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Monday, June 18, 2012 at 9:42AM The latest silicon design announcements from PMC and AppliedMicro reflect the ongoing network evolution of the Optical Transport Network (OTN) protocol.
"There is a clear march from carriers, led in particular by China, to adopt OTN in the metro"
Scott Wakelin, PMC
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 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, January 26, 2012 at 8:42AM Cortina Systems has detailed its CS605x family of transport processors that support 100 Gigabit Ethernet and Optical Transport Network (OTN).
The CS6051 transport processor architecture. Source: Cortina Systems
ASSP, CFP, CS605x, CXP., Cortina Systems, FEC, FPGA, G.709, OTN, transport processor in semiconductors Print Article Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 9:34AM 
Improving the switching capabilities of telecom platforms without redesigning the switch as well as tinier 100 Gigabit transmitters are just two recent initiatives of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF).
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 10:53AM The privately-owned system vendor has launched Apollo, a family of what it calls optimised multi-layer transport platforms.
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ECI Telecom has launched a family of platforms that combines optical transmission, Ethernet and optical transport network (OTN) switching and IP routing.
The 9600 series platforms, dubbed Apollo, combines the functionality of what until now has required a packet-optical transport system (P-OTS) and a carrier Ethernet switch router (CESR).
The Apollo 9600 series architecture. Source: ECI Telecom
ECI refers to the capabilities of such a combined platform as optimised multi-layer transport (OMLT). Analysts view the platform as a natural evolution of P-OTS rather than a new category of system.
Apollo 9600 series, ECI Telecom, IP/ MPLS, MPLS-TP, OMLT, OTN, P-OTS, optical systems in gazettabits Print Article Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 8:43AM Infinera has announced a core network platform that combines Optical Transport Network (OTN) switching with dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) transport. "We are looking at a system that integrates two layers of the network," says Mike Capuano, vice president of corporate marketing at Infinera.
"This is 100Tbps of non-blocking switching, all functioning as one system. You just can't do that with merchant silicon."
Mike Capuano, Infinera
