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100G and Beyond Transport News & Analysis

12/31/2012  -  New standards and that pesky SDN trend, of course, set the stage for a big year (and a big anniversary)
12/25/2012  -  We wouldn't dare mention software-defined networking here. Well, maybe just a few times
Most Recent Post: chipgeek... Please don't cite a component supplier's (i.e., FNSR) comments about network capacity utilization as a reason for optimism. ...
12/24/2012  -  Terabit is fun to talk about, but a lot of lab work has been going into the more immediate payoff of 400G
12/17/2012  -  Well, there's some optical. The point is that TeraStream is taking IPoDWDM seriously and might be a showcase for Cisco's homemade transceivers
Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... Thanks, Sailboat -- good input. Yeah, I'm speculating a lot on what Lightwire can do, so you could be right about them not...
12/11/2012  -  A year-long R&D project is yet another sign that the carriers might need that intermediate step while waiting for 1Tbit/s
Most Recent Post: Craig Matsumoto... Obaut -- very interesting, thanks.  I've only skimmed the very surface of RINA but it does sound radical. I can see...
12/7/2012  -  It's hard to call Infinera a favorite for another US Tier 1 win, but there's a chance, one analyst says
Most Recent Post: brookseven... macster, I think what is really concerning for me in the attitude of our friend ninja, is that sailboat and I (and others)...
12/5/2012  -  Still smarting from criticism that the 7950 XRS isn't a 'core router,' AlcaLu is playing up its Telefónica win –- which is in the core, of course
Most Recent Post: dwx... ALU has a leg up on both Juniper and Cisco at this point.   Juniper's NG box is already here, it's the PTX and for...
12/3/2012  -  Nokia Siemens Networks is offloading its optical division, including its 100G assets, to the private equity firm that bought Sycamore
Most Recent Post: amitawal... Would be good to see someone workout the math, compare Nortel's sell price and guess NSNs !!
11/21/2012  -  Also in today's EMEA roundup: Deutsche Telekom does 100GigE too; Orange cozies up to Akamai; BDUK is OK, says EC; Turk Telekom eyes Bulgaria
Most Recent Post: Ray Le Maistre... With more operators now making the services available, does this mean that 100GigE services are now becoming more generally...
by Paul Rainford
11/13/2012  -  Tired of 100G? Good. The really interesting part about Extreme Networks' new blade might be in the memory chips
11/12/2012  -  Smaller capacity chunks might make the 500G DTN-X a little easier to swallow
Most Recent Post: tojofay... Traction?   http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=209747&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1760304&highligh...

100G and Beyond Transport Newswire Feed

BOSTON: 100G Market Boosts Transceivers - 12/19/2012
SAN JOSE, CA: Avago Intros Gearbox for 100G - 12/12/2012
LOUISVILLE, CO: Zayo Going National With 100G - 12/11/2012
ANDOVER, MA: Napatech Monitors at 100G - 12/7/2012
SUNNYVALE, CA: Emulex to Acquire Endace - 12/5/2012
SUNNYVALE, CA: CenturyLink Deploys Infinera DTN-X - 12/4/2012

100G and Beyond Transport Blogs

Craig Matsumoto

Infinera Has Tier 1 News (Soon)


Craig Matsumoto
10/25/2012  -  8:30 AM The company talked about this big North American customer. The deal finally happened, and there aren't many guesses as to who it is
Most Recent Post: tojofay... http://downloads.lightreading.com/wplib/infinera/HR_Infinera_PIC_WP_10_11_12.pdf?p_redirone=yes
Ray Le Maistre

ECOC 2012: Go Faster!


Ray Le Maistre
9/17/2012  -  5:00 PM I'll see your 100Gbit/s and raise you a terabit
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Ray Le Maistre

Now the Dutch Do 400G


Ray Le Maistre
6/21/2012  -  1:45 PM KPN cranks up to 400Gbit/s with Huawei
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Ray Le Maistre

ADVA's 100G Appeal


Ray Le Maistre
6/19/2012  -  7:15 AM Customer praise and a Finisar nugget
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Ray Le Maistre

Infinera's New Euro Scalp


Ray Le Maistre
3/5/2012  -  7:15 AM Could DTN-X deal be back door into Vodafone?
Most Recent Post: rzerockzeron... this is getting funny. Not Dave7777 & Corvis thread funny, but funny.
Craig Matsumoto

Timing the Terabit Standard


Craig Matsumoto
2/24/2012  -  5:25 PM Even though terabit work is already underway, it might not be too early to start worrying
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Ray Le Maistre

AlcaLu's 100G Boast


Ray Le Maistre
1/26/2012  -  12:15 PM Alcatel-Lucent regards itself as unique in the 100G transport market, but in what way exactly?
Most Recent Post: Iluzun... Sailboat, I like very much your 'commoditization' analogy for the current market dynamics. I was on the financial/application...
Craig Matsumoto

Ciena Goes Terabit


Craig Matsumoto
10/31/2011  -  11:00 AM Running 1Tbit/s isn't pretty yet, and that's part of the fun
Most Recent Post: bogowan... For those of you who'd like to see the Terabit demo that Craig saw as part of this article, we just posted a video of the...

Heavy Lifting

ANALYST NOTES
Sterling Perrin, Senior Analyst
Here’s a look at some of the key themes we expect to hear about at this year's Packet-Optical Transport Evolution Conference
Simon Stanley, Analyst
Survey responses clearly show that 100G interfaces will play a major role in future networking systems
Sterling Perrin, Senior Analyst
Part two of our assessment of telecom equipment opportunities in India, focusing on packet-optical trends
Sterling Perrin, Senior Analyst
Take a look at the hot topics we'll discuss at our annual Packet-Optical Transport Evolution conference
Sterling Perrin, Senior Analyst
Now that the major work on 100Gbit/s technology is over, the time has come to ask: What's next?

Columns

Solutions to 10 Service Provider Pain Points


Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi gives us his take on how to fix the 10 'pain points' causing havoc in service-provider networks

Eslambolchi: 10 Service Provider Pain Points


Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi lists 10 things that are causing havoc in service provider networks

Is 100G Transport Closing the Window on 40G?


Danny Dicks
While 10-Gbit/s systems still dominate optical transmission system shipments, bandwidth demand is spurring network operators to accelerate their timetables for migrating to 40G and 100G technologies

100G Hits the Ground Running


Simon Stanley
Soaring demand for bandwidth is driving telecom equipment makers, silicon developers, and optical component vendors to accelerate timetables for 100-Gbit/s Ethernet products