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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
Agilent obtains Centellax T&M business
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Centellax Inc. have signed a definitive agreement for Agilent to acquire the assets of Centellax’s test and measurement business. The acquisition, subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to be completed in about two weeks. Financial details were not disclosed.
2012-05-01
Alcatel-Lucent's Q1 results hurt by slow telecom service provider sales
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) is feeling the sting of slow service provider sales in both North America and Europe with major declines particularly in both its optics and wireline units.
2012-04-27
FCC opens $300M fund to enhance rural broadband access
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week unveiled a $300 million fund to extend broadband to as many as 400,000 previously unserved homes, businesses and anchor institutions.
2012-04-27
Lumos Networks appoints Timothy Blitz as CEO
Timothy Blitz has been appointed as Lumos Networks' (Nasdaq: LMOS) new chief executive officer, replacing James Hyde who served as the ILEC's interim CEO following its spinoff from the NTELOS Holdings Corp. in October 2011, the company announced.
2012-04-27
Fiber optic sculpture gains library contest
When someone in the state searches the Wyoming State Library catalog, fiber-optic threads of a sculpture will light up in the Teton County Library’s new entrance and lobby.
2012-04-27
At public forum: Fiber optic project brings center stage
The proposed fiber optic project that would turn Wilton into a virtual village dominated a public information meeting Monday night. The meeting, in the Wilton Library Brubeck Room, laid out each of the Board of Selectmen's bonded capital projects.
2012-04-27