As you might expect from a predominantly LAN-based technology that has migrated into the WAN, Ethernet has suffered from a relative lack of standardisation when it comes to test...
SFP+ is the latest pluggable optical module form factor for use in 10 Gbit/s Ethernet and 8.5 Gbit/s Fibre Channel systems. The objectives of this new form factor are to increase...
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. (www.vitesse.com) says it has developed a technology that enables design engineers and end users to view waveforms within an IC, thus improving signal...
iamba Networks (www.iamba.com) has teamed with a European sales representative, Scantec (www.scantec.de/us/), to advance its strategy to bring iGES (iamba GPON Eco-System), its...
The dynamic nature of polarisation mode dispersion (PMD) makes system tolerance measurement and evaluation of systems and transponders particularly difficult. Simply defined, ...
COMPONENTSThe second-generation compact CWDM Mux and Demux (multiplexer/demuliplexer) module features not only the smallest footprint for a CWDM product, but also the lowest insertion...
The global fibre-optic test equipment (FOTE) market registered revenues of $586.1 million in 2006, up 4.4% over the previous year, reports market research firm Frost & Sullivan...
Worldwide sales of metro Ethernet equipment are forecast to nearly double between 2006 and 2010, when they will reach $18.8 billion, according to “Metro Ethernet Equipment,” a...
The worldwide market for telecom infrastructure equipment will exceed $109.9 billion in 2011, increasing at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2%, reveals new...
Market researchers suggest that when the final numbers are counted, 2007 will have been the best year for optical communications hardware since 2001. Most of these analysts limit...
It’s a paradox that our “fair play” mentality in Europe can be virtuous about protecting the rights of individual parties at one level while compromising at another an emerging...
