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Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 8:20AM
The CFP2 is not just used in metro/ regional networks but also in long-haul applications
Robert Blum
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 7:20AM Technology briefing: ROADMs and amplifiers
Oclaro announced an add/drop routing platform at the recent OFC/NFOEC show. The company explains how the platform is driving new arrayed amplifier and pumping requirements.
A ROADM comprising amplification, line-interfaces, add/ drop routing and transponders. Source: Oclaro
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 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
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
DS-DBR laser, Huawei, Intune Networks, OFC/NFOEC 2012, OSN8800, OTN, Oclaro, PPXC, Reg Wilcox, Robert Blum in gazettabits Print Article Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 10:01AM Oclaro has announced its plan to merge with Opnext. The deal, valued at US $177M, will result in Opnext's shareholders owning 42% of the combined company. The merger of the fifth and sixth largest optical component players will create a company with annual revenues of $800M, second only to Finisar. The deal is expected to be completed in the next 3-6 months.
Source: Gazettabyte
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
