Spain Leads LR World Cup Poll
News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre -
May 28, 2010 : Brazil also strongly backed, while the Ohio State Buckeyes get some sympathy votes
ClariPhy Raises $24M to Chase 100G
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
May 26, 2010 : The CoreOptics buy could mean Cisco won't need merchant chips for 100G. But that doesn't deter Oclaro – or ClariPhy, which just got $24 million to pursue that market
AT&T Touts the U-Verse Reality
News Analysis - Phil Harvey -
May 25, 2010 : Previewing a far-out app gives AT&T the chance to reaffirm the possibilities of its IPTV network and service
Infinera Ditches 40G, Talks 100G
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
May 25, 2010 : Everyone needs a 100G story, and Infinera is no exception. The more pressing issue is whether people buy its 40G story
Interoute Turns a Profit, Plans M&A
News Analysis -
May 24, 2010 : Pan-European network operator continues its turnaround story with a profitable 2009 and a focused acquisition strategy
Cisco Renews Optical Focus With CoreOptics
News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto -
May 20, 2010 : The $99M pending acquisition is a 100G play, and a packet-optical play, and... Hey, wait a minute, Cisco's doing something in optical!
Level 3: Vendors Should Lower Opex
News Analysis - Carol Wilson -
May 19, 2010 : Network gear is delivering more bandwidth at a lower cost, but more work is done to reduce the growing cost of operating networks
New Product Recap: April 2010
Reports -
May 04, 2010 : Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from last month
Caribbean Cable Completed
News Wire Feed -
May 28, 2010 : Suriname and Guyana linked to Trinidad by 1,127-kilometer system; potential for bandwidth to increase by a factor of 3,000
ADVA Deploys in Vietnam
News Wire Feed -
May 26, 2010 : Vietnamese carrier selects FSP 3000 as foundation for high-capacity managed enterprise services
Opnext, TeliaSonera Test 100G
News Wire Feed -
May 26, 2010 : Opnext has demonstrated a single wavelength, real-time coherent 127G PM-QPSK modem on the TeliaSonera network running through Sweden
Ciena Launches CN 5150
News Wire Feed -
May 26, 2010 : Ciena extends capabilities of industry-leading Carrier Ethernet service delivery portfolio
Oclaro Sets 100G Plan
News Wire Feed -
May 26, 2010 : Oclaro accelerates 100-Gbit/s coherent product development through alliance with ClariPhy
ClariPhy Raises $24M
News Wire Feed -
May 26, 2010 : ClariPhy announces $24M investment, new strategic alliances
Sycamore Reports Q3 Loss
News Wire Feed -
May 26, 2010 : Revenue for Q3l 2010 was $14.6M, compared with $23.0M for Q3 2009
Optical Exits
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
May 27, 2010 : 6:00 PM Everybody's still looking to get bought, but Cisco/CoreOptics offers a dash of hope
Infinera's Old 40G
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
May 25, 2010 : 6:00 PM A last glance back at the 400G PIC
XO's Randy Nicklas: Opex Reality Checks
LRTV Interviews - Carol Wilson -
May 25, 2010 : XO's Randy Nicklas discusses how operational expenses are becoming a bigger deal as service providers pick packet-optical networking gear. He also says he's looking forward to Infinera providing 100G wavelength capabilities in its equipment during the second half of 2010
JDSU at Packet-Optical Evolution
LRTV Custom TV - JDSU at Packet-Optical Evolution -
May 23, 2010 : JDSUs Brandon Collings and LRTV discuss Ethernet as an ever-changing technology and consider some of the latest developments in Ethernet standards and testing
Level 3's Paul Savill: Let's Interoperate
LRTV Interviews - Carol Wilson -
May 21, 2010 : Level 3's Paul Savill tells Light Reading's Carol Wilson that interoperability is important to provision services end-to-end, but vendors need to do more work to make these services easier to provision and more flexible
Covad's Brad Roldan: Ethernet Makeover
LRTV Interviews - Craig Matsumoto -
May 21, 2010 : Covad's Brad Roldan talks with Light Reading's Craig Matsumoto about how and why his company went from offering legacy, copper-based services to more connection-oriented Ethernet services
Pole Vaulting
The Bauminator - Jeff Baumgartner -
May 20, 2010 : 3:10 PM Another FCC vote ties into the Commission's proposed National Broadband Plan
Packet-Optical Evolves
LRTV Interviews - Sterling Perrin -
May 20, 2010 : Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin talks about today's packet-optical devices and the rocky road ahead for 40G transport. Also, should the industry be thinking ahead to 1 Tbit/s? It's not bad to speculate on that next speed, Perrin says
Verizon's Glen Wellbrock: 100G Update
LRTV Interviews - Carol Wilson -
May 19, 2010 : Verizon exec talks about the carrier's progress in 100G, what it is learning from its equipment trials, and some of the challenges in getting a network built for 10G ready to run 10 times the bandwidth
PBB-TE Shares the Stage
Valley Wonk - Craig Matsumoto -
May 18, 2010 : 4:05 PM A session at Wednesday's Packet-Optical Transport Evolution forum will give PBB-TE its say
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