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optical networking and telecommunications

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Terabyte Transfer Time: One Second!
A terabyte is a lot of data... but data needs are growing. Many corporations have a need for high-speed networks, and even with the best of broadband, you can get a respectable 150 megabits a second which is much faster than your typical consumer cable connection. Download times are...
Tags: I2 Technologies Inc., Terabyte, Wavelength, Cable, Network Technology, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Jonathan Haeber, Broadband Internet
Blog posts 2007-10-10
40G: promise or pipe dream? (Viewpoint).(limitations of optical networking)(Brief Article)(Column)
The high capacity of the fiber optic telecommunications industry faces a new challenge that will determine the next step in the evolution of the network equipment market. Optical networking is critical to the future of telecommunications, and 40 Gb/s The high capacity of the fiber optic...
Tags: fiber-optics, optical networking, telecommunications
Research articles 2002-06-01
Agilent Technologies to Play Key Role in Telecommunications Industry's First Optical Networking Interoperability Demonstration
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
Tags: Agilent Technologies Inc., optical networking, telecommunications
Research articles 2001-05-29
Alcatel successfully enhances RAILTEL's telecom network throughout India.(CONTRACTS)
Alcatel announced that it has successfully completed the 5,000 km extension of the existing optical multi-service telecommunications transport network of RAILTEL Corporation of India, a subsidiary of Indian Railways. This network enhancement furthe Alcatel announced that it has successfully completed the 5,000 km ...
Tags: Alcatel, network, optical networking, telecommunications
Research articles 2006-07-01
Tellabs and Nanjing Postel Telecommunications Form Strategic Alliance to Deliver Optical Networking Systems in China.(Brief Article)
Tellabs and Nanjing Postel Telecommunications are working together to provide optical networking systems that deliver faster and improved communications services to the People's Republic of China. Nanjing Postel, one of China's leading telecom equipm Tellabs and Nanjing Postel Telecommunications are working together to provide optical...
Tags: optical networking, strategic alliance, telecommunications, Tellabs
Research articles 2001-07-01
Intel Expands Optical Silicon Offerings for the Telecommunications Market Segment; New Chips Provide Intelligent Optical Networking for Next Generation Networks
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
Tags: chip, Intel Corp., optical networking, telecommunications
Research articles 2000-06-06
Tellium Names Robert DeSantis Executive Vice President; Leading Telecommunications Veteran Joins Optical Networking Company
Business/Technology Editors
Tags: optical networking, telecommunications
Research articles 2000-11-08
Ericsson receives first order for new optical networking system from Telecom Finland
STOCKHOLM--BUSINESS WIRE--June 4, 1997--Ericsson has received the first order for its newly-launched ERION optical networking system from Telecom Finland.
Tags: Ericsson Inc., optical networking, telecommunications
Research articles 1997-06-04
Lucent Technologies Supplies Optical Networking Systems for Shandong Telecom's Backbone Networks.(Brief Article)
Lucent Technologies announced that it has signed a US$8 million contract with China's Shandong Telecom -- a subsidiary of China Telecom, China's largest telecommunications service provider -- for Lucent's optical networking products. These products w Lucent Technologies announced that it has signed a US$8 million ...
Tags: Alcatel-Lucent, telecommunications, optical networking, network
Research articles 2000-12-01
Lucent Technologies to Provide Optical Networking Systems for High-Capacity, Local Networks in China's Suzhou City.(Brief Article)
Lucent Technologies announced that it has signed a contract with Suzhou Telecom in China's Jiangsu Province to provide optical networking systems for its local networks in Suzhou City. Suzhou Telecom is a subsidiary of China Telecom, the biggest tele Lucent Technologies announced that it has signed...
Tags: telecommunications, Alcatel-Lucent, optical networking, network
Research articles 2000-11-01
GPON FTTH Market and Technology Overview
Gigabit PON is an attractive FTTH broadband access network technology because it meets the needs of carrier's world-wide. GE-PON has successfully demonstrated this approach and is being deployed in high volume in Asia, while the GPON standard will provide similar capabilities for carriers in North America. It includes all of...
