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DARPA Project Advances Chip Communications Via Proximity and Optical Connections

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Sun $44.29 million funding for a five and a half-year research project focused on microchip interconnectivity via on-chip optical networks enabled by Silicon photonics and proximity communication.

24 Mar 2008

Emergence of PIC Will Lead to Massive Changes in Optical Networks

The long-awaited emergence of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology will lead to a massive change in the way optical networks are built and deployed over the next decade.

19 Mar 2008

Fiber Network Provides Attractive Alternative for Enterprise and Carrier Customers

RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced the launch of its newest major metropolitan market of Philadelphia. RCN Metro Optical Networks just completed the build of a fiber ring encompassing over 3,000 fiber miles located in Center City, Philadelphia.

17 Mar 2008

Optical Keyhole Carries Discussion Between Strategic Partners

Optical Keyhole - the premier online source for information on the optical industry - is carrying a discussion between strategic partners ADC and Novera Optics, who share their views on the market drivers behind WDM-PON technology, the benefits and type of application for WDM-PON, and finally the competitive advantages of ADC's PONy Express solution, including pricing issues.

6 Mar 2008

WaveReady Designed to Address Requirements for Today's Optical Network Operators

JDSU today announced the release of new additions to its WaveReady(TM) product line of scalable wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical transport solutions designed for metro, access and enterprise optical networks.

6 Mar 2008

GPON ONTs Enable Service Providers to Offer Advanced Broadband Services

Calix today announced the wide deployment of Calix 700G GPON Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) across the state of Minnesota, providing advanced information, communication, and entertainment services over fiber to the premises (FTTP) networks.

3 Mar 2008

RED-C Announces Cooperation in Promoting EDFA Design

RED-C Optical Networks Ltd., a leading provider of integrated optical subsystems based on state-of-the-art optical amplification and monitoring technology, and Proximion, a world leading provider of dispersion compensation solutions, today announced their cooperation in promoting an erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) design optimized to take advantage of the unique properties of DCM technology.

3 Mar 2008

Using Light Instead of Wires to Send Information

IBM Researchers today unveiled a prototype technology that could bring massive amounts of bandwidth in an energy efficient way to all kinds of machines -- from supercomputers to cell phones -- that could revolutionize the way people access, use and share information across many different applications.

29 Feb 2008

PureGain Protects Optical Networks From Hazards Associated With Power Transients

Avanex Corporation, a pioneering provider of intelligent photonic solutions enabling next-generation optical networks, today supplemented its OASIS EDFA portfolio by unveiling its compact power transient-suppressed EDFA at OFC/NFOEC 2008 Expo.

28 Feb 2008

Avanex Corporation Announces Shipments of Next-Generation TDC Products

Avanex Corporation, a pioneering provider of intelligent photonic solutions enabling next-generation optical networks, today announced commercial shipments of next-generation tunable dispersion compensation (TDC) products into major OEM customers for 40Gb/s applications.

28 Feb 2008