To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (21867 ) 6/5/2007 9:16:06 PM From: Frank A. Coluccio Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 46821 Lightwave Direct Newsletter of June 5, 2007 URLs for all items below at: In the newsnewsletters.pennnet.com Chunghwa Telecom announces pair of contracts for "Optical Era Project' As part of its 'Optical Era Project,' Chunghwa Telecom's will invest approximately $180 million to construct an island-wide fiber-optic network to connect 2.4 million subscribers by the end of 2010. The carrier today announced contracts with Teknovus and Alcatel-Lucent. More... Alcatel-Lucent inks deal with Australia's Nextgen Networks Alcatel-Lucent will supply WDM, SDH, and Ethernet/MPLS equipment and provide Network Operation Center (NOC) services for Nextgen Network's 8,500-km optical network. More... New Mexico selects Infinera for statewide government network New Mexico is the first U.S. government agency to deploy Infinera's Digital Optical Network. More... Allegheny Communications Connect selects BTI Photonic Systems' Netstender Allegheny Communications Connect is using BTI Photonics Systems' equipment to deliver a 10G service between Pittsburgh, PA, and Fairmont, WV, as requested by an Allegheny customer. More... Nanotech Semiconductor announces new funding round Fabless IC company Nanotech Semiconductor Ltd. has completed a $2.5-million 'top-up' funding round. More... Product announcements iamba Networks and K-micro team on GPON SoCs The companies say they are introducing high-performance, highly integrated GPON SoCs for optical network termination (ONT) and optical line termination (OLT) applications. More... Metro Ethernet Forum certifies ECI Telecom's MSPPs According to ECI Telecom, its XDM and BroadGate platforms were found to be fully compliant to MEF 9 and MEF 14, successfully demonstrating the platforms' readiness to deliver any Metro Ethernet service in conformance with MEF's QoS attributes for traffic management. More... Featured article T-MPLS and PBT/PBB-TE offer connection-oriented packet transport By Daniel Joseph Barry, TPACK -- Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) and transport MPLS (T-MPLS) are two new packet-transport concepts that have re-ignited discussion on the best approach to implement a fully packet-based telecommunication network. More... ------