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News & Analysis DeltaCom eyes $20M network upgrade OCTOBER 7, 2008 -- ITC^DeltaCom, Inc., a provider of integrated communications services to customers in the southeastern ... SureWest connects FTTH in Kansas City OCTOBER 7, 2008 -- Independent communications holding company SureWest Communications says it has completed its most ... Verizon, Nortel announce 100G trial OCTOBER 6, 2008 -- Verizon's latest 100G trial used Nortel's Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 convergence platform, equipped ... ECI tapped for multi-million dollar Caribbean network OCTOBER 6, 2008 -- Triton Telecom will use ECI Telecom's 9000 CESR and XDM product lines in a 10G submarine network ...			Products Ciena expands Carrier Ethernet Services Delivery Portfolio OCTOBER 7, 2008 -- The new additions are designed to enhance the portfolio's ability to combine low-touch devices and ... Avago intros 8G SFP+ LR transceiver for Fibre Channel OCTOBER 7, 2008 -- Avago Technologies has announced availability of what it asserts are the industry's first 8-Gbit/sec ... StrataLight releases 40G L-Band DPSK product line OCTOBER 6, 2008 -- StrataLight's says its new L-Band OTS-4011-L multiplexing transponder has been deployed by Xtera ... PD-LD provides direct replacements for Zarlink devices OCTOBER 6, 2008 -- PD-LD says it is now offering direct alternatives for Zarlink Semiconductor devices that have recently ...

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Packet optical transport and the evolution of Ethernet
By Fred Ellefson, ADVA Optical Networking -- In the next stage of its evolutionary development, Ethernet becomes ...

Multipoint PBB-TE and T-MPLS
By Daniel Joseph Barry, TPACK -- One of the criticisms of PBB-TE and T-MPLS is their focus on point-to-point ...

An overview of VPLS
By Daniel Joseph Barry, TPACK -- This companion article to "Multipoint PBB-TE and T-MPLS" covers the basics ...

An overview of PBB and PLSB
By Daniel Joseph Barry, TPACK -- This companion article to "Multipoint PBB-TE and T-MPLS" provides an overview ...

Is GPON the access technology for the next decade?
By David Cleary, Calix -- GPON dwarfs most other access technologies in terms of bandwidth deliverable to the ...

From The Wires

EMCORE Corporation Secures $25 Million Credit Facility with Bank of America
PR Newswire (October 3, 2008)

Verizon says its FiOS is safe: Expert hired by company says ...
Times Union, Albany, N.Y. (October 3, 2008)

Grant to extend fiber-optic line to paper mill falls through
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (October 1, 2008)

AT&T delivers advanced voice, data, and mobility services to Bemis Company
PR Newswire (September 30, 2008)

NY regulators get tough on Verizon FiOS installs
Associated Press (September 30, 2008)

Glimmerglass signs distribution agreement with Laser 2000 for ...
Business Wire (September 30, 2008)

Clifton schools unveil $1-million fiber-optic network
The Record, Bergen County, NJ (September 27, 2008)

Alaska Communications Systems hits milestone in submarine cable project
Business Wire (September 24, 2008)

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SPIE APOC 2008 (Asia Pacific Optical Communications)
October 26 -30, 2008
Hangzhou

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Ultrafast laser market to grow with new players and technology, says Strategies Unlimited