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Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 8:38AM Gazettabyte completes its summary of key optical announcements at the recent ECOC show held in Amsterdam. Oclaro's announcements detailed here are followed by those of Finisar and NeoPhotonics.
Part 1: Oclaro
"Networks are getting more complex and you need automation so that they are more foolproof and more efficient operationally"
Per Hansen, Oclaro
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 5:45PM Cisco Systems has been detailing over recent months its upcoming proprietary optical module dubbed CPAK. The development promises to reduce the market opportunity for the CFP2 multi-source agreement (MSA) and has caused some disquiet in the industry.
Source: Cisco Systems, Gazettabyte, see comments
CFP2, CFP4, CPAK, Cisco Systems, JDSU, LightCounting, MSA, Ovum, QSFP2+, optical transceivers in gazettabits Print Article Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at 1:58PM Finisar and Oclaro unveiled their first CFP2 optical transceiver products at the recent ECOC exhibition in Amsterdam. JDSU also announced that its ONT-100G test equipment now supports the latest 100Gbps module form factor.
Source: Oclaro
Friday, July 6, 2012 at 11:38AM Ten Gigabit-based parallel optics is set to dominate the marketplace for several years to come. So claims datacom module specialist, Avago Technologies.
"One customer told us it has to keep the interface speed below 20Gbps due to the cost of the SerDes"
Sharon Hall, Avago
"People are underestimating what is going to be involved in doing 25 Gigabit [channels]," says Sharon Hall, product line manager for embedded optics at Avago Technologies. "Ten Gigabit is going to last quite a bit longer because of the price point it can provide."
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 7:46AM The next-generation CFP modules - the CFP2 and CFP4 - promise to double and double again the number of 100 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) optical module interfaces on a blade.
Source: Gazettabyte, Xilinx
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 6:21PM Gazettabyte has asked industry analysts, CEOs, executives and commentators to reflect on the last year and comment on developments they most anticipate for 2012.
"For 2012, the macroeconomy is likely to dominate any other developments"
Martin Geddes, telecom consultant @martingeddes
Sometimes the important stuff is slow-burning: we're seeing a continued decline in the traditional network equipment providers, and the rise in Genband, Acme, Sonus and Metaswitch in their place. Smaller, leaner, and more used to serving Tier 2 and Tier 3 operators and enterprise players and their lower cost structures.
100G, CFP2, CFP4, FPGAs, Google, LTE-Advanced, TCAMs, super-channel, video, voice in gazettabits Print Article Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 10:18AM Gazettabyte spoke with BT, Level 3 Communications and Verizon about their 100 Gigabit optical transmission plans and the challenges they see regarding the technology.
Briefing: 100 Gigabit
Part 1: Operators
Operators will use 100 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) coherent technology for their next-generation core networks. For metro, operators favour coherent and have differing views regarding the alternative, 100Gbps direct-detection schemes. All the operators agree that the 100Gbps interfaces - line-side and client-side - must become cheaper before 100Gbps technology is more widely deployed.
"It is clear that you absolutely need 100 Gig in large parts of the network"
Steve Gringeri, Verizon
100G serial interface, 100Gbps, BT, CFP, CFP2, Level 3, Verizon, service providers in Feature Print Article 