December 24, 2011
ADVA Optical Networking has come through on its long-promised lower-cost alternative to DP-QPSK with coherent detection for metro applications. A company source says ADVA is sampling a new line card that transmits 100 Gbps up to 500 km within a 200-GHz superchannel that comprises four 28-Gbps carriers.
December 24, 2011
Sunrise Telecom Inc. (OTC:SRTI) says it has added new features to its CM3 Series of plant maintenance analyzers. The new features include full DOCSIS 3.0 capability and a one-button proof-of-performance (POP) feature for assuring validation of network compliance to FCC standards.
December 24, 2011
UPC Austria says it has achieved Internet service speeds as high as 1.3 Gbps in field trials over hybrid fiber/coax network. The trials were designed to test the cable operator’s “UPC Fiber Power” offering.
December 24, 2011
AFL has introduced AFL SimpleView software for optical fiber and connector inspection. Technicians can use the SimpleView software on their field-issued laptops as a fiber inspection system in conjunction with a NOYES DFS1 FiberScope.
December 22, 2011
Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA) last week unveiled a G.709 Optical Transport Network (OTN) test offering for 40- (OTU3) and 100-Gbps (OTU4) data rates. The company has targeted its new XOTN product at the test requirements for packet-switched core transport networks, including MPLS and MPLS-TP protocol implementations.
December 22, 2011
Almost lost among the hoopla surrounding its introduction of the DTN-X packet-optical transport platform.Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) also announced last Thursday that it has upgraded its flagship DTN platform with new 40- and 100-Gbps capabilities.