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Southern Photonics, Micram launch 34GS/s arbitrary waveform generator

Southern Photonics Ltd, a New Zealand-based specialist in high-speed optical test and measurement, in collaboration with Micram Microelectronic GmbH, has launched a 34-GS/s (giga-samples per...

OptixSoft intros OTDR trace analyzer for iPhone and iPad

OptixSoft, a developer of custom software for fiber-optic test and measurement, has introduced Fiberizer, a mobile OTDR data analysis application for iPhone and iPad platforms. Fiberizer is...

Malta announces plans to roll out nationwide FTTH network

The Ministry for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications in the Republic of Malta has launched a call for expressions of interest in the rollout of a next-generation broadband infrastructure...

Cortina Systems, Acacia Communications pair for 100-Gbps coherent optical equipment designs

Chip-maker Cortina Systems, Inc. and startup Acacia Communications have announced that Cortina’s CS605x 100G and 40G ASSP Optical Transport Network (OTN) processors will interoperate with...

Altera demos FPGAs interoperability with 100-Gbps optical module

Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) says it has successfully demonstrated interoperability between its 28-nm Stratix V GT FPGAs and a 100-Gbps optical module. The company claims this is the first time...

Boston University, Intune Networks create BURST network

Boston University and Intune Networks have formed a partnership to create a next-generation research and development network, entitled the Boston University Research Switch and Transport Network...

AppliedMicro expands OTN multiplexer chip capacity

AppliedMicro (NASDAQ: AMCC), has introduced the TPO134, an OTU2 add/ddrop multiplexer with support for 16 clients. The TPO134 offers ODU cross-connect capacity to 80 Gbps via two devices and is...

GBI undersea cable system ready for service

Gulf Bridge International (GBI) and TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. Co., say the GBI undersea cable system is ready for service. The GBI submarine fiber-optic ring network connects Qatar, the...

Ethernet over OTN interoperability subject of second OIF demo

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) will use next month’s OFC/NFOEC conference to showcase interoperability of Ethernet transport over Optical Transport Networks (OTN). The demonstration...

MEF tackles multiple classes of service support in mobile backhaul networks

The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) has unveiled its Mobile Backhaul Initiative for 4G/LTE. The initiative, which combines a new implementation agreement that follows on to the existing MEF 22.1 with...