Telstra Tests 1 Tbps with Ericsson

Telstra has conducted the first trial of 1 Tbps technology in Australia over 995km of an existing optical fiber network using Ericsson's equipment. Ericsson recently announced it will provide Telstra with the SPO 1400, the latest packet optical transport platform (POTP) for the metro and the MHL 3000 for long-haul applications with 100Gbps service support. The trial tested a 1Tbps line card in the MHL 3000. The companies said this successful test...

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OneChip Photonics Intros 100G PIC in Indium Phosphide

OneChip Photonics introduced a Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC)-based 100 Gbps device that monolithically integrates all of the optical functions required for an optical transceiver into a single Indium Phosphide (InP)-based chip. All of the active components (Distributed Feedback “DFB” laser, Electro-Absorption Modulator “EAM,” and Waveguide Photodetector “WPD”) and passive components (Wavelength Division Multiplexing “WDM” combiner, splitter and...

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NeoPhotonics Announces 100G Variable Power Intradyne Coherent Receiver

NeoPhotonics announced a new 100G Variable Power Intradyne Coherent Receiver (VICR) that integrates a variable optical attenuator (VOA) on the signal path and is designed to increase dynamic range and improve the optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR) for both single channel and multiple coincident signals. NeoPhotonics said this capability is designed to enable service providers to better manage network capacity in colorless coherent networks....

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Menara Announces Metro 100G Tunable DWDM Transceiver with OTN and FEC

Menara Networks introduced a 100G "System-in-a-Module" that integrates OTU4 framing, ultra FEC, full C-band tunability and 100GE performance monitoring in a 100% MSA compliant CFP form factor with a standard CAUI interface. "Menara Networks continues on its march to simplify the optical network and help carriers and data center operators bridge the gap between the growing network cost and the declining revenue per bit," said Siraj Nour ElAhmadi,...

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Menara Selected for New DWDM Network in Iraq

IQ Networks, a leading facility-based fiber Internet Service Provider in Iraq, has selected Menara Networks transponder-less DWDM solution to build a state-of-the-art national 10 Gbps IP over DWDM network in Iraq. Specifically, IQ Networks will use Menara Networks' "System-in-a-Module" Tunable OTN XFP transceivers for complete DWDM transponder replacement. The small form factor MSA compliant pluggable modules offer high performance optical networking...

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NTT Electronics Ships Single-Chip 100G OTN Framer

NTT Electronics (NEL) released a 100G Optical Transport Network (OTN) Framer with very low power dissipation. The new OTN Framer can be used alongside NEL's 100G Digital Coherent Signal Processor (DSP) and is capable of operation in multiple modes including 100G Transponder, 10 x 10G Muxponder, and 100G Regenerator. NEL said its new OTN Framer employs advanced CMOS technology to provide framing solutions, fully compliant with the ITU-T G.709...

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Verizon Rolls out Fleet Management Solution

Verizon is rolling out Networkfleet management solution over the Verizon Wireless network using technology from Hughes Telematics, which Verizon acquired last year.  Networkfleet will debut in Verizon's U.S. service fleet for improved monitoring, management and route optimization capabilities. The Networkfleet telematics solution combines in-vehicle hardware and a Web-based application to store, view and analyze data on specific vehicles...

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Telefónica I+D Tests NSN's FlexGrid Optical

Telefónica I+D, the R&D labs of Telefónica, has successfully tested the integration of Nokia Siemens Networks’  FlexiGrid technology with a standards-based control system for optical networks. NSN's FlexiGrid is based on the company's hiT 7300 DWDM platform. To increase network efficiency, Nokia Siemens Networks integrated its FlexiGrid technology as well as its 100G technology with an optical transport control system based on GMPLS. The...

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Polatis Cites Growing Demand for Photonic Cross-Connects in Data Centers

Polatis reported strong and growing demand for their latest Series 6000 192x192 optical switch, which was launched last year at OFC/NFOEC, leading the company to triple capacity at its European manufacturing plants. "Our customers are telling us that traditional data center aggregation solutions cannot keep up with growing capacity demands" said Gerald Wesel, CEO Polatis, Inc. "The advent of optical circuit switch elements that integrate seamlessly...

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