Business Wire

  1. OIF 100G Project To Focus On Integrated Photonic Components 8/14/2008
    The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) outlined details for its 100G long distance DWDM transmission project at the Q3 meeting in Montreal. During the joint session, carriers, along with system and component vendors, identified Dual-Polarization - Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (DP-QPSK) as a modulation technique for integrated photonic components
  2. StockerYale, Inc. Receives Follow-On Development Order From Leading Defense Contractor For Thulium-Doped Fiber Laser 8/14/2008
    StockerYale, Inc. (“the Company”), a leading designer and manufacturer of structured light lasers, LED modules and specialty optical fibers for industrial OEMs, medical and defense markets, today announced it had received a follow-on development order from one the world’s largest defense contractors for the Company’s pulsed Thulium Doped Fiber Laser (TDFL). Financial details of the follow-on order were not disclosed
  3. MRV Announces All Optical 100 Gbps Cross Connect For Test Lab Automation 8/13/2008
    MRV COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a leading provider of products and services for out-of-band networking, optical transport, metro Ethernet, and fiber optic components today announced the Optical Cross Connect 320 (OCC 320), a new high data-rate, all optical physical layer switch as the latest member of its family of test automation products (TAP) for automating network equipment test environments
  4. Alloptic Receives Japanese Patent For Point-To-Multipoint Passive Optical Network That Utilizes Variable-Length Packets 8/12/2008
    Alloptic, a global leader in the development of RF over glass (RFoG) and passive optical networking (PON) solutions for CATV, telecom, and private network operators worldwide, today announced that it has been granted a patent by the Japan Patent Office for “Point-To-Multipoint Passive Optical Network That Utilizes Variable-Length Packets” (No. 2002-546329284479)
  5. Acacia Subsidiary Acquires Rights To Patents For Optical Switching Technology 8/6/2008
    Acacia Research Corporation announced today that its subsidiary, Acacia Patent Acquisition LLC, has acquired rights to patents relating to optical switching technology
  6. Qwest Reaches Major Milestone In Fiber-Optic Internet Expansion 8/6/2008
    Qwest Communications International Inc. announced today that it now offers its most advanced fiber-optic Internet services – with connection speeds of up to 20 Mbps – to more than 1 million potential customers in 18 markets
  7. Columbus Networks Completes New Fiber Optic Cable Station In Boca Raton 7/31/2008
    Columbus Networks has completed construction of a cable landing station in Boca Raton, Fla., marking the last major step before activating an $80 million express undersea fiber optic route that connects South America with the United States via Colombia and Florida
  8. XFONE Completes Phase One Of Fiber-To-The-Premise Buildout For Levelland And Smyer, Texas 7/30/2008
    XFONE, Inc. (“XFONE” or “the Company”) announced that it has completed the first phase of a three-phase buildout of its Fiber-to-the-Premise (“FTTP”) network for Levelland and Smyer, Texas. Phase One encompassed the installation of fiber across a 30-mile distance between Lubbock and Levelland
  9. Mexican Law Firm EGAO Announces Auction Of Mexican Fiber Optic 7/28/2008
    Javier Ogarrio at the Mexican law firm of EGAO announced today that one of his multinational clients is making available 235 kilometers of fiber optic cable in México to communications carriers.
  10. IPG Awarded Contract To Supply Fiber Lasers To German Luxury Automaker 7/21/2008
    IPG Photonics Corporation, the world leader in high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers, today announced that its German subsidiary, IPG Laser GmbH, has received a major order for multi-kilowatt, continuous wave Ytterbium fiber laser systems totaling 63kW in power from the BMW Group in Munich, Germany