To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (21979 ) 6/13/2007 5:09:30 PM From: Frank A. Coluccio Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 46821 Lightwave Direct Newsletter of June 13, 2007 URLs for all items below at: newsletters.pennnet.com Featured article Scaling to 100GbE: Drivers and implementation By Vijay Vusirikala, Infinera -- The limitations of current scaling techniques and continued traffic growth are underlining the strong need to develop an ecosystem for the next higher speed of Ethernet: 100-Gigabit Ethernet. More...lw.pennnet.com In the news Falcon Broadband taps Hitachi for GPON deployment The Falcon Broadband deployment represents the first commercial deployment in the United States of GPON by a cable television operator, further cementing the concept that GPON is the technology of choice for the efficient delivery of broadband triple-play services, say Hitachi representatives. More... Armstrong selects Alloptic for FTTP deployment in Butler County, PA "The MicroNode allows Armstrong to take HFC to one home per node instead of the traditional two hundred and fifty homes-passed per node," says Armstrong CTO Mike Giobbi. "I refer to the architecture as HFc--little 'c'--since the only coax is in the customer's home." More... Polatis to open production plant in Poland Strong market demand for optical switch products is fueling the need for third production facility, say Polatis representatives. More... New products Wave7 Optics adds GPON capability to Trident7 Universal Access Platform Wave7 says its Trident7 is the industry's only FTTP platform capable of delivering standards-based EPON (IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile standard) and GPON triple-play services from a common platform. More... Aurora Networks announces Node PON Module for cable networks Aurora Networks says its development of a PON Module for cable is a natural step in extending the bandwidth lead against telcos. More... Scientific Atlanta previews D-PON architecture At next weeks' Cable-Tec EXPO, Scientific Atlanta will preview a new DOCSIS passive optical network (D-PON) architecture to enable operators to deploy cable-centric/cable-friendly fiber-to-the-home technology. More... Corning Cable Systems intros field-installable connector for FTTx networks Corning Cable Systems says the OptiSnap Connector is ideal for singlemode fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) applications, maintenance and restoration of building cable, and MDU applications where installation setup and teardown time is critical. More... Aerial drop closure eases fiber splicing Designed to provide a superior protective environment for splicing fiber-optic drop cable in FTTP aerial applications, the COYOTE Aerial Drop Closure allows for low count fiber splicing without the use of a splice tray, say Preformed Line Productsrepresentatives. More... ------