As cable operators upgrade their networks, they are looking for better ways to use existing equipment, control costs, and still increase network capacity. This need is especially...
As dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) technology matures, it is expected to become not only a cost-effective way to add capacity in situations of fiber exhaustion, ...
We're all familiar with the relationship between user bandwidth demand and the capabilities of optical-networking equipment and components. Fortunately for the industry, the recent...
Ascend Communications Inc. (Alameda, CA) has launched an enhancement for its GX 550 "Smart" Core Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switch. The GX 250 Multiservice Extender adds...
Williams Communications Inc. (Tulsa, OK) and Intel signed an agreement for Intel (Santa Clara, CA) to purchase $200 million in Williams Communications stock. Williams will become...
Emboldened with a belief that hundreds of gigabits aren't enough, a pair of equipment vendors announced the imminent arrival of transmission and switching equipment with terabit...
As cable operators upgrade their networks, they are looking for better ways to use existing equipment, control costs, and still increase network capacity. This need is especially...
With the growing popularity of applications such as cable television, telemedicine, distance education, and business conferencing/interactive media, competitive service providers...
Researchers at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque (UNM) are developing lead glasses that offer more efficient diffraction gratings than the germanosilicate glasses currently...
Palo Alto, CA, may become one of the first cities in the nation to roll out a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) trial in an already-developed residential neighborhood. On April 5, the ...
Telecommunications networks today are thought to be "geodesic," a metaphor popularized by Peter Huber in his 1987 and 1991 reports, each named "The Geodesic Network" and each ...
