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In the first half of 2012, Verizon plans to upgrade its IP network infrastructure in selected U.S. markets, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York and Seattle. Verizon will extend its next-generation 100G capabilities by deploying Cisco‘s CRS-3 … Continue reading
Cablevision Argentina has selected Alcatel-Lucent‘s 100G optical coherent networking solution, which the vendor says is the first 100G-capable cable TV network deployed in South America. Cablevision has more than 3 million CATV customers and more than 1 million Internet users … Continue reading
Huawei and Corning jointly demonstrated 3,000 km Ultra Long-Haul (ULH) transmission of 100G coherent WDM technology at Cable-Tec Expo last week. Huawei demonstrated 100 Gbps single wavelength coherent technology over Corning SMF-28 ULL optical fiber. Huawei also demonstrated co-transmission with … Continue reading
Optical Internetworking Forum members approved a new project on Integrated Dual Polarization Quadrature Modulated Transmitter Assembly (ITXA), targeting lower cost, higher density applications. The project is intended to provide a common electrical interface for inclusion of other modulator technology that … Continue reading
Corning plans to demonstrate a single-span system of long-haul optical fibers with Ciena at OFC/NFOEC this week in Los Angeles. The demo will feature an advanced 100G coherent solution with 250 km single-span transmission built with commercially available equipment. The … Continue reading
Verizon (www.verizon.com) plans establish before the end of the year a standards-based, multivendor 100G Ethernet link for the IP backbone on a portion of the company’s European long-haul network. Verizon will deploy the 100G router-to-router technology on its European backbone … Continue reading
The Ethernet Alliance (www.ethernetalliance.org) has announced the summarized results of the Higher Speed Ethernet (HSE) subcommittee interoperability plugfest for products designed to support IEEE Std. 802.3baTM-2010, 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet. Sixteen Ethernet Alliance members gathered at Ixia‘s iSimCity in … Continue reading
Infinera (www.infinera.com) has completed a successful field trial of 100 Gigabit per second (100G) coherent transmission over a 1,348 kilometer route on the XO Communications nationwide network. The trial used Infinera’s new 500G photonic integrated circuits (PICs), which each integrate … Continue reading
