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OSA & SPIE Launch 2012 Goodman Book Writing Award Winner
The Optical Society (OSA) and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, announced this week that R. Barry Johnson of Alabama A&M University is the recipient of the 2012 Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award for Lens Design Fundamentals, Second Edition, a substantially revised and expanded update to the late Rudolf Kingslake’s 1978 First Edition.
2012-05-13
Windstream Q1 2012 revenue falls 0.5%, but sees uptick in business services
Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN) today reported that its first-quarter 2012 total revenues and sales were $1.55 billion, down 0.5 percent year-over-year, due to a decline in both consumer and wholesale service revenues.
2012-05-10
Somonauk Village approves fiber optics agreement, annual budget
After months of deliberating, the Somonauk Village Board unanimously approved an agreement with DeKalb Fiber Optics that will allow taxing bodies in the village limits to tie into the county-wide project to provide faster, cheaper Internet service.
2012-05-10
JDSU: UBS Ups to Purchase on Second-Half Component Rebound
Shares of fiber optic component maker JDS Uniphase (JDSU) are up 11 cents, or 1%, at $10.92, after UBS Securities’s Nikos Theodosopoulos raised his rating on the shares to Buy from Neutral, while maintaining his $14.50 price target, writing that a recent calcite in the stock has made valuation “attractive,” and that he expects a ramp-up in telco spending in the latter half of this year.
2012-05-10
Cornell Researchers Develop Viable Process for Nanocrystal Infra-red LEDs
The research group led by Frank Wise, professor of applied and engineering physics, reported online May 6 in the journal Nature Nanotechnology that they have used solution chemistry to make infrared LEDs out of nanocrystals, commonly known as quantum dots, out of lead sulfide.
2012-05-10
Third rail caused Thursday postpones on Red Line
A problem near Silver Spring station on the third rail, which supplies the power for Metro trains, caused delays during Thursday morning’s commute.
2012-05-10
Actelis says Ethernet access device provides mobile backhaul alternative
Actelis Networks says it will show off a new Ethernet Access Device (EAD) for mobile backhaul applications at the International CTIA Wireless Expo in New Orleans. The EAD provides a more economical and efficient approach to providing mobile backhaul services for networks using picocells or other small cells.
2012-05-09
Cables Unlimited provides remote radio head hybrid cabling
Cables Unlimited, a division of RF Industries (NASDAQ RFIL), says its OptiFlex hybrid cabling products offer a variety of benefits for wireless carriers with 4G, WiMAX, LTE, and other upgrade plans that include remote radio head (RHH) topologies. The custom, application-specific cables offer optimal low-loss performance with less cost than standard tower configurations, the company asserts.
2012-05-09
JDSU PacketInsight provides fast network test data analysis
JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU; and TSX: JDU) has unveiled PacketInsight, a software-enabled network monitoring offering that collects data from a variety of network sources and offers quick analysis -- hundreds of times faster than competing alternatives, the company asserts.
2012-05-09
DSL plans of Verizon questioned by congressman
Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) decision to couple its DSL service with landline service for new customers and those seeking to change service plans has drawn the attention of U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) who had some pointed questions for the carrier.
2012-05-09