Tags: FTTH, Network Technology, PMC-Sierra Inc., Carrier, GE-PON, Fiber Optics, Broadband Internet, Optical Networking, Networking, Telecommunications
White papers 2006-04-01
Fiber-To-The-Home White Paper
For almost as long as fiber optic communications has been around, recurrent optimistic predictions have appeared to the effect that soon this communication medium would extend into user premises, both business and residential (FTTB and FTTH, respectively). This white paper reviews these events, technical, economic, regulatory and societal, and comes...
Tags: EarthLink Inc., FTTH, Fiber-optics, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking
White papers 2003-02-21
Technology Options For Optical Access Networks Offering Increased Bandwidth
The marketplace is currently on the cusp of the mass deployment of fiber-based broadband access directly to individual residences. Optical access networks take a variety of forms that will extend optical fibers all the way to or near the residence. Architectures known as Passive Optical Networks PONs are likely to...
Tags: Bandwidth, Microsoft Access, Network, Telcordia Technologies, Fiber, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Telecommunications, Networking
White papers 2006-06-01
Fluorescent Sensor Detects Microbes in Real Time
BioVigilant has developed an optical technology that can determine the quantity and size of particles in liquid or air, and simultaneously determine whether each particle is inert or biologic, all in real time. The result is that BioVigilant's devices provide instantaneous microbial detection, thereby creating wide-ranging benefits for pharmaceutical manufacturers....
Tags: Sensor, Particle, BioVigilant Systems, BioVigilant, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Telecommunications, Networking
White papers 2005-07-05
Fiber Optic Structural Health Monitoring in Oil Production and Transport
This article discusses the properties of fiber optic sensors that make them suited for applications in the oil sector and introduces the concept of structural health monitoring. Finally, the article discusses the trends in public and governmental safety awareness and environmental protection focus that are set to change the operational...
Tags: Health Care, Fiber-optics, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Network Technology, Vertical Industries, Telecommunications, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2003-11-05
Historic Campus Welcomes Facility Improvements and Savings
Founded in 1867 to educate freed slaves, St. Augustine's College serves a multi-national, multi-racial student body. Situated on 110 acres, the tree-lined campus includes 38 buildings with 450,000 square feet and hosts 1,400 students and 95 faculty members. The College wanted to reduce equipment downtime and comfort complaints throughout the...
Tags: Johnson Controls Inc., Campus, Construction, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking
Case studies
Petrochemical Company Reaps Huge Profit From Accurate Sub-billing
A Fortune 500 company that runs a major chemical processing operation in Texas identified a problem area in its utility billing. Like many large refineries, they sell off different processes to other companies and accurate bill for power they use is quite a challenge. To remove billing guesswork, Power Measurement...
Tags: Billing, Meter, Fiber-optics, Power Measurement, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking
Case studies
Demystifying GMPLS: A Technical Perspective - Technology White Paper
This technical white paper explains how the objectives detailed in the accompanying strategy white paper The telecommunications holy grail or a pragmatic means of raising carrier profitability can be achieved using a GMPLS distributed control plane. It first describes the conceptual evolution that, starting from MPLS, led to the integration...
Tags: Holy Grail, MPLS, White Paper, Alcatel, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Networking, Network Technology, Telecommunications
White papers 2003-12-17
Strategy White Paper: Convergent Transport Networks
Multi-service transport has successfully integrated new services and new technologies on a common platform. This has enabled operators to extend the working lives of their SONET/SDH networks and capitalize on their existing investment in infrastructure, equipment and operations. Convergent transport is the successor to multi-service transport, bringing yet another level...
Tags: Strategy, Network, Transport, Alcatel, Networking, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Telecommunications
White papers 2004-11-16
Resilient Inter-Metro Hierarchical VPLS
The solution proposed in this paper solves the problem of resiliency in the connections between customer sites that span multiple metro Ethernet networks. The solution relies on H-VPLS spoke redundancy. The recovery times associated with the solution are on the same order as those commonly associated with SONET/SDH APS recovery...
Tags: Solution, Alcatel, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Networking, Telecommunications
White papers 2004-10-29