Lightwave Direct Newsletter of April 10, 2007
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In the news
ECI, Motorola ink strategic relationship
The new agreement between Motorola and ECI gives Motorola the global rights to brand, market, and sell ECI's portfolio of access infrastructure equipment, particularly its outside plant and IP DSLAM products. More...
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euNetworks completes DWDM long haul-to-last mile
next-generation network
The carrier says it already has won significant networking deals for the new network, the first of which connects a client with multiple metro locations in Frankfurt, Dublin, Amsterdam, and Paris via private fiber networks, all connected over a over a 10-Gigabit Ethernet network. More...
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North American telecom carrier capex hit $69 billion in 2006, says Infonetics
AT&T, Sprint Nextel, and Verizon together will make up 61% of total public service provider capex in North America in 2007, driven by AT&T's Project Lightspeed FTTN and Verizon's FTTP initiative. More...
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iSuppli: Broadband equipment revenue to net $15.1 billion by 2011
Household broadband penetration is expected to exceed 50% in the United States and Japan for the first time this year and will do so in Europe in 2008, say iSuppli analysts. More...
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City of Tallahassee's Traffic Department selects Telvent Miner & Miner's Fiber Manager
In the past, the organization traced fiber assets using multiple spreadsheets, CAD drawings, and manual labor, recall company representatives. After implementing the Fiber Manager, the City of Tallahassee says it can report on circuit paths and fiber slices in a much more automated way. More...
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Product announcement
Telco Systems' total FTTH platform now RUS-approved
The newly RUS-approved T5 Compact family is a NEBS Level 3 certified routing switch that can accommodate up to 24 10/100/1000 fiber and copper circuits and four Gigabit fiber or copper uplinks in a 1.75" rack space (1 RU). More...
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Featured article
European FTTH debates GPON vs. Ethernet, By Kurt Ruderman
Lightwave Europe -- Over the past year, Europeans have gone from wondering if FTTH would happen to debating which access technology--GPON or pure point-to-point Ethernet--is the best and most economical to deploy. More...
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