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Optical Networking: What to Watch in 2013


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
December 25, 2012 : We wouldn't dare mention software-defined networking here. Well, maybe just a few times

Beyond 100G, Optical Vendors Push for 400G


News Analysis - Post a comment
December 24, 2012 : Terabit is fun to talk about, but a lot of lab work has been going into the more immediate payoff of 400G

Japanese Firms Tackle 400G


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
December 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

NSN to Sell Optical Business


News Analysis - Ray Le Maistre - Comments (10)
December 3, 2012 : Nokia Siemens Networks is offloading its optical division, including its 100G assets, to the private equity firm that bought Sycamore

XO Deploys First Nationwide 100G Network


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (4)
August 14, 2012 : Competitive carrier also chooses NSN over Infinera for its deployment, which is driven by bandwidth demands but also costs

Vote for LR's Hall of Fame


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (21)
July 31, 2012 : We'll be adding five more names to the Light Reading Hall of Fame in November. Let us know who you'd pick

AlcaLu Claims 400G Is Hot


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (6)
May 24, 2012 : Even Alcatel-Lucent is surprised at the eagerness around 400G, with some carriers wanting bragging rights for the optical technology

Network Efficiency Trumps Speed, Says AT&T


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Comments (2)
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


News Analysis - Carol Wilson - Post a comment
May 17, 2012 : Service provider transport networks are handling massively more volume, but spending has yet to surpass Sonet/SDH spending

Peeking Ahead Into Terabit Ethernet


News Analysis - Craig Matsumoto - Post a comment
March 7, 2012 : Low-loss waveguides (to fend off a power crisis in 2018) and radical modulation tricks are on researcher Dan Blumenthal's mind
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Light Reading's 2012 Leading Lights Finalists


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October 1, 2012 : Here are the finalists for the industry's most prestigious awards program, the Leading Lights

OFC/NFOEC 2012: New Product Recap


Reports - Tim Hills - Post a comment
March 15, 2012 : Wall-to-wall 100G devices (and a few others). We round up some of the new stuff at OFC/NFOEC 2012

Light Reading's 2011 Leading Lights Finalists


Reports - Comments (4)
September 29, 2011 : Here are the finalists for the industry's most prestigious awards program, the Leading Lights

OFC/NFOEC 2011: New Product Recap


Reports - Tim Hills - Post a comment
March 25, 2011 : Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from the OFC/NFOEC 2011

Light Reading's 2010 Leading Lights Finalists


Reports - Comments (6)
September 22, 2010 : Here are the finalists for the industry's most prestigious awards program, the Leading Lights

New Product Recap: July 2010


Reports - Tim Hills - Comments (3)
August 3, 2010 : Here's a handy guide to some of the more significant product announcements from last month

Light Reading Reveals Its 2009 Top Picks


Reports - Phil Harvey - Comments (11)
October 19, 2009 : Here are the products and services that we think best indicate where the communications industry is headed in the next 12 months

Who Makes What: GPON & WDM-PON Equipment


Reports - Tim Hills - Comments (25)
July 22, 2009 : A year on, who's in and who's out?
  • New vendors
  • New products
  • New trends
  • Who Makes What: 40- & 100-Gbit/s Systems


    Reports - Tim Hills - Comments (8)
    July 3, 2009 : Telecom's latest bandwidth-busting technology
  • Vendors
  • Product trends
  • Who's missing?
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    Dual Core Fiber Switches Light


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    December 20, 2012 : Light 'jumping the tracks' enables enhanced data processing, better sensing

    Japan Launches 400G R&D


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    December 11, 2012 : Fujitsu, NTT and NEC launch joint R&D for world’s top-level, 400Gbps-class optical transmissions technology

    ADVA CEO to Keynote OFC/NFOEC Plenary Session


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    December 6, 2012 : ADVA Optical Networking CEO Brian Protiva to address network transformation at OFC/NFOEC 2013 plenary session

