This is off-topic but extremely relevant. I found it on the SDLI thread:
To: +Kent Rattey (123 )
From: +pat mudge
Tuesday, Mar 9 1999 12:38PM ET
Reply # of 131
This may explain today's strength. CNBC mentioned a laser show
in NYC where Lucent was demonstrating its products, so I checked
the news. . .
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March 09, 1999 07:12
Lucent Technologies Unveils World's Fastest Single-Laser Optical
Transmission System
MCI WorldCom Will Be First to Test Lucent's WaveStar(TM)
40G Express, Which Is Four Times Faster Than Today's
Commercial Systems
MURRAY HILL, N.J., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucent
Technologies today announced that MCI WorldCom will be the
first carrier to test its new WaveStar(TM) 40G Express -- the
world's fastest single-laser optical transmission system. It will be
the first commercial system capable of delivering 40 gigabits per
second (Gb/s) of capacity with a single laser over a single
wavelength on a single fiber-optic cable, making it four times
faster than today's commercially available single-laser systems
(which support a maximum capacity of 10 Gb/s).
Lucent's 40 Gb/s Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) technology
enables the WaveStar 40G Express to transmit the equivalent of
500,000 simultaneous phone calls per second over a single
wavelength. This will enable service providers to offer
cost-effective data networking, dramatically faster Internet access
and other advanced telecommunications services.
Successful technology trial leads to industry-changing product
A leader in the deployment of very-high-capacity fiber-optic
transmission systems, MCI WorldCom recently hosted early lab
system trials of Lucent's 40 Gb/s TDM technology in its
Richardson, Texas, network technology laboratories. The trials
produced carrier-quality transmission and focused on the
performance of this high-speed technology over standard fiber and
through optical switching systems at distances up to 100
kilometers. Lucent will deliver its WaveStar 40G Express to MCI
WorldCom for commercial testing by the fourth calendar quarter of
1999.
"With the need for bandwidth rising at exponential rates, MCI
WorldCom has been in the forefront of pushing optical networking
and fiber-optic technology to its limits," said Fred M. Briggs, MCI
WorldCom chief technology officer. "Forty gigabits on a single
wavelength will allow us to scale to multiple terabits of capacity
per fiber as we continue to offer our customers cost-effective,
leading-edge communications services. Based on the positive
results of the technology trial, we look forward to in-depth testing
of Lucent's WaveStar 40G Express and other 40G products."
The WaveStar 40G Express allows communications providers to
reduce central office space requirements by up to 75 percent by
providing the capacity of four 10 Gb/s systems in one bay of
equipment, rather than four. In addition, it requires only one-fourth
of the fiber required by four 10 Gb/s systems.
"Both Lucent and MCI WorldCom recognize the power of optical
networking and the role it will play in the future of
communications," said Gerry Butters, president of Lucent's Optical
Networking Group. "Lucent already has demonstrated its
leadership in delivering Dense Wave Division Multiplexing
(DWDM) systems supporting up to 80 wavelengths on a single
fiber. Now, with the WaveStar 40G Express, we will help
develop networks in which single wavelengths can transmit up to
40 gigabits per second -- driving even faster toward our goal of
making terabit networking a reality."
The WaveStar 40G Express is being developed by a team in
Lucent's new Optical Networking Center of Excellence in
Nuremberg, Germany. Lucent plans to demonstrate the system in
October at Telecom '99 in Geneva, Switzerland, and make it
commercially available by March 2000.
Continuing to enhance Bell Labs' optical resume
Developed by Bell Labs, the WaveStar 40G Express is being
designed for multi-wavelength applications with the WaveStar
OLS 400G -- Lucent's 80-channel DWDM system -- to provide a
capacity of more than a terabit per second (one trillion bits) on a
single fiber strand. The WaveStar 40G Express initially will be
offered in a point-to-point configuration and will be optimized for
use over Lucent's TrueWave(R) fiber to provide the most
economical, longest-distance transmission. Planning also is
underway for later versions of the system that will directly support
SONET and SDH self-healing ring capabilities. |
