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March 20, 2008
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The Lightwave group of publications, the leading source of information on fiber-optic communications since 1984, is pleased to deliver today's Lightwave Direct. Each day Lightwave Direct brings you the latest in optical communications systems and components news, new products, and trends. Here are the day's top stories from around the world, as selected by the editors at Lightwave.


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Report: Benefits of ROADMs offset challenges of market maturity
 The market has grown at breakneck speed, aided by a significant and sudden spurt in bandwidth usage in the initial years and still continues to maintain a good growth rate, say Frost & Sullivan analysts. More...
THUS plc taps Ixia for remote service verification
 UK-focused business telecommunications company THUS plc has deployed Ixia's IxRave IP service verification platform to provide service verification of its enterprise Layer 3 VPN networks and services. More...

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FCC releases data on high-speed services for Internet access
 The FCC finds that high-speed connections to the Internet increased by 22% during the first half of 2007, from 82.8 million to 100.9 million lines in service. More...
New survey finds gaps in U.S. broadband
 In a new survey commissioned by Tellabs, 94% of respondents are dissatisfied with the current FCC definition of broadband as 200 Kbits/sec. In fact, 84% of respondents believe that a better definition of broadband is a service that can deliver high-quality streaming video. More...
Infonetics: GPON prepares to take off in 2008, WDM-PON emerges
 The worldwide market for PON systems, which includes BPON, EPON, GPON, and WDM-PON equipment, jumped 56% to $1.74 billion in 2007 over 2006, according to Infonetics Research's latest quarterly report, "PON and FTTH Equipment and Subscribers." More...

FTTx news

France Telecom in draft deal to deliver fiber to 800,000 homes
 France Telecom says it has signed a frame agreement to supply domestic fiber-optic connections to a French residential properties association whose members represent over 800,000 homes. More...
Citizens Telephone selects Alloptic for fiber access
 "We have already received rave reviews from the initial customers and have a backlog of service orders to address," says Charles Ledger, general manager of Citizens Telephone. The operator is using Alloptic's FTTH system to deliver triple-play services to more than 1,000 subscribers in its service area. More...
TaraCom Integrated Products and GDA Technologies enter GPON partnership
 TaraCom Integrated Products and GDA Technologies say they will combine their GPON SerDes PHY and GPON MAC in an integrated platform. More...



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