Monthly Archives: July 2009

The 40G market embarks upon a 'golden age'

By Pauline | Published: July 8, 2009
This article originally appeared on fibresystems.org. The market for 40 Gbit/s optical transport equipment is growing strongly and looks set to enjoy a five-year period of deployment opportunity before the 100 Gbit/s market gets into full swing, according to industry analysts. The latest figures from research firm Dell’Oro indicate that worldwide revenues for 40 Gbit/s equipment are [...]
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NSN, Juniper pick up the IPoDWDM baton

By Pauline | Published: July 2, 2009
This article originally appeared on fibresystems.org. WDM NICE, 2009 — Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Juniper Networks seem to be forging an ever closer relationship. Having recently joined forces to sell Carrier Ethernet equipment, the pair are now working together to integrate IP routing with WDM equipment — a concept called IP-over-DWDM or just IPoDWDM. This development [...]
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Zero touch optical networks: a progress report

By Pauline | Published: July 1, 2009
Multiple equipment vendors at IIR's WDM Nice conference talked up their strategies for optical network automation using GMPLS.
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