Optillion Unveils Transceiver

STOCKHOLM -- Optillion, a leader in high-speed fiber-optic transceiver technology, today announced that it will present its first 10 Gbit/s Ethernet transceiver at the Lightspeed Europe exhibition next week in London. With the transceiver and the evaluation system, Optillion offers the first complete transceiver system development solution for the emerging 10 Gbit/s Ethernet market.The new 10 Gbit/s transceiver has a capacity that is ten times higher than the fastest Ethernet transceivers for data communication currently on the market. Optillion’s transceiver has been developed for data aggregation and switching, data trunking in metro networks, point-to-point links and test systems for the 10 Gbit/s Ethernet market. Optillion’s hot-swappable fiber-optic module increases system flexibility by allowing operators and system developers to respond to the continually changing traffic patterns on the Internet.“In less than two years we have built up one of the world’s most experienced teams of experts for the development and production of high speed fiber-optic transceivers”, states Optillion’s CEO and President Patrik Evaldsson. “We are proud to present the TOP 3010 - a 1310 nm transceiver – Optillion’s first transceiver for 10 Gbit/s Ethernet, together with our evaluation system. We will be initiating early customer evaluation trials of the product in December”, adds Mr. Evaldsson. Optillion AB