Lightwave Direct Newsletter of June 7, 2007
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In the news
Infinera IPO raises $182 million An initial public offering from chip-maker Infinera Corp. raised $182 million on Wednesday, above a forecast range. More...
'Wall Street West' fiber network to connect New York City, Northeastern Pennsylvania The Level 3 Communications-built DWDM optical network will provide integrated data communications and support a variety of applications, including synchronous data replication, streaming video, video instruction and workstation video conferencing, converged networking, storage-area networks, Intranet support, and support for Internet access for the end-user employees. More...
Prosodie, Nortel roll out broadband network in France Prosodie's high-bandwidth optical network will use Nortel equipment to interconnect six major sites across the Paris and Rhône-Alpes region of France. More...
Sundbyberg Stadsnät runs city network based on PacketFront's FTTH technology The new metro network already reaches 10,000 households and 500 businesses in Sundbyberg, a municipality just outside of Stockholm. More...
Swedish operator deploys Transmode's new Dual 10G Transponder Norrsken, a major regional operator in Sweden has selected Transmode and partner Lidén Data for a network-wide 10G upgrade utilizing Transmode's new Dual 10G Transponder. More...
Sterlite granted U.S. optical fiber patent Product Patent US 7,209,620,B2 for "Dispersion optimized fiber having higher spot area" was granted in April 2007, and is valid up to the year 2024, say company representatives. More...
Featured article
Electronic Dispersion Compensation (EDC) vendors try again on LRM (Long Reach Module) By Stephen Hardy, Lightwave -- IC suppliers have begun to retool their offerings in hopes of earning future design wins, either for a “cost-reduction” design round in the X2 space or for the first generation of SFP+ applications. More...
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