New MSA Approved for 10 Gbps Pluggable Optical Transceivers

The X2 multi-source agreement (MSA) group completed work on Revision 1.0 of its technical specifications for smaller form factor 10 Gbps pluggable optical transceivers. Revision 1.0 builds on the initial multisource agreement (MSA) announced in July 2002 that defines a versatile smaller form factor pluggable package based on XENPAK technology. X2 transceivers are expected to begin shipping imminently. The MSA group includes Agilent Technologies, Ignis Optics, JDS Uniphase, Mitsubishi Electric, Molex, Multiplex, NEC, NTT, Opnext, Optillion, Pine Photonics, TriQuint Optoelectronics and Tyco Electronics.
http://www.x2msa.org