Lightwave Direct Newsletter of May 3, 2007
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Featured article
Digital ROADMs: Completing the promise of the optical network revolution
By Geoff Bennett, Infinera -- Due to their analog nature, ROADMs have significant limitations, including limited management capability, lack of subwavelength multiplexing, and the inability to exploit the full benefits of a GMPLS control plane. However, a new class of ROADM, based on digital technology, is now emerging to address these limitations and deliver a range of additional benefits to the service provider. More...
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In the news
RTE taps Alcatel-Lucent for additional fiber-optic network
This turnkey fiber-optic network, code-named ROSE 7 (Réseau Optique de SEcurité, or optical security network), is the continuation of a project that began in 2004 with a 500-km pilot project in Brittany, which has grown to over 5,000 km today, Alcatel-Lucent reports. More...
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CIR: Transmission module market to net $ 13.4 billion by 2012
Today's network are becoming increasingly 'fiberized' with widespread deployment of 10 Gigabit Ethernet; traditional copper infrastructure is being abandoned in the data center, with Fibre Channel and parallel optics assuming a growing role; and PON architecture is at last bringing fiber to the home. More...
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Infonetics research tracks Ethernet, IP MPLS VPN services
"Based on the revenue increases we're seeing, it's obvious there has been and will continue to be a strong uptake in new subscribers to Ethernet and IP MPLS VPN services," contends Michael Howard, principal analyst at Infonetics Research. More...
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New products
Extreme Networks thinks new smaller switch is just right
By Stephen Hardy, editorial director -- One switch doesn't fit all applications. Extreme Networks Inc. believes it has applied this axiom to low-density metro applications with the BlackDiamond 12802R. More...
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ANDA Networks launches EtherReach 1000 Series
The EtherReach 1000 series is a family of fixed Ethernet intelligent access and demarcation products sharing a common software and hardware architecture to terminate Ethernet over fiber with a mix of different 10/100, 100 FX, and Gigabit Ethernet interface options. More...
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AFL intros OFI-FTTx active ONT detector
The OFI-FTTx is a rugged, handheld optical fiber identifier designed to identify the presence or absence of an active ONT on FTTx F2 fibers at the fiber distribution hub. More...
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