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XG-PON1 10G GPON may not be sufficient for Verizon
June 11, 2012While Verizon (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) has taken several versions of XG-PON technology for a spin, the company has its eyes on faster speeds than the 10 Gbps downstream and 2.5 Gbps upstream XG-PON1 gear will provide.
Focuz Manufacturing & Aifotec form strategic partnership
June 11, 2012Aifotec Fiberoptics GmbH based in Meiningen, Germany, and Focuz Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand, have decided to expand their relationship by forming an official strategic partnership. The companies plan to create a design and manufacturing service for cost-effective photonic assemblies.
LION2 submarine network consortium picks Ciena switching gear
June 11, 2012Ciena Corp. (NASDAQ: CIEN) says the consortium behind the Lower Indian Ocean Network (LION) undersea fiber-optic cable network is using the company’s CoreDirector FS Multiservice Optical Switch for the LION2 network extension project. As part of this recently inaugurated phase, the already deployed and operational CoreDirector FS switches are connecting Kenya and the island of Mayotte in the Mozambique Channel, Madagascar, Reunion, and Mauritius.
Yenista Optics provides PMF option on bandpass filters
June 11, 2012Fiber-optic test and measurement instrument supplier Yenista Optics says it now offers a PMF option on its manual optical tunable bandpass filter, the WSM-160 BP. This option offers an optimized wavelength range over the C-band from 1525 nm to 1570 nm and passband adjustment from 0.25 to 45 nm, Yenista says.
FiberGate to be latest acquisition of Zayo
June 7, 2012Zayo Group continues to expand via acquisition, this time via an agreement to buy FiberGate, Inc., a provider of dark fiber services in metro Washington, DC. The total value of the all-cash transaction was not revealed.
Yenista Optics provides PMF option on bandpass filters
June 7, 2012Fiber-optic test and measurement instrument supplier Yenista Optics says it now offers a PMF option on its manual optical tunable bandpass filter, the WSM-160 BP. This option offers an optimized wavelength range over the C-band from 1525 nm to 1570 nm and passband adjustment from 0.25 to 45 nm, Yenista says.
