Frank, I continue to be amazed that MRVC gets so little mention on the Last Mile thread. They are firmly aiming at the metro and access solutions of the future. Recent developments where they now incubate key optical startups do not seem to be getting the attention they deserve. I'm wondering why.
From their Luminent components division, which supplies the key technology powering Marcony's push to the home, both in Europe and here with Bell South, and which offers 10GBE transeivers over CWDM and also over quad-OC48s
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their recent acquisitions of JOLT and AstroTerra to form their Optical Access subsidiary, which is patent rich and is going after the urban wireless market ala Terabeam and Airfiber,
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their iTouch subsidiary, which provides a subscriber system similar to RBAK's (but with major additional capabilities - like VOICE)
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Charlotte's Web, which has developed the Aranea Terabit router (384 Mpps packet forwarding speed and 16-OC192 ports per box, scaleable to 5 terabits) capable of deployment at both the core AND the edge, and which handles ATM, GE, and TDM voice traffic in addition to IP data, with full Qos and protocol rich connectivity
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Zaffire, their Metro subsidiary, which JNPR has invested in and has already been proven to have full compatibility with JNPR routers and which tested out "with no noticeable difference in packet throughput" between JNPR routers directly connected, versus over a 30km metro DWDM environment (admitedly in a lab environment)
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several other startups in earlier stages of development targeted on key technology areas.
This special report by 21st century Investor came out today that provides more detail.
21stcenturyinvestor.com
I'm wondering why MRVC keeps going unnoticed. Comments? |
