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Ciena Extends Benefit of Advanced 6500 Packet-Optical Platform to Increase Network Scalability

Ciena® is extending the benefits of its market-leading 6500 Packet-Optical Platform to significantly increase network scalability and accelerate the move to open, virtualized, SDN-based architectures. Ciena’s 6500 T-Series is purpose-built for the Terabit world, offering significantly reduced power consumption and space requirements.

18 Mar 2016

Netunwired Selects Siklu to Backhaul New Wireless Broadband Network

Siklu Inc., the global market leader in millimeter-wave radios, announced it was selected by Netunwired LCC to backhaul a new wireless broadband network at the Aurora Sports Complex in Colorado. Siklu's wireless, Gigabit radios were selected for their out-of-the-box, easy to deploy characteristics, and inherent interference-free quality.

18 Mar 2016

Oclaro’s Non-Hermetic 25Gbit/s 1.3ìm DFB Laser Diodes Qualified for 100Gbit/s Transceivers

Oclaro, Inc., a leading provider and innovator of optical communications solutions, today announced the successful qualification of its non-hermetic 25Gbit/s 1.3 ìm distributed feedback (DFB) laser diodes for 100Gbit/s transceivers.

18 Mar 2016

OFC 2016 to Feature Xilinx’s Multiple Industry-First Solutions for Ultra-High Bandwidth Optical Networks

Xilinx, Inc. will introduce multiple industry-first solutions for ultra-high bandwidth optical networks at OFC 2016. Targeting OTN and Datacenter Interconnect (DCI) applications, these never publicly demoed solutions enable systems OEMs to deliver fast-to-market, efficient and scalable transport of big data across data centers and optical transport networks.

18 Mar 2016

Lumentum Releases Scalable SDN Optical Whitebox Platform

Lumentum Holdings Inc. (“Lumentum”) unveiled a new optical whitebox platform supporting an ecosystem enabling SDN within data center & metro/edge DWDM transport. The initial products include a family of configurable rack-mountable optical whiteboxes: terminal amplifier, line amplifier, mux/demux, and ROADM.

18 Mar 2016

Lumentum’s New E-Temp T-SFP+ Complements Current Portfolio of Tunable SFP+ and XFP Optical Transceivers

Lumentum Holdings Inc. (“Lumentum”) has added a 10G tunable SFP+ optical transceiver for extended temperature ranges (-5°C to 85°C) to its Transmission Components and Modules product lineup. The e-temp T-SFP+ complements Lumentum’s current portfolio of tunable SFP+ and XFP optical transceivers, but offers additional features and low power dissipation capability necessary for high-density applications found at the network edge.

18 Mar 2016

Xilinx's All Programmable OTN IP Subsystems Gain Recognition by 2016 Lightwave Innovation Reviews

Xilinx, Inc. today announced that its All Programmable Optical Transport Network (OTN) IP Subsystems were recognized by the 2016 Lightwave Innovation Reviews with a score of four out of five possible points for technical excellence.

17 Mar 2016

New Spiral Laser Beam With a 'Twist' Holds Potential for Optical Communication

Nature Photonics today published research by a team from South Africa and Italy demonstrating a new type of laser that is able to produce laser beams 'with a twist' as its output. The outputs and superpositions of the new type of laser form a set of beams, called vector vortex beams. Using geometric phase inside lasers for the first time, the work opens the way to novel lasers for optical communication, laser machining and medicine.

17 Mar 2016

Inphi Expands 45GBaud Linear Coherent Product Family with Launch of New SMT Quad Linear Driver

Inphi Corporation, a leading provider of high-speed connectivity solutions, introduces the IN4517SZ, a quad linear differential to single-ended Mach-Zehnder Modulator Driver in a Surface Mount Technology (SMT) package.

17 Mar 2016

Lightwave Innovation Reviews Program Recognizes OFS Fiber Optic Products

OFS, a leading edge designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative fiber optic network solutions, announced today that two of its products are being recognized by the 2016 Lightwave Innovation Reviews.

16 Mar 2016

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