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OPTIMIGHT
INTRODUCES ULTRA LONG REACH, FULL-SPECTRUM WDM
OptiMight Communications, a start-up based in Mountain
View, California, introduced “full-spectrum” WDM technology
designed for enabling ultra-long reach transmission without
expensive electronic regeneration.
OptiMight’s full-spectrum WDM manipulates optical signals
in time and frequency, compared to existing optical transmission
platforms that manipulate signals only in the time domain.
Manipulating the signal in both domains spectrally enriches
the pulses, yielding a more robust optical signal that travels
further over fiber. OptiMight
said additional advantages of full-spectrum WDM would include the
ability to work over any fiber, including ones significantly
affected by polarization mode dispersion (PMD), and the ability to
be deployed in both existing and next-generation (dynamic)
architectures. The
company believes the economic case for implementing full-spectrum
WDM begins at 400 km fiber routes and above. Product
specifics have not yet been disclosed. http://www.optimight.com
OptiMight
Communications, August 17, 2000
OptiMight was founded by Wu-Fu Chen
and Dr. Ilya Fishman, who previously served as Research
Scientist at Stanford University and as Engineering Manager at
Spectra-Physics. The company received initial funding in February
of 1999 and an additional $32 million in May 2000.
ONI
SYSTEMS LANDS METRO OPTICAL CONTRACT FROM QWEST
Qwest
Communications selected ONI Systems’ Dynamic Transport System
for deployment in its planned metropolitan fiber networks across
the US. Financial
terms of the multiyear contract were not disclosed.
The equipment would be used to support Next Generation
Wavelength Services. http://www.oni.com/
ONI Systems, August 17, 2000
ONI Systems’ Dynamic Transport
System comprises metro-reach DWDM transport, optical layer
switching, dynamic add-drop on all optical channels and
flexible-rate client interfaces for ring, arbitrary ring-mesh and
full-mesh topologies. Up
to 66 wavelengths are supported.
ONI also supports
a signaling approach to bandwidth management utilizing existing
MPLS traffic engineering protocols.
LUCENT
SUPPLIES ITS APX 8000 DIAL ACCESS CONCENTRATOR TO SPRINT
Lucent Technologies received a $200 million contract from
Sprint to supply its new
APX 8000 Multiservice Access Switch, NavisAccess network
management software and NetworkCare Professional Services.
The APX 8000 integrates dial Internet access, ISDN, voice
over IP (VoIP), fax over IP (FoIP) and VPN services. The new
platform currently has 2,688 ports per chassis, roughly twice the
density of earlier systems. Lucent
will also supply its 7R/E SS7 gateway for alleviating congestion
on voice networks by diverting data calls away from circuit
switches. http://www.lucent.com/press/0800/000817.nsa.html
Lucent
Technologies, August 17, 2000
CORNING
INVESTS $80 MILLION IN NEW PLANT FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL COMPONENTS
Corning will initially invest approximately $80 million
over the next 12 to18 months to double its production of
fiber-based passive components.
The company plans to open a new manufacturing facility in
Henrietta, New York, by early-2001.
http://www.corning.com
Corning, August 17, 2000
CISCO
TO INVEST $150 MILLION IN INDIA, ITS LARGEST R&D CENTER
OUTSIDE US
Cisco Systems
will invest $150 million over two years to expand its R&D
activities in India. The
company recently opened a new Cisco Global Development Center in
Bangalore. The facility is already Cisco's largest R&D center
outside the US. Cisco
also conducts R&D activities in India through partnerships
with Wipro (Bangalore), Infosys
(Bangalore) and HCL (Chennai). http://www.cisco.com
Cisco Systems, August 17, 2000
CISCO
CLAIMS 180 SERVICE PROVIDER CUSTOMERS FOR ITS DSLAM
Cisco Systems
said that it now has more than 180 service provider customers for
its DSL broadband aggregator. Newly announced customers include
BigNet Communications (Michigan), D&E Communications
(Pennsylvania) and Digital Broadband Communications.
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/146/pressroom/2000/aug00/sp_081700.htm
Cisco
Systems, August 17, 2000
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