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Inphi to acquire Cortina Systems' optical transport semiconductor business
Inphi Corp. (NYSE: IPHI), a provider of high-speed, mixed signal semiconductors, and Cortina Systems, Inc., a communications semiconductor vendor, say they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Inphi will acquire Cortina's high-speed interconnect and optical transport product lines for $52.5 million in cash and $73.5 million in stock.
2014-07-31
Orange to sign check for Sea-Me-We 5 submarine cable system
Orange says it will co-finance Sea-Me-We 5 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 5), a new submarine cable that will link France and Singapore. Plans call for Sea-Me-We 5 to connect Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy, and France.
2014-07-24
Metro optical market worth $9 billion by 2018 says Dell'Oro
Metro optical transport equipment revenues are forecast to reach $9 billion by 2018, according to a newly released optical transport forecast report by market research firm Dell’Oro Group. WDM equipment sales are expected to drive the majority of the metro optical market’s growth for the next five years and comprise the vast majority of revenue by 2018.
2014-07-18
Fujitsu unveils 100G Base-ER4 CFP2 transceiver
Fujitsu Optical Components Ltd. (FOC) has developed what it claims is the industry’s first 100G CFP2 optical transceiver module to support the IEEE 100GBASE-ER4 and ITU-T G.959.1 OTU4 (4L1-9C1F) standards.
2014-07-10
Noel Communications opts for ADVA FSP 3000 and ADVA FSP 150
Noel Communications has chosen to deploy the ADVA FSP 3000 and ADVA FSP 150 in its network with the aim of providing connectivity to rural areas of Washington, ADVA Optical Networking says. The fiber-optic network will enable Noel to support the bandwidth requirements of its enterprise customers throughout the state.
2014-07-02
Sandy, OR, leverages OFS Professional Services for FTTP network
Optical infrastructure provider OFS says its Professional Services organization will aid the City of Sandy, OR, with a fiber to the premises (FTTP) deployment that will serve the community’s homes, businesses, and anchor institutions. The network build will use the OFS FOX Solution for Home and Business.
2014-06-25
Level 3 offers $7.3 billion for tw telecom
Network services provider Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) has reached an agreement to purchase business services provider tw telecom (NASDAQ: TWTC) for $7.3 billion in stock and cash and assumption of debt. The companies expect the deal to close in the fourth quarter of this year, subject to the usual regulatory reviews and shareholder approval.
2014-06-17
FairPoint brings 100-Mbps broadband speeds to southern New Hampshire
FairPoint Communications (NASDAQ: FRP) says it can now offer 100-Mbps downstream and 75-Mbps upstream broadband rates to more than 58,000 local businesses and residential customers in eight southern New Hampshire communities, thanks to a recent upgrade of its fiber-optic network.
2014-06-09
F6 Networks upgrades maritime Canadian connections with Ciena
Canadian network operator F6 Networks Inc. says has deployed converged packet-optical transport and packet networking platforms from Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) to deliver high-capacity fiber connectivity between Saint John and Fredericton, in the province of New Brunswick.
2014-05-30
NORDUnet upgrades Nordic research and education network via DANTE program with Ciena
The operators of the Nordic research and education network NORDUnet have selected the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform from Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) for a upgrade that will see 100G Optical Transport Network (OTN) switching added to the fiber-optic network. The upgrade is part of the Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe (DANTE) framework agreement’s project PRISM.
2014-05-22