In Focus: Optical

ADC and Corning Cable Systems announced a technology transfer agreement for one of Corning Cable Systems' hardened connector products. Corning's ...

China Netcom (CNC), China's second largest service provider, completed the first stage of its GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network: ITU-T ...

Telecom Italia Lab has integrated Avici Systems' SSR carrier class routing platform in its hybrid IP/optical network test bed that ...

Avanex introduced a 10-12.5 Gbps Lithium Niobate chirped intensity external modulator, which features an innovative chirp mechanism capable of extending ...

FLAG Telecom awarded a multi-million dollar turnkey contract to Alcatel for the construction of FALCON, a multi-terabit/s, new generation DWDM ...

AudioCodes and Vail Systems, a provider of SIP-based IP telephony platform technology, speech application solutions and hosting services, announced the ...

TBayTel, Thunder Bay Telephone, is using ADC's LoopStar 800 next-generation SONET access system to provide Ethernet services and DSL transport ...

The U.S. Navy is set to commission a new submarine with the ability to tap undersea fiber optic cables, according ...

Researchers at Intel's Photonics Technology Laboratory have developed a silicon-based continuous laser beam with potential applications in optical computing, communications ...

LightPointe introduced an extended range optical wireless product based on free-space optics (FSO) technology. The FlightLite 100E extends the line-of-sight ...

ECI Telecom was awarded a new $3 million optical equipment order from the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF). Over the past ...

Zhone Technologies introduced its GigaMux 50, a CWDM platform for optical edge network applications. It supports up to four high-bandwidth, ...

Neuf Telecom has deployed equipment from ADVA Optical Networking to underpin its large-scale roll-out of DSL services across France. Neuf ...