Business Wire

  1. VMETRO Combines The Power Of Fiber-Optics With Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs In An XMC Module 9/30/2008
    VMETRO today announced a user programmable FPGA XMC/PMC module with fiber-optic transceivers. The XMC-FPGA05F, a follow-on to the very successful PMC-FPGA03F, incorporates the Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA with four front panel fiber-optic transceivers in air- or conduction-cooled versions
  2. PMC-Sierra Announces Second-Generation GPON Devices For Worldwide Fiber To The Home Deployments 9/29/2008
    PMC-Sierra, Inc. today announced the availability of the industry’s most highly integrated GPON devices for Fiber to the Home (FTTH) deployments
  3. Alaska Communications Systems Hits Milestone In Submarine Cable Project 9/24/2008
    Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed a major milestone in the installation of its new undersea fiber optic cable from Alaska to Florence, Ore
  4. AMCC Demonstrates SFP+ 10GBASE-LRM Solution With Avago Technologies 9/22/2008
    Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, today announced 10GBASE-LRM interoperability between its QT2025 10-Gigabit per second (Gbps) physical layer device (PHY) and Avago Technologies’ SFP+ (small form-factor pluggable) optical modules
  5. Calix 700GX Optical Network Terminals Deliver Active Ethernet, GPON, And BPON In Same Device For Optimal FTTP Deployment Flexibility 9/22/2008
    Calix, today continued its access innovation by announcing the availability of an industry first — the 700GX family of optical network terminals (ONT), which support Active Ethernet standards in addition to the ITU-T passive optical networking (GPON and BPON) standards
  6. Clearfield Teams With Golden Belt To Bring Fiber To Kansas 9/18/2008
    Golden Belt Telephone Association Inc. (GBTA), a cooperative based in Rush Center, Kansas, has teamed with Clearfield, Inc. formerly APA Cables & Networks) for a five-year fiber to the home deployment to 18 communities in west central Kansas
  7. AFSI Announces Low Back Reflection Fiber Optic Harsh Environment Connector Series 9/15/2008
    Amphenol Fiber Systems International (AFSI) is pleased to announce the introduction of APC29504-series fiber optic termini and APC28876-series fiber optic connectors
  8. Proximion Introduces Industry's Smallest Tunable Dispersion Compensation Module 9/10/2008
    Proximion Fiber Systems AB, today announced the industry’s smallest Tunable Dispersion Compensation Module (TDCM). Utilizing its advanced FBG capabilities, Proximion is successfully delivering a colorless solution – setting any wavelength across the entire C-band – with wide symmetrical dispersion tunability
  9. Hitachi And Carina Team Up To Provide Utility Information Solutions Over Gigabit Passive Optical Network 9/9/2008
    Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc. today announced that the company is partnering with Huntsville, AL-based Carina Technology, Inc. to offer the complementary advantages of reduced operational expense and increased revenue potential to utility companies that provide FTTP services using GPON technology
  10. Laser Driver Chip Set Provides First Comprehensive Solution For SFP+ Transceivers 9/8/2008
    Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, a leader in advanced ICs for Carrier and Enterprise networks, announced today the VSC7985 and VSC7986, the latest members of Vitesse’s industry leading 10 Gbps laser driver family