Chinese optical component vendors set for change

China’s optical component firms must adapt if they are to match their Western counterparts in market reach, company ambition and technology portfolios. These are the findings of a report - China: The New Land of Opportunity - on the local optical component (OC) industry by market research firm, LightCounting.

“If [Chinese optical component] companies get $100m from an IPO, they have the resources to really do things”

Vladimir Kozlov, LightCounting

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Wireless backhaul: The many routes to packet

What is being announced?

ECI Telecom has detailed its wireless backhaul offering that spans the cell tower to the metro network. The 1Net wireless backhaul architecture supports traditional Sonet/SDH to full packet transport, with hybrid options in between, across various physical media.

“We can support any migration scheme an operator may have over any type of technology and physical medium, be it copper, fibre or microwave,” says Gil Epshtein, senior product marketing manager, network solutions division at ECI Telecom.

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