To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (21186 ) 5/3/2007 7:01:46 AM From: Frank A. Coluccio Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 46821 Lightwave Direct Newsletter of May 2, 2007 newsletters.pennnet.com In the news THUS selects Ciena's CN 4200 for London Metropolitan Network The network will connect 137 higher and further education sites across Greater London and offering 20-Gbit/sec capacity to meet the growing demand from educational institutions for higher bandwidth. More...lw.pennnet.com Alloptic receives patents for point-to-multipoint PON Alloptic Inc. has been granted patents for "Point-To-Multipoint Passive Optical Network That Utilizes Variable-Length Packets" in the United States (U.S. Pat. 7,031,343), Taiwan (#90128223), and China (#ZL01821736.2). More...lw.pennnet.com BTI Photonic Systems partners with Canadian universities on optical research BTI is working with Queen's University on advanced agile all-photonic networks and the University of Ottawa on next-generation WDM FTTH architectures. More...lw.pennnet.com New products MRV announces new line cards for LambdaDriver WDM system With built-in tunable dispersion compensation together with tunable 10-GbE wavelengths, the LambdaDriver TM-DXFP20T and TM-DXFP35T cards enable cost savings on sparing and network planning simplification to help streamline DWDM network deployments, says MRV. More...lw.pennnet.com TXP debuts family of GPON mini-ONTs The new line of ONTs initially provide a single Gigabit Ethernet port that supports triple-play IP-based services, including high-speed Internet, IPTV, and voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP). Multiple-port ONT models will be brought to the market over the next few months, says the company. More...lw.pennnet.com IXIA unveils high-density GbE module According to Ixia representatives, a single Optixia XM12 chassis fully populated with XMV16 modules provides 192 GbE test ports in ten units of rack space. More...lw.pennnet.com Westover Scientific releases new visual fault locator Westover says its VFL (FFL-100) is fully assembled with a 2.5-mm interface for testing common connectors (SC, FC, ST). More...lw.pennnet.com ------