To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (21975 ) 6/12/2007 6:06:28 PM From: Frank A. Coluccio Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 46821 Lightwave Direct Newsletter of June 12, 2007 URLs for all items below at: newsletters.pennnet.com In the News ADVA Optical Networking deploys gear in Neuf Cegetel network French alternative carrier Neuf Cegetel is using the Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 3000 from ADVA Optical Networking to expand its optical metro core and regional networks. More... POINTek launches athermal AWG business in North America POINTek of Korea has opened a North Americas sales and marketing office in Fullerton, CA, to promote its athermal arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) products. More... Verizon Business optical network reaches halfway point Verizon Business says it will add 6,000 more miles to its ultra long haul (ULH) network this year, surpassing the halfway point in the company's multiyear plan to deploy a 50,000-mile all-optical transport network across the United States. More... New Products OpVista intros EtherWave for GbE aggregation and distribution EtherWave is designed to lower the cost of aggregating Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) traffic streams into a cost-effective 10GbE handoff on metro and regional backbone networks. More... BTI Photonic Systems enhances Netstender BTI Photonic Systems has announced new features for its Netstender platform to support the delivery of carrier-grade Ethernet over "microWDM." More... Zhone debuts GPON OLT card and home gateway Zhone Technologies Inc. has introduced a standards-based GPON optical line terminal card and an FTTH gateway with remote management and monitoring intelligence. More... Featured Article OAM: Going beyond the standards to enable innovative Carrier Ethernet services By Umesh Kukreja, Atrica Inc. -- While Carrier Ethernet OAM has come a long way, some functionality gaps still exist, and these gaps must be addressed to enable true, carrier-class OAM for Carrier Ethernet services. More... ------