Sep 22 2008
Opnext, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacturing of optical modules and components, today announced that the Company has shipped more than 750,000 10G transceivers to its global customer base. As an industry leader in 10G and above transceivers, Opnext offers a broad portfolio of products in the 10G family including 300 pin, XENPAK, X2, XPAK, XFP and SFP+, encompassing all port types within these form factors. The Company's modules support SONET OC-192, SDH STM-64 and 10GbE protocols, enabling long-reach terrestrial transmission, metropolitan area network, optical add-drop multiplexer (OADM), access, enterprise switching, high-speed data and storage communications. Opnext previously announced the industry's prior shipping milestone of a half million transceivers in December 2007.
“The demand for bandwidth continues to expand industry wide, hence the need for 10 Gbps in telecom and enterprise networks,” stated Daryl Inniss, vice president and practice leader, Ovum. “Opnext, a leading 10G supplier, continues to support this market by delivering both new and legacy products notwithstanding the broad range of transmission protocols, form factors and electrical connectors required.”
“At Opnext, we continue to meet the production demands of our customers. Reaching 750,000 10G transceivers shipped continues to validate our position as an industry-leading technology provider of 10G solutions,” said Tadayuki Kanno, senior vice president, Opnext modules business unit. “Opnext continues to lead the industry by developing and delivering market-leading products to our customers.”
Opnext’s 10G module transceivers fully comply with industry standards from ITU-T G.691, G.709, and IEEE 802.3, and OIF recommendations, supporting a variety of electrical interfaces, including SFI-4, XAUI and XFI, which ease the integration onto system host boards. Opnext transceivers meet or exceed standards established by industry Multi Source Agreements (MSAs). The Company offers extensive value added monitoring features and has in-depth knowledge dealing firmware handshaking requirements.