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News & Analysis 2005 P23
JDS Uniphase to acquire Agility Communications
September 8, San Jose, CA -- JDS Uniphase today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Agility Communications, provider of widely tunable laser solutions for the optical network. According to JDS Uniphase representatives, the acquisition establishes its leadership in the rapidly growing market for tunable lasers and transponders, and positions the company as the broadest end-to-end agile optical network portfolio provider in the marketplace.
Kotura raises $13 million in additional funding
September 7, 2005 Monterey Park, CA -- Kotura, provider of silicon photonic products, has raised $13 million in Series 2 preferred stock financing. The financing round was led by new investor GF Private Equity Group and included the Viterbi Group, also a new investor. Existing investors ComVentures and ARCH Venture Partners also participated.
Tricom taps Turin for metro core upgrade
September 7, 2005 Petaluma, CA -- Tricom S.A., a leading carrier in the Dominican Republic, has selected Turin Networks' Traverse Multiservice Transport Switch to modernize their metro core infrastructure.
Apogee Photonics and Vitesse extend 10-Gbit/sec transceiver performance to industrial temperature range
September 7, 2005 Allentown, PA, and Camarillo, CA -- Apogee Photonics and Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. have announced a joint reference design that allows customers to deploy high-speed optical links in the most demanding environmental conditions, including the outside plant associated with PON backhaul applications, while maintaining exceptional XFP transceiver SONET eye mask margins of 20% average over case temperatures ranging from minus 40 ° C to +85 ° C.
Dubai Internet City selects PacketFront for FTTH
September 6, 2005 Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- PacketFront, provider of open access fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technology and next-generation broadband aggregation, has been selected by Dubai Internet City (DIC) to build its triple-play FTTH environment. DIC is the biggest IT infrastructure in the Middle East, built inside a free-trade zone, and has the largest commercial IP telephony system in the world.
Gamma taps Transmode for UK optical network
September 6, 2005 London -- Alternative carrier Gamma Telecom has chosen Transmode's TS-1100 platform for its next-generation optical backbone in the UK.
FLAG Telecom deploys Infinera equipment in Asia and Europe
September 6, 2005 Sunnyvale, CA and London -- Infinera has been selected by FLAG Telecom, international wholesale network transport and communications services provider, to supply optical networking equipment in FLAG's largest metro networks. FLAG has deployed Infinera equipment on its fiber-optic networks in major metro areas, initially in Asia and Europe.
Pirelli Broadband Solutions to launch new photonics products at ECOC '05
September 6, 2005 Milan, Italy -- Pirelli Broadband Solutions, a new company within the Pirelli Group specializing in broadband access technology and photonics for telecommunications operators worldwide, today announced that it will introduce two products from its photonics portfolio, City8TM CWDM and Dynamically Tunable Laser, at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) in Glasgow on September 26, 2005.
Cable & Wireless selects Cisco IP core router platform
September 2, 2005 London, UK -- Cable & Wireless has awarded a contract to Cisco Systems to provide the Internet protocol (IP) core element for the carrier's next generation network (NGN). The carrier will deploy 15 Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System routers throughout its UK network, each equipped with Cisco's IOS XR, a carrier-grade Internet operating system.
ATI Technologies picks Canobeam FSO platform
September 2, 2005 Lake Success, NY -- To expand and fortify the fiber network serving its large corporate campus, ATI Technologies, a Toronto-based developer of chips for graphics and digital video processing applications, has deployed Canon's Canobeam DT-100, a digital transceiver system employing free space optics (FSO) technology.
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