Sunday
May062012
OFC/NFOEC 2012: Some of the exhibition highlights
Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 10:41AM A round-up of some of the main announcements and demonstrations at the recent OFC/NFOEC 2012 exhibition and conference.
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Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 10:41AM Friday
May042012
Optical components enter an era of technology-pull
Friday, May 4, 2012 at 3:41PM Gazettabyte asked ADVA Optical Networking, Ciena, Cisco Systems and Ovum about their impressions following the recent OFC/NFOEC 2012 exhibition and conference.
OFC/NFOEC reflections: Part 2
"As the economy continues to navigate its way through yet another very difficult period, it was good to see so many companies innovating and introducing solutions."
Massimo Prati, Cisco Systems
Wednesday
Apr252012
Huawei's novel Petabit switch
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 8:41AM The Chinese equipment maker showcased a prototype optical switch at this year's OFC/NFOEC that can scale to 10 Petabit.
"Although the numbers [400,000 lasers] appear quite staggering, they point to a need for photonic integration"
Reg Wilcox, Huawei
tagged DS-DBR laser, Huawei, Intune Networks, OFC/NFOEC 2012, OSN8800, OTN, Oclaro, PPXC, Reg Wilcox, Robert Blum in gazettabits Print Article
DS-DBR laser, Huawei, Intune Networks, OFC/NFOEC 2012, OSN8800, OTN, Oclaro, PPXC, Reg Wilcox, Robert Blum in gazettabits Print Article Monday
Apr162012
OFC/NFOEC 2012 industry reflections - Part 1
Monday, April 16, 2012 at 11:46AM 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
Thursday
Mar222012
100 Gigabit direct detection gains wider backing
Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 7:10AM More vendors are coming to market with 100 Gigabit direct detection products for metro and private networks.
The emergence of a second de-facto 100 Gigabit standard, a complement to 100 Gigabit coherent, gained credence with 4x28 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) direct detect announcements from Finisar and Oclaro and likely backing from system vendor, ECI Telecom.
"We believe that in some cases operators will prefer to go with this technology instead of coherent"
Shai Stein, CTO, ECI Telecom
Thursday
Mar082012
The post-100 Gigabit era
Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 6:37PM Feature: Beyond 100G - Part 4
The latest coherent ASICs from Ciena and Alcatel-Lucent coupled with announcements from Cisco and Huawei highlight where the industry is heading with regard high-speed optical transport. But the announcements also raise questions too.
Source: Gazettabyte
Thursday
Mar082012
Latest coherent ASICs set the bar for the optical industry
Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:29AM Feature: Beyond 100G - Part 3
Alcatel-Lucent has detailed its next-generation coherent ASIC that supports multiple modulation schemes and allow signals to scale to 400 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps).
The announcement follows Ciena's WaveLogic 3 coherent chipset that also trades capacity and reach by changing the modulation scheme.
"They [Ciena and Alcatel-Lucent] have set the bar for the rest of the industry," says Ron Kline, principal analyst for Ovum’s network infrastructure group.
"We will employ [the PSE] for all new solutions on 100 Gigabit"
Kevin Drury, Alcatel-Lucent
