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Sycamore Prepares to Shut Down


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
October 23, 2012 : An $18.75M sale of most of the business presages the end of a high-flier from Light Reading's early days

Burnt Ciena: Optical Stock Falls After a Tough Quarter


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (17)
August 30, 2012 : CEO Gary Smith wasn't hit by fruit during today's pow-wow with investors. See? There's still a good argument left for conference calls

Tellabs: Holding On in Europe


News Analysis - Phil Harvey - Comments (9)
July 27, 2012 : Tellabs is managing its spending, keeping cash levels high and paying dividends. But discussing its future creates a head-slapping good time

Cyan & Calient Become Packet-Optical Buddies


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comment (1)
June 5, 2012 : Fancy things like CDC ROADM networks and packet-optical management integration are happening on a job in the corner of Minnesota

Network Efficiency Trumps Speed, Says AT&T


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May 18, 2012 : Jim King of AT&T Labs says 100G isn't as important to the company as the optical technology that makes the transport network run smoothly

Optical Transport Traffic Up, Spending Flat


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May 17, 2012 : Service provider transport networks are handling massively more volume, but spending has yet to surpass Sonet/SDH spending

BT Heads for 400G With Ciena


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December 1, 2011 : UK incumbent to deploy the 6500 Packet-Optical platform for its 100Gbit/s plans and to prepare itself for even greater speeds…

Calient Gets Data-Center Fever


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (8)
October 25, 2011 : The company's all-optical switch gets a long-needed revamp in order to go after data-center markets. Oh, and it raised $19.4M more

Data Center Opts for Dumb Pipe


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (8)
September 19, 2011 : DIY lives. Take that, cloud computing

Tata Touts Next-Gen Strategy


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August 25, 2011 : Indian-based multinational carrier says it will survive as traditional telecom players become less relevant
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Who Makes What: 40- & 100-Gbit/s Systems


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July 3, 2009 : Telecom's latest bandwidth-busting technology
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  • The Decline & Fall of Nortel Networks


    Reports - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (14)
    January 21, 2009 : Nortel may never be the giant it once was, but the company has never failed to fascinate us, as a look back at more than eight years of Light Reading coverage shows
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    Calient Adds OpenFlow Support


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    November 13, 2012 : Calient Technologies adds OpenFlow support to S320 optical circuit switch for data center applications

    Calient Switch Cuts Latency


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    September 19, 2012 : Recent tests show S320 cuts latency by 60% in data center networks; switch also supports high-frequency trading and supercomputing networks

    DoD Certifies Calient


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    August 29, 2012 : Cornet Technology leverages Calient’s 3-D MEMS technology to deliver first JITC-certified all-optical switch

    Ciena Meshes With LION2


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    June 7, 2012 : Ciena’s intelligent mesh selected for LION2 submarine project in Africa

    Cyan, Calient Team in Minnesota


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    June 5, 2012 : Northeast Service Cooperative chooses Cyan for software-defined Minnesota fiber network

    Calient Hires Engineering VP


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    April 4, 2012 : Calient Technologies announces new vice president of Engineering

    NTT Expands Into Brazil


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    September 12, 2011 : Adds point of presence in Sao Paolo in recognition of fast growing market

    Packet-Optical Switching Market to Grow by 66.5%


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    August 10, 2011 : Packet-optical switching market to increase to $2.9B by 2015, finds Heavy Reading

    Cyan Launches Service Level Aware Framework


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    May 8, 2011 : New approach to planning and managing multi-layer networks at the core of new Cyan software and services strategy

    Huawei Adds Core OTN


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    March 8, 2011 : OSN8800 T Series launched at OFC/NFOEC 2011
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    Ethernet: The Key Catalyst for Network Convergence inside the Datacenter - by Aricent


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    This whitepaper demystifies several new standards and alternatives to converge multiple application-specific datacenter networks. It will enable OEMs to better understand the options for datacenter convergence, and address implementation challenges.

    How to Manage Trade-offs while Building Optimal Mobile Backhaul Networks - by Aricent


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    This whitepaper undertakes an in-depth analysis of the various technology options available for migrating the metro and core backhaul networks to packet-based transport. It is intended to help operators and OEMs to optimize their backhaul networks.

    AlcaLu's 100G Boast


    EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (21)
    January 26, 2012 : 12:15 PM Alcatel-Lucent regards itself as unique in the 100G transport market, but in what way exactly?

    ODUflex in Detail - Transporting Any Client Signal in the OTN - by Exar


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    In the OTN, the ODU is the transport container defined to carry client signals from network ingress to egress. Unlike fixed rate ODUs, the newly defined ODUflex can take on any rate enabling efficient transport of any client signal across the OTN.

    Testing ALU's FP3 400G With Spirent


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    September 26, 2011 : Spirent's Ross Cassan goes on site with Alcatel-Lucent's Sr. Director, Houman Modarres to discuss their new 400 Gbps network processor, the FP3.

    Coherent Optical Processing


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    June 6, 2011 : Go beyond the limits of fiber optics with Ciena's market-leading, field-proven coherent optical technology.

    Technology Trends for 40G/100G Implementations - by Heavy Reading & Altera


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    This white paper explores new developments in the 40G/100G components market and reviews the trends that will affect how telecom equipment manufacturers develop next-generation 40G/100G systems.

    Optical Leaders Talk Industry Trends


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    March 22, 2011 : In this latest installment of JDSU Industry View, experts from around the world weigh in on the latest optical trends - straight from the Optical Fiber Conference (OFC) hosted in Los Angeles, California.

    The Self-Aware Network: Leveraging Overlapping Network Layer Capabilities for Higher Performance and Lower Costs - by JDSU


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    As demand for bandwidth and pressures on per-bit revenue grow, network operators need to grow and optimize their infrastructures while improving cost efficiencies. To do this effectively, they must take a holistic approach and consider the...

    Making Nice in Maine


    Rewired - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
    December 15, 2010 : 11:00 AM New legislation and new attitudes keep a fiber network on track to bring broadband service to rural Maine
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