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Corning Gets IEEE Milestone Award For Invention Of First Low-Loss Optical Fiber
Corning Incorporated announced recently that it has received a Milestone Award in Electrical Engineering and Computing from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for the invention of low-loss optical fiber, which played a pivotal role in changing the way the world communicates. The IEEE Milestone Award recognizes significant technical achievement and innovation that occurred at least 25 years ago.
2012-05-03
Telco Systems provides carrier cloud gateway & aggregation platform
Telco Systems, a BATM company (LSE: BVC), says its new T-Metro 8000 carrier cloud gateway aggregation platform is the industry’s first open architecture, high-density Carrier Ethernet 2.0 cloud services Ethernet/MPLS switching platform. In addition to cloud services applications, the T-Metro 8000 will meet mobile backhaul and business service requirements as well, Telco Systems adds.
2012-05-02
Southern Photonics announces optical modulation analyzer targeted R&D
Southern Photonics says the new IQScope-30G is an economical option for optical modulation analysis (OMA) in the research and development environment. With 30 GHz of bandwidth, the IQScope-30G is ideally suited to measure 100-Gbps signals, the company adds.
2012-05-02
Equinix bolsters Asia-Pac data center presence by acquiring Asia Tone for $230.5M
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is bolstering its Asia Pacific data-center holdings by acquiring Hong Kong-based data center provider Asia Tone for $230.5 million.
2012-05-02
Calix Q1 revenue increases to $78.6M on continued broadband network deals
Calix (NYSE: CALX) reported first-quarter 2012 revenue of $78.6 million, up 10 percent from $71.5 million in Q1 2011 a result of continued broadband stimulus shipments.
2012-05-02
GTT buys nLayer Communications to bolster its IP/MPLS footprint
Global Telecom & Technology Inc. (OTC BB: GTLT), one of the original Virtual Network Operators (VNO), is bolstering its global network footprint by acquiring privately-held nLayer Communications.
2012-05-02
RUSNANO's investment in NeoPhotonics for Russian market expansion
RUSNANO, a Moscow-based investment firm, has invested $39.8 million in optical module and subsystem vendor NeoPhotonics Corp. (NYSE: NPTN). NeoPhotonics says the investment, made via the acquisition of 4.97 million newly issued common shares of NeoPhotonics in a private placement, will be used to fund global expansion – including in Russia and other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.
2012-05-01
NIAID selects Fujitsu for healthcare optical network
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has chosen technology and services from Fujitsu Network Communications for a multi-node regional fiber-optic network. The high-speed network is designed to enable researchers to access and share data residing in remote datacenters.
2012-05-01
Broadcom introduces 100G full-duplex network processor
Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) has introduced what it claims is the industry's first 100-Gbps full-duplex network processor unit (NPU) that will enable the next wave of 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) optimized switches and routers for service provider networks.
2012-05-01
GigOptix ramps 40G production, 100G bundled products
Semiconductor supplier GigOptix, Inc. (NYSEAMEX:GIG) says its 40G and 100G bundled products will simplify product evaluation and enable faster time to market for its customers. The company’s bundled offerings include a thin-film polymer-on-silicon (TFPS) Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), the corresponding MZM drivers, transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs), and their respective bias boards for a number of popular 40G and 100G modulation formats.
2012-05-01