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04Mar2010

Verizon plans coherent-optimised routes

Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 9:07AM

Glenn Wellbrock, director of backbone network design at Verizon Business, was interviewed by gazettabyte as part of an upcoming feature on high-speed optical transmission. Here are some highlights of what he shared. The topics will be expanded upon in the upcoming feature.

"Next-gen lines will be coherent only"

Glenn Wellbrock, Verizon Business

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Wednesday

06Jan2010

Optical transceivers: Pouring a quart into a pint pot

Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 10:27AM

Transceiver feature - 3rd and final part

Optical equipment and transceiver makers have much in common. Both must contend with the challenge of yearly network traffic growth and both are addressing the issue similarly: using faster interfaces, reducing power consumption and making designs more compact and flexible.

Yet if equipment makers and transceiver vendors share common technical goals, the market challenges they face differ. For optical transceiver vendors, the challenges are particularly complex.

LightCounting's global optical transceiver sales forecast. In 2009 the market was $2.10bn and will rise to $3.42bn in 2013