment and provide Network Operation Center (NOC) services for Nextgen Network's 8,500-km optical network. More...
Sundbyberg Stadsnät runs city network based on PacketFront's FTTH technology
The new metro network already reaches 10,000 households and 500 businesses in Sundbyberg, a municipality just outside of Stockholm. More...
Notable new product and technology announcements
Fujitsu debuts new 'flagship' FLASHWAVE product
Fujitsu's new FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform integrates advanced Ethernet, ROADM, and SONET functionality, say company representatives. More...
PMC-Sierra intros Gigabit fiber access gateway devices
PMC-Sierra says its new fiber access gateway SoCs support all FTTH and FTTN technologies, including EPON, GPON, Gigabit Ethernet, and VDSL2. More...
Siemens touts 1-Gbit transmission over polymer fiber cables
Thanks to a new technique for data transmission, researchers at Siemens Corporate Technology claim to have transmitted 1 Gbit/sec over a 100-meter-long test route in the laboratory--without errors or flickering on the TV screen. More...
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