Optical

ZTE announced a demonstration of a SDN path computation element (PCE) control solution for optical transport networks. The test was conducted by ZTE in partnership with China Mobile and the...

Finisar agreed to acquire u2t Photonics AG for approximately $20 million in cash. Finisar will also assume net debt of approximately $7 million. Photonics AG, which is based in Berlin,...

TDF, continental Europe’s biggest owner of broadcast and telecoms masts, has deployed Ciena’s 6500 Packet-Optical Platform equipped with WaveLogic 3 Coherent Optical Processors One Control Unified Management System to deliver...

Ciena reported Q4 revenue of $583.4 million as compared to $465.5 million for the fiscal fourth quarter 2012. For fiscal year 2013, Ciena reported revenue of $2.1 billion, as compared...

Ciena will transfer the listing of its common stock from NASDAQ to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 23, 2013, under its current ticker symbol "CIEN". The company...

Researchers at IBM demonstrated for the first time a complex quantum mechanical phenomenon known as Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC). The breakthrough has potential applications in developing novel optoelectronic devices, including energy-efficient...

Reliance Globalcom has upgraded its FA-1 North submarine cable system with 100G wavelengths using Ciena’s converged packet optical and GeoMesh solution.  The undersea network now supports low-latency OTN and 100GbE...

Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have discovered a way to increase the capacity of fiber optic cables by optimizing the shape of each photonic pulse....

Globally, the optical network hardware market (WDM and SONET/SDH) is down 7% sequentially in 3Q13, and down 1% from the year-ago quarter, according to a new report from Infonetics Research....

MRV introduced its new "OptiDriver" high-density, 10 Gbps optical transport platform featuring built-in testing and rapid turn up capabilities. MRV said its OptiDriver was designed for intelligent ROADM and 100Gbps...

Telefónica Global Solutions has deployed Ciena’s 100G coherent optical transport technology on its SAm-1 submarine and terrestrial network, which is the largest submarine fiber network connecting the U.S. to Latin...

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) members approved three Implementation Agreements (IAs) addressing the needs for smaller modules for 100G deployments: The 100G Long-Haul DWDM Transmission Module IA specifies key electromechanical...

Infinera reported Q3 revenue (GAAAP) of $142.0 million compared to $138.4 million in the second quarter of 2013 and $112.2 million in the third quarter of 2012.  GAAP gross margin...