At the service providers across the globe, the most widespread and native selection is MPLS and not MPLS-TP. The former has broader acceptance, superior interoperability,…
Category: DWDM/CWDM
Reactions to Ciena Based on Elusive Credibility Factor?
A recent blog article on Light Reading gets into whether the initial backlash on the Street against Ciena was justified based on the past quarterly…
Juniper’s Impulsive BTI Acquisition
Regardless of a news report of a very low purchase price for BTI Systems, and despite Juniper Networks’ contention about the acquisition “not [being] a…
Microsoft’s Enduring Google Envy
Quite a few articles have been written over time about the jealousy suffered by Microsoft over Alphabet’s Google, but they have not really addressed that…
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…
Infinera’s Last Ditch: Infinity and Beyond
With the full realization by industry analysts, some of whom initially drank the Kool-Aid, that the potential for Infinera significantly penetrating the metro optical market…
Let Huawei and ZTE in US Optical Market
Service providers carrying US federal government communications, including submarine networks that are not based in the country, should be allowed to purchase optical systems from…
Optical Hardware Innovation Permanently
At the OFC 2015 show next month, the Rump Session is entitled, “Is it ‘Game Over’ for Hardware?” The discussion will be about “[s]ome industry trends…
New Optical Ecosystem at Jabil
After over 15 years of both optical component and system suppliers struggling to generate meaningful margins in the telecom and data communications market, it may…
To Infinera: Let Transmode Run as Freely as Possible
Infinera would be better off allowing Transmode Systems to operate as an independent division than to integrate it much into its own corporation. Despite all…
