When it comes to technology development, some of the leading analysts in the financial community have a tendency to blindly follow a template of conventional…
Category: Optical Fiber
Inphi a Threat to InnoLight or Kaiam?
Once again, we have a natural affinity for the proposition of taking advantage of electronics, such as higher order modulation, to better enable optics by…
AT&T’s “Transformation” Begs Disbelief
In general, AT&T is a competent service provider with the most established brand in the industry, and thus, no manager needs to fear ever getting…
Finisar: De Facto Owner of VCSEL Space?
Given that we have learned that Avago Technologies intends to keep only the VCSEL chip fab (in March, we were the first news source to…
Verizon Comes to Senses With XO Fiber
Late in 2015, Verizon was apparently considering a terribly reckless action involving ridding itself of its invaluable enterprise properties. The purchase of XO’s assets definitely…
Google’s Fiber: Laugh All the Way to Bank
The contest by Alphabet’s Google itself among the cities in 2010 was a brilliant stroke of genius in that it cost the company practically nothing,…
100G Transceivers Below $3/Gig by 2017?
When giant data center owners started promoting $1 per gigabit transport a while back, the idea seemed ludicrous. Well, at least for optical transceivers, pricing…
Google Fiber Fizzles as Predicted
In March, we posted an article called “Google’s Fiber: Laugh All the Way to Bank,” in which we stated: “While [Alphabet’s] Google has made a…
Submarine Festoons Needed in US
Although undersea festoon networks can be found in many parts of the world, one would be hard-pressed to locate a single case in the States.…
Another Savior of Data Center MM Fiber?
In addition to the development of longer-distance and higher-speed VCSELs, there is a possibility that in the long term, polymer waveguide material embedded in electronics…
