As the slowdown in China continues, there is little hesitation for optical component vendors to blow up the potential for market opportunities, which will hardly…
Category: Submarine
Ciena: Fast and Loose with Its Valuable IP
According to our Clash of Optical Component Vendors & Technologies in Data Center Networks report published several months ago: “Ciena, [like] Nokia, highly prizes its…
Higher Stakes with Web 2.0 Undersea Apps
One of the most interesting discussions at the OIDA Executive Forum Program will be the panel on “Internet Content Providers Building Out Undersea Networks –…
Multicore Fiber: Just a Cool Design for Now
Research on MultiCore Fiber (MCF) was first conducted almost four decades ago. It is definitely a real and a cool technology, and a user could…
Nokia’s Unchanged Strategy to Exit Optics
Even prior to closing the deal, Nokia Networks’ purchase of Alcatel-Lucent surrounded the former contemplating divesting the submarine optics division of the latter. The major…
ADVA: Next Optics Dynamo in NA
The combination of the apparent penetration of ADVA Optical Networking into the incumbent ISP transport gear marketplace, along with the anticipation of the number of…
