1Vault Networks taps FiberLight for network diversity

(courtesy of Lightwave and Pennwell)

FiberLight LLC, provider of metro optical transport, is partnering with 1Vault Networks to provide optical transport capacity throughout the South Florida market by connecting diversely routed fiber between 1Vault Network’s Category 5 Data Center in Fort Lauderdale and global IP provider NTT America.

FiberLight says the agreement provides it with new partnership opportunities in Fort Lauderdale while meeting its core business strategy of supplying metro optical backbone between data centers and high-bandwidth user locations in growing metro markets.

Corning touts high-speed offerings at Fall Interop ‘08

(courtesy of Lightwave)

Corning Inc. will demonstrate that its Plug & Play Universal Systems with InfiniCor SX+ optical fiber are 100-Gigabit Ethernet ready, capable of reliably supporting transmission speeds up to 100G. The demonstration, to be held at Interop New York on September 17-18, will illustrate how Corning products can provide a cost-effective upgrade path to next-generation speeds, including 40- and 100-Gigabit Ethernet as well as InfiniBand and Fibre Channel, say company representatives.

The requirement for higher data rates in premises networks, particularly in data centers, is being driven by many factors, including video applications, virtualization, and convergence. This increased bandwidth demand will

Alphion unveils new GPON extender

(courtesy of Lightwave – Pennwell)

Alphion Corp. developer of communication systems, sub-systems, and integrated photonic components based on its proprietary QLight technology, today introduced the PON.ext Release 2 single-rack unit compact system. It is the company’s second-generation all-optical GPON extender. The new PON.ext unit allows carriers to extend network reach to 60 km, increase the number of end users up to 128, and reduce network operating expenditures, say company representatives. The transparent, all-optical system is fully compliant with the recently published ITU-T G.984.6 standard for GPON networks.

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Migration to GPON: Practical considerations from the central office to the outside plant

(By Patrick J. Sims and Pat Thompson, ADC)

Practical considerations—based on informed decision-making—provide the foundation for a cost-effective transition between legacy and future access technologies.

Service providers need not look too far in the past to find examples of networks built without consideration for future technologies. While our telecommunications forefathers may not have predicted today’s broadband revolution as they designed the copper telephone network, this legacy infrastructure still enabled a rough deployment of xDSL technologies.

Pannaway supplies FTTH network for Manti Tele Communications

(courtesy of Lightwave – Pennwell)

Pannaway Networks (search for Pannaway) says it has successfully implemented a new FTTH network for Manti Tele Communication Co. (MTCC) in Manti, UT. The network is built with Pannaway’s Broadband Access Switches (BASs) for FTTH ports, Broadband Access Routers (BARs) for the transport layer, and Broadband Access Manager (BAM), Pannaway’s broadband element management system (EMS).

The new FTTH network will replace the carrier’s current copper access network. MTCC’s new FTTH network provides greatly increased bandwidth for IPTV, Internet downloading, and streaming media as well as future