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June 9, 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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In the News

Dittberner: FTTH shipments a record in 1Q08
 According to Dittberner's "DSL, FTTH and FTTB/LAN Shipment Analysis," FTTH shipments rose to 1.9 million ports, an 11% quarterly increase and a 33% year-on-year increase. More...
SAVVIS turns to Infinera for network expansion
 Infinera says it has completed a high-bandwidth, regional optical network in California for SAVVIS, Inc., a provider of IT infrastructure services for business applications. More...
Mzima deploys Ciena's CN 5060
 Ciena Corp. says that Los Angeles-based network service provider Mzima Networks has implemented Ciena's CN 5060 Multiservice Carrier Ethernet Platform across its North American and European networks. More...

New Products

Infinera puts new PICs into line
 By Stephen Hardy -- Infinera has unveiled its second generation in-line platform, the ILS2. Thanks to a pair of new passive photonic integrated circuits (PICs), the system enables carriers using Infinera's Digital Transport Network (DTN) platform to set the stage for increased capacity, data rates, and reach. More...
Ekinops touts 'Transport on a Chip' technology
 Ekinops has taken the wraps off the T-Chip, an IC which it says encompasses all transport functionality in a single device. The company will show off the device a next week's NXTcomm conference in Las Vegas. More...
OpVista to debut 40G/100G platform at NXTcomm08
 The OpVista CX8 is designed to meet the requirements of service providers worldwide who need to efficiently upgrade existing 10G fiber networks to 40G and 100G to support growing demand for bandwidth-intensive services for homes and businesses. More...
TPACK launches integrated packet switch and OTN mapper
 TPACK has announced the availability of the SMARTPACK TPOX3203 20-Gbit/sec Packet Optical Engine. Part of the recently announced SMARTPACK P-OTN family, the TPOX3203 is designed to provide a highly integrated device for Carrier Ethernet over OTN. More...
Galazar targets OTN with MXP family
 Galazar Networks Inc. has introduced the MXP product family, designed to address metro networking applications by combining the next-gen SONET/SDH functions of an MSPP and the OTN functions of a transponder to provide a muxponder-on-a-chip. More...

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Goodbye SONET/SDH, hello next-gen ROADM
 By Vinay Rathore, Ciena Corp. -- What is the best way to migrate my existing network infrastructure toward a next-generation solution without throwing away my existing assets? More...



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