To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (21424 ) 5/16/2007 7:05:59 PM From: Frank A. Coluccio Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 46821 Lightwave Direct Newsletter of May 16, 2007 URLs for all stories below at:newsletters.pennnet.com In the News Ovum-RHK: Optical networking market tops $3B for third consecutive quarter Ovum-RHK says that, based on its preliminary analysis of first-quarter 2007 results for optical networking equipment vendors, global revenues were down 6 percent in 1Q07 versus 4Q06 and up 22 percent versus the year-ago quarter. More... iSuppli: IPTV drives M&A surge Communications infrastructure equipment OEMs are engaging in a spate of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to restructure themselves into one-stop shops that can sell the telcos everything they need to compete in the booming IPTV market, according to iSuppli Corp. More... BroadLight taps Denali IP for DDR memory system Denali Software, Inc. says that BroadLight has successfully used Databahn DDR memory controller IP in a wide range of end product designs, including high-speed networking applications. More... Surprise -- China leads Asian EMS/ODM market dominance Asia will maintain its dominance in the electronics manufacturing services/original design manufacturing (EMS/ODM) markets for at least the next several years, reports In-Stat. More... New Products Albis releases GaAs photodiode arrays for QSFPs Albis Optoelectronics AG, a subsidiary of Enablence Technologies Inc. has started shipping a new line of GaAs photodiode arrays addressing the quad SFP (QSFP) standard. More... Featured Article Survey details switch to OM3 in enterprise By Matt Brown, CommScope -- According to research commissioned by SYSTIMAX Solutions, OM3 products are expected to become the dominant fiber type over the next 5 years, representing 43% of new installs in that period. ------