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Entries in 100 Gigabit (21)

Friday
Apr052013

Software-defined networking: A network game-changer?

Q&A with Andrew Lord, head of optical research at BT, about his impressions following the recent OFC/NFOEC show.

OFC/NFOEC reflections: Part 1


"We [operators] need to move faster"

Andrew Lord, BT

 

 

 

 

 

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Thursday
Mar282013

Luxtera's interconnect strategy

Briefing: Silicon photonics

Part 1: Optical interconnect

 

Luxtera demonstrated a 100 Gigabit QSFP optical module at the OFC/NFOEC 2013 exhibition.

 

"We're in discussions with a lot of memory vendors, switch vendors and different ASIC providers"

Chris Bergey, Luxtera

 

 

 

 

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Wednesday
Mar272013

Kotura demonstrates a 100 Gigabit QSFP

Kotura has announced a 100 Gigabit QSFP with a reach of 2km.  

 

“QSFP will be the long-term winner at 100 Gig; the same way QSFP has been a high volume winner at 40 Gig”

Arlon Martin, Kotura

 

 

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Wednesday
Mar202013

ECI Telecom demos 100 Gigabit over 4,600km

  • 4,600km optical transmission over submarine cable
  • The Tera Santa Consortium, chaired by ECI, will show a 400 Gigabit/ 1 Terabit transceiver prototype in the summer
  • 100 Gigabit direct-detection module on hold as the company eyes new technology developments

 

"When we started the project it was not clear whether the market would go for 400 Gig or 1 Terabit. Now it seems that the market will start with 400 Gig."

Jimmy Mizrahi, ECI Telecom

 

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Sunday
Feb102013

Cisco Systems' intelligent light

Network optimisation continues to exercise operators and content service providers as their requirements evolve with the growth of services such as cloud computing. Cisco Systems' announced elastic core architecture aims to tackle  networking efficiency and address particular service provider requirements.

 

“The core [network] needs to be more robust, agile and programmable”

Sultan Dawood, Cisco

 

 

 

 

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Wednesday
Sep122012

60-second interview with .... Dell'Oro's Jimmy Yu

Market research firm Dell'Oro Group has reported that the global optical transport equipment market in the first half of 2012 shrank 5 percent, to US $6.1 billion. In the latest 60-second interview, Gazettabyte spoke with Jimmy Yu, vice president of optical transport research at Dell’Oro Group.

 

"For the year, it is going to be a fivefold growth rate [for 100 Gig transport]."

Jimmy Yu, Dell'Oro

 

 

 

 

 

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Monday
Apr162012

OFC/NFOEC 2012 industry reflections - Part 1

The recent OFC/NFOEC show, held in Los Angeles, had a strong vendor presence. Gazettabyte spoke with Infinera's Dave Welch, chief strategy officer and executive vice president, about his impressions of the show, capacity challenges facing the industry, and the importance of the company's photonic integrated circuit technology in light of recent competitor announcements.

OFC/NFOEC reflections: Part 1 

 

"I need as much fibre capacity as I can get, but I also need reach" 

Dave Welch, Infinera

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