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Alloptic Granted Patent for Point-To-Multipoint Passive Optical Network That Utilizes Variable-Length Packets

Alloptic, a global leader in the development of RF over glass (RFoG) and passive optical networking (PON) solutions for CATV, telecom, and private network operators worldwide, today announced that it has been granted a patent by the Japan Patent Office for "Point-To-Multipoint Passive Optical Network That Utilizes Variable-Length Packets" (No. 2002-546329284479).

12 Aug 2008

Innolume to Enhance Production Marketing Activities for Quantum Dot Laser Products

Innolume, the leading provider of quantum dot (QD) laser diodes and modules covering the 1000 nm to 1320 nm optical spectrum, today announced that it secured a Series C round of financing for €8.6 million. The round was led by S-Group Capital Management Limited (SGCM) with Applied Ventures, LLC joining as a new investor.

4 Aug 2008

Pirelli Group Forms Strategic Alliance in Integrated Photonics

The Pirelli Group and CyOptics, Inc. announce the formation of a strategic alliance in integrated photonics.

25 Jul 2008

Fujitsu Expands Manufacturing Capacity at Richardson Headquarters

Fujitsu Network Communications, a leading supplier of innovative optical and wireless networking solutions, announced today that they are expanding manufacturing capacity at their Richardson, Texas, headquarters.

25 Jul 2008

JDSU Announces Availability of All-in-One Fiber Optic Test Kits

Based on its recognized best practice to "Inspect Before You Connect," JDSU provides all of the tools necessary to inspect, clean and perform power or attenuation measurements on fiber optic connections in easy-to-use kits to prevent costly network damage during installation, qualification and troubleshooting.

8 Jul 2008

Infinera Selected Fabrinet as Manufacturing Supplier

Infinera has selected Fabrinet as a manufacturing supplier for the outsourced manufacturing of Infinera's optical subsystems, Fabrinet announced today.

17 Jun 2008

CoreOptics Announces Availability of a 40 Gb/s Serializer/Deserializer Chipset

CoreOptics Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of 10/40/100 Gb/s optical networking subsystems, today announced availability of a 40 Gb/s Serializer/Deserializer chipset.

11 Jun 2008

BL2348 SoC Enables Comtrend to Meet Requirements of Service Providers

BroadLight, the leading supplier of GPON semiconductors and software, today announced that Comtrend Corporation has selected its BL2348 System-on Chip (SoC) for a GPON residential gateway (RG) that connects the home network directly to the access network. This new generation of GPON equipment enables global leaders such as Comtrend to deliver the cost and performance targets needed to deploy triple play services in volume.

10 Jun 2008

TXP Corp Introduces RF Return Capable Optical Network Terminals

TXP Corporation, an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) for the telecommunications industry, has introduced the first of its standards-compliant RF return capable Optical Network Terminals (ONT), giving service providers a practical solution for delivering video and television services to residential customers over GPON while maintaining backward compatibility with existing set-top boxes (STB).

10 Jun 2008

Meeting the Growing Bandwidth Needs Without Network Re-Engineering

OpVista, a leader in packet optical networking systems, today unveiled Dense Multi-Carrier (DMC) technology, a breakthrough high performance optical network solution for 40G and 100G transmission per wavelength across all types of optical networks from metro to ultra-long-haul.

12 May 2008