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Mexico to hold new fiber infrastructure auctions
June 4, 2012Felipe Calderon, Mexico's President, plans to hold a new auction for state-owned fiber lines in an effort to expand the availability of fiber-based broadband services throughout the country.
Enablence Technologies management warns of insolvency
May 30, 2012Management at optical component and subsystems vendor Enablence Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ENA) warned yesterday as they reported results for the company’s fiscal third quarter that the company’s cash reserves are almost gone. Should a last-minute source of funds not present itself, the company faces insolvency.
PMC provides second generation of HyPHY metro OTN devices
May 30, 2012PMC (NASDAQ:PMCS) has announced sampling of the second generation of the company’s HyPHY Optical Transport Network (OTN) processor family for designs targeted at metro applications. The new chips include the HyPHY 20Gflex and the HyPHY 10Gflex.
Cortina upgrades 10G EPON, EPON/GPON chips
May 30, 2012Communications semiconductor developer Cortina Systems, Inc. has unveiled several new PON silicon devices. They include the CS8124 Quad 10G EPON OLT with integrated advance traffic management, the CS8160 10G EPON ONU for multiple-dwelling unit (MDU) applications, and the CS8232 Dual Mode EPON/GPON ONU with home gateway capabilities.
Infonetics: $186B costing on Carrier Ethernet over next 5 years
May 30, 2012Following a massive 43% increase in 2010, the global Carrier Ethernet equipment market grew at 13.4% to reach $31.7 billion in 2011, according to the latest market report from Infonetics Research. The analyst firm expects Carrier Ethernet equipment revenue to grow at a more sedate pace over the next five years, reaching $42.4 billion in 2016.
Lumos appoints Joseph McCourt to senior post
May 30, 2012Lumos Networks (Nasdaq: LMOS) has appointed Joseph McCourt Jr. as its new executive VP and chief revenue officer, the latest move by the service provider to solidify its top management team.