    Don Keck Named OSA Honorary Member


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    November 1, 2012 : Keck honored for his contributions to optical communications

    NSN Helps Break Fiber Speed Record


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    October 17, 2012 : An R&D team uses spatial multiplexing to get 57.6Tbit/s down a fiber

    AlcaLu Troubleshoots PONs With OTDR


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    October 16, 2012 : Bell Labs breakthrough eliminates need for costly equipment and complex test procedures, claims vendor

    OFC/NFOEC 2013 Announces Keynotes


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    October 12, 2012 : Communications technology leaders set to deliver keynote talks at OFC/NFOEC 2013

    Mode-Gap talks MDM, WDM


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    September 19, 2012 : The Euro project's post-deadline ECOC papers from Mode-gap include one about 73Tbit/s mode-division multiplexing

    Optelian Lands DWDM Deal in Myanmar


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    September 4, 2012 : Optelian announces LightGAIN DWDM deployment by Myanmar Post and Telegraph while on Canadian trade mission

    Researchers Watch Atom-Level Photonics


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    August 30, 2012 : Researchers measure photonic interactions at the atomic level
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    MRV: Layer Convergence in Access Networks


    LRTV Custom TV - Post a comment
    November 30, 2012 : Zeev Draer, VP of strategic marketing at MRV, discusses how convergence of layers and monetization of services drive networking for service providers and how real estate issues are creating the need for efficient optical and packet platforms

    Ethernet Expo 2012: Vitesse on 4G/LTE Network Timing


    LRTV Custom TV - Post a comment
    November 15, 2012 : Vitesse Semiconductor CTO Martin Nuss discusses the unique challenges for small cell deployments and the importance of nanosecond-accurate timing in 4G/LTE and LTE-Advanced networks

    Metro Cells for Today's Mobile Data Demands


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    November 5, 2012 : Mike Schabel, VP of the Small Cells Division at Alcatel-Lucent, discusses how to deliver affordable mobile service to meet today's data service demands in public spaces with Metro Cells

    2012 Leading Lights Finalists: Best New Service or Application (Telecom)


    EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
    October 29, 2012 : 4:00 AM Continuing our look at this year's shortlisted entries, it's time to examine the best services or applications in the fixed line world

    Building Transport Networks for the Cloud


    Research Analyst Interviews - Post a comment
    October 23, 2012 : Heavy Reading's Sterling Perrin and Colt's Mirko Voltolini discuss opportunities and challenges for network operators in the cloud era as well as some of the key enabling technologies for adapting transport networks to cloud demands

    Software-Defined Optical Networks


    EuroBlog - Ray Le Maistre - Post a comment
    September 13, 2012 : 10:45 AM Next week's European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) has caught the SDN bug, but plenty of other subjects are on tap

    Verizon CTO Shows Some Backbone


    The Philter - Phil Harvey - Comment (1)
    June 7, 2012 : 1:50 PM Verizon CTO Tony Melone says the process of converging the carrier's four backbone networks is, well, a process

    State of the Market Report: Packet Optical Transport Evolution - by Light Reading


    Resource Library
    This digital report is based on sessions conducted at Light Reading's one-day event: Packet Optical Transport Evolution.

    Maximizing the Combination of Reach and Capacity in 100G Optical Networks - by Xtera Communications, Inc.


    White Papers
    Xtera deployed in 2011 the industry's most advanced 100G coherent equipment with soft-decision FEC and 40-nm CMOS technology. Combined with innovative line equipment, Xtera offers the unique line capacity of 15 Tb/s on distances exceeding 3,000 km.

    C&WW, Heavy Reading & Infinera Talk Super-Channels


    LRTV Custom TV - Comment (1)
    March 19, 2012 : Industry leaders from Cable & Wireless Worldwide, Heavy Reading and Infinera discuss how super-channels scale networks without scaling operations and the benefits of photonic integration
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