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Ciena to Demonstrate 40G and 100G Optical Connectivity Solutions at OFC/NFOEC

Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced plans to demonstrate how its advanced technologies and expertise with 40G and 100G solutions can now help service providers travel ultra long haul terrestrial and trans-oceanic distances at 40G speeds, improve network flexibility and speed time-to-service.

22 Mar 2010

Ciena Now Focuses on Converged Optical Ethernet Solution

Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist, today announced the direction of its portfolio of network infrastructure and service delivery solutions following the completion of its acquisition of the optical networking and Carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel’s+ Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) business.

22 Mar 2010

Optametra Becomes Supporting Member of Georgia Tech 100G Consortium

Optametra, a leading supplier of coherent lightwave signal analyzers, has joined the eleven member companies of the Georgia Tech 100G Consortium as a Supporting Member, providing its industry-leading OM4106B Coherent Lightwave Signal Analyzer system.

22 Mar 2010

TriAccess Products from TriQuint Support High-Speed Broadband Connectivity in China

TriQuint Semiconductor, a leading RF product manufacturer and foundry services provider, today announced that its complete TriAccess™ line of cable TV (CATV) and Fiber to the Home (FTTH) products supports the China State Council ‘Three into One’ initiative for competitive, world-class high-speed broadband connectivity.

22 Mar 2010

Opnext Inroduces Low-Power CMOS Analog-to-Digital Converter

Opnext, Inc., a global leader in state-of-the-art laser technology and high speed optical communications, today announced that it has solved one of the major challenges of delivering a PM-QPSK coherent receiver.

20 Mar 2010

Ciena Acquires Optical Networking Assets from Nortel

Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of substantially all of the optical networking and Carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel’s+ Metro Ethernet Networks (MEN) business.

20 Mar 2010

New Multi-Layer Ethernet Devices from Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced a new series of multi-layer Ethernet devices that enable faster connectivity between servers in the data center.

20 Mar 2010

Combined Solution from LeCroy and Optametra Offers Highest Bandwidth for Optical Signal Analysis

LeCroy Corporation, designer of the world's fastest (30 GHz) real-time oscilloscope, and Optametra, a leading supplier of coherent lightwave signal analyzers, will showcase their combined test solution at the OFC/NFOEC Exposition, Booth 1406, San Diego from March 23 to 25.

20 Mar 2010

New DragonFly 40G Optical Transceiver from ColorChip

ColorChip, a leading designer and manufacturer of optical sub-systems and components based on Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuits (ASPICs), announced today the availability of the industry's first QSFP 40G pluggable LR transceiver.

20 Mar 2010