Optical

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...

Comcast and Ciena completed a live field trial of a 1 Terabit/sec optical transmission spanning nearly 1,000 km over Comcast’s existing long-haul fiber infrastructure connecting Ashburn, Va. to Charlotte, N.C....

Cisco released a new high-density Prisma SuperQAM XFP Transmitter module for its flagship Prisma II optical video platform. The new XFP Transmitter module is another key piece of Cisco's Converged...

Xtera Communications supplied its 100G optical transport platform to TIM Brasil for a new infrastructure deployment connecting three cities in the Amazon: Manaus, Macapá and Belém. Xtera’s Nu-Wave Optima 100G...

ACG Research is projecting that the Total Worldwide Optical Networking market will increase from $14 B to $17.25 B by 2018 (CAGR 4.4%). Its study finds that the immediate growth...

Oclaro agreed to sell its Amplifier and Micro-Optics business (the Business) to II-VI Incorporated for $88.6 million. The deal includes intellectual property, inventory and equipment.  II-VI will also hire approximately...

Ciena announced new packet networking solutions for supporting 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) services. Ciena’s new 5160 and 5142 Service Aggregation Switches are small form-factor platforms that enable efficient delivery and...

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) Carrier Working Group has completed a carrier requirements document addressing the transport network relevant part of a Software Defined Networking (SDN) architecture. The document, "OIF...

Oclaro has begun sampling a low-cost 10G Ethernet SFP+ transceiver for single-mode fiber applications up to 2 km. The 10G SFP+ CPRI transceiver is optimized for wireless backhaul applications and...

Oclaro reported revenues of $136.1 million for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, compared with revenues of $141.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013.  GAAP gross margin was...

Farice, which provides fiber capacity from Iceland to mainland Europe, has deployed Ciena’s 100G coherent optical transport technology to upgrade its submarine cable system that connects Iceland and Scotland. Farice...

CALIENT Technologies announced preliminary interoperability testing results of its newly available OpenFlow software-defined networking (SDN) application programming interface (API) for its S320 optical circuit switch. In testing by Tallac Networks,...