OFC: Analyst blames Cisco for unprofitable optics
By Ed Gubbins
ANAHEIM--“This is an era of profitless prosperity,” Andrew Schmitt, general partner of Niquist Capital, told a crowd at the Optical Fiber Communications conference...
OFC: Level 3 mulls leapfrogging 40 Gb/s to 100 Gb/s
By Ed Gubbins
ANAHEIM--Executives at Level 3 Communications often ponder the migration beyond 10 Gb/s links in its network, but they’re not sure if 40 Gb/s or 100 Gb/s is the best next step, according to Robert Feuerstein, Level 3 senior architect...
OFC: KT heralds world of connected devices
By Ed Gubbins
ANAHEIM--Telecom service providers must move beyond the business of connecting people to pursue the business of connecting devices as a means to offer more sophisticated services, a Korean Telecom executive told listeners at the Optical Fiber Communications conference Wednesday...
OFC: Verizon names first GPON markets
By Ed Gubbins
ANAHEIM--Verizon Communications is expected today to name the two places where it will begin commercial deployment of gigabit-speed passive optical networking (GPON) equipment...
Bell Labs creates optical filter chip
By Ed Gubbins
Bell Labs is furthering its reputation for innovation, claiming a major step toward silicon photonics. Now as Alcatel-Lucent employees, Bell Labs researchers...
IPTV Workshop: AT&T promises multiple HD streams in '07
By Carol Wilson
SAN JOSE--AT&T’s fiber-to-the-node network is delivering 25 megabits per second of bandwidth over its longest access loops and higher speeds over its shortest loops, and will be able to support multiple streams of High Definition TV by the end of 2007...
Tellabs may have won Qwest ROADM deal
By Ed Gubbins
Tellabs may have won a deal to supply Qwest Communications with reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs), according to one Wall Street analyst...
Verizon gets California video franchise
By Carol Wilson
Verizon became the first to capitalize on California’s new statewide video franchise law, today receiving the Golden State’s first statewide franchise, only eight days after filing its application...
Verizon’s FTTP orders surprise ADC
By Ed Gubbins
Verizon Communications got a jump on fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) deployment this year, according to ADC Telecommunications...
Ciena’s optical business snowballs
By Ed Gubbins
Ciena beat the expectations of Wall Street analysts today, reporting $165 million in fiscal-first-quarter revenue when the street expected $164 million. But its quarterly earnings, at $0.22 per share, were below the street consensus of $0.23, the result of a lot of low-margin installation services Ciena performed in the quarter...
Tellabs brings fiber to AT&T’s table
By Ed Gubbins
Tellabs, the chief supplier of fiber access gear to Verizon Communications and the former BellSouth, has been having more intimate discussions with AT&T following its merger with BellSouth, according to the vendor’s chief financial officer, Tim Wiggins...
Comptel: XO launches national bandwidth services
By Carol Wilson
LAS VEGAS--XO Communications is capitalizing on its recently completed national fiber optic backbone to offer high-capacity services to enterprises and other carriers with built-in guarantees on price and installation, along with a 90-day risk-free trial offer...
Lafayette win could have broad impact
By Carol Wilson
More than 18 months after citizens of Lafayette, La., voted in favor of a municipally owned fiber-to-the-home network, the Louisiana State Supreme Court has reversed a court challenge to that network, paving the way for construction of the network...
OEN launches FTTP triple play in Houston
By Carol Wilson
Optical Entertainment Network (OEN) today said its fiber-based triple-play service is now ready for delivery to 5000 homes in the northwest side of Houston...
Legal fees a third of muni fiber cost
By Ed Gubbins
About a third of the money spent so far on a municipal fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) project in Louisiana has gone to lawyers, according to local media reports...
When perception is the problem
By Carol Wilson
AT&T Chairman and CEO Edward Whitacre could not have been more clear. In addressing financial analysts on AT&T's fourth-quarter and full-year 2006 financial...
Alcatel-Lucent gets a chokehold on optical
By Ed Gubbins
Alcatel-Lucent last year became the first company to claim more than 20% of the optical networking market, thanks mostly to the Alcatel side of the house, according to data released this week by Ovum-RHK...
Analysts predict an AT&T switch
By Carol Wilson
Pike & Fischer has added its voice to chorus of those predicting AT&T will have to alter its strategy and invest in deploying fiber-to-the-home in order to compete with cable operators in the video business...
Ericsson acquires Entrisphere
By Ed Gubbins
Ericssson today announced its acquisition of fiber access equipment vendor Entrisphere. “Fiber technology is essential for high-definition IPTV and other IP-based services,” Ericsson said in a statement released today. “Entrisphere has a well proven and competitive product portfolio, ready for large scale deployment....
Amedia’s GPON gateway to take ONTs inside
By Ed Gubbins
Amedia Networks today unveiled plans for a new gigabit passive optical network (GPON) home gateway designed to replace both broadband home routers and the optical network terminals (ONTs) that typically sit outside the home in PONs...
Tellabs’ fourth-quarter woes may continue
By Ed Gubbins
Calling the fourth quarter of 2006 a “tough” one for the company, Tellabs said the first quarter may be no easier....
UBS: Verizon may add 1.1M fiber subs this year
By Ed Gubbins
Verizon Communications could add another roughly 1.1 million subscribers to its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network this year, according to estimates made by UBS Investment Research...
So long, Sonet
By Carol Wilson
This could well be the last year of significant sales of Sonet and SDH transport gear, according to industry analysts and vendors...
Ciena aims to diversify with cable clients
By Ed Gubbins
Ciena has sold its CoreDirector optical switch to cable operator Cox Communications, part of the vendor’s effort to penetrate the cable space and thus diversify its customer base...
Zhone GPON, pseudowire gear coming
By Ed Gubbins
Zhone Technologies is planning to introduce new products in the next few months related to gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) and pseudowires, chief executive officer Mory Ejabat said at an investor conference this week...
