>Good question you raise then: where the hell is all this stuff ending up?<
we could certainly debate the demand/capex for metro vs. long-haul deployment scenarios, but for now, here's a sample of recent optical build-out announcements, including operator and vendor.
sidebar to TD: please rally the mid-town hedgies to vote Cramer OFF THE ISLAND!
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360networks -- 81,530 miles of fiber linking 100+ cities in North and South America; Euro metro including London, Paris, Geneva, Marseilles, Lyon and Milan -- Alcatel (sub. equipment), Nortel (management systems), Sycamore (optical switches)
Aerie Networks -- 8.9 million fiber miles connecting 194 U.S. cities -- Corning (LEAF fiber), Nortel (OPTera)
Cogent Communications -- all-optical IP network spanning U.S. and connecting 13 major cities -- Avanex (PowerMux Channel Processor and PowerExchanger Optical Add/Drop)
Cox Communications -- nationwide metro DWDM -- Sorrento (GigaMux metro DWDM and electronic photonic concentrators [EPC])
EPIK Communications -- metro DWDM in Atlanta, Miami and Orlando -- ONI Systems (ONLINE metro transport platform)
Fujian Mobile Comm -- three 10 Gbps backbone optical networks in Fujian Province -- Lucent (WaveStar TDM 10G)
JCI Corp -- proprietary DWDM-enabled network in North America -- Lucent (WaveStar OLS 400G DWDM system and LambdaRouter optical switch)
Korea Telecom -- metro DWDM in 7 Korean cities -- Ciena (MultiWave Metro System)
LDCOM -- nationwide network connecting 20 cities in France -- Sycamore (transport and SN4000/8000 optical switches)
Pro Futuro -- Polish network (nazdrovia!) -- Alcatel
Telecomunicacoes de Mocambique -- 1,000-km terrestrial and submarine network -- Alcatel |
