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Quantum key distribution shares fiber with live data

Toshiba Research Europe, BT Group, ADVA Optical Networking, and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK’s national measurement institute, have carried out what they claim is the first successful trial of quantum key distribution (QKD) technology over a live fiber-optic network.

2014-04-30

ZTE wins GPON equipment order from China Mobile

ZTE Corp. (H: 0763.HK / A: 000063.SZ) says it has won orders from China Mobile for GPON equipment in the operator’s annual tender.

2014-04-23

Verizon details metro 100G deployments

Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) says it has begun to roll out 100-Gbps capabilities in its metro networks via systems from Fujitsu Network Communications and Tellabs. The service provider is using coherent transmission technology to support the 100-Gbps wavelengths to “gain the same benefits of increased capacity, superior latency and improved scalability in its metro network as it has from deploying 100G technology in its long-haul network,” the company said in a press release.

2014-04-17

EMCORE unveils Medallion Series CATV amplifiers

EMCORE Corp. (NASDAQ: EMKR) has introduced the Medallion 7000 Series erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) for cable television (CATV) applications. These new EDFAs extend EMCORE's Medallion series rack-mount CATV transmitter portfolio; the company says the EDFAs feature the exceptionally low noise and superior output power stability demanded by CATV operators for modern hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) topologies and fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) networks.

2014-03-21

MACOM unveils monolithically integrated EAM laser driver and CDR at OFC 2014

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (MACOM) has announced what it claims is the industry's first 100-Gbps (4x28-Gbps) electro-absorption modulated laser (EML) driver monolithically integrated with clock and data recovery (CDR) functions.

2014-03-19

Kabel Deutschland taps ADVA Optical Networking for nationwide fiber-optic network

German cable MSO Kabel Deutschland will use 100-Gbps coherent optical transport technology and reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs) from ADVA Optical Networking in a new nationwide fiber-optic network.

2013-04-10

LeCroy introduces SDAII-CompleteLinq for multi-lane serial data analysis

LeCroy Corp. claims that its new SDAIII-CompleteLinQ is the only serial data analysis package that performs eye, jitter, vertical noise, and crosstalk analysis on up to four lanes of data simultaneously, with quick and easy lane-to-lane comparisons.

2012-07-09

ZTE gains majority share in China Telecom IP procurement

ZTE Corp. says it has won another major contract with China Telecom.

2012-07-09

Troy Cable selects ADTRAN for SmartBand BTOP middle mile project

Alabama’s Troy Cable has chosen ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADTN) to deliver carrier access and enterprise equipment for the cable operator’s SmartBand Project, according to the systems house. Troy Cable is using funding from the Broadband Technologies Opportunities Program (BTOP) to deploy a 595-mile fiber-optic middle-mile network across southeast Alabama to connect approximately 150 anchor institutions and 4,000 businesses.

2012-07-09

FCIA plugfest demos 16GFC, FCoE

The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) announced completion of its second 16 Gb Fibre Channel Plugfest and the eighth FCoE Plugfest. Hosted by the University of New Hampshire Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL), the events took place the week of May 14, 2012.

2012-07-09