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Lightwave Breaking News |View online | October 30, 2009


On the Blog: SCTE Cable-Tec Reporter's Notebook - Day 2 In a workshop session yesterday morning, Mark Pelligri, manager, transport networks, at Cox, provided an overview of Lambda Zone, a proposed method of accommodating multiple business services over the same fiber-based collection ring.
On the Lightwave Channel: RFoG update Larry Wilson, applications engineer, broadband, at Commscope, brings Stephen Hardy up to speed on RFoG technology developments at the 2009 FTTH Conference.
Report: France's multiplay success drives FTTH interest By 2014, 50% of households in France will subscribe to a triple-play offer as operators invest in FTTH to stay competitive, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research.
BroadLight is awarded dual PON MAC patent The company says its new patent describes a "smooth automatic migration" from BPON to GPON.


iiNet launches FTTH broadband services with OptiComm in Australia iiNet, together with OptiComm, is offering FTTH to residents of Point Cook's Alamanda Estate in Victoria.
Comcast to launch extreme 50-Mbps high-speed Internet service in Central California and Santa Barbara County Comcast introduces two new, faster-speed tier options and doubles speeds for most existing customers.
GCI extends network capacity with Harmonic's SUPRALINK 1,550-nm DWDM system General Communication Inc. has deployed Harmonic's SUPRALink 1,550-nm DWDM transmission system and PWRBlazer segmentable nodes to expand bandwidth capacity across its network.

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Mintera and Fujitsu partner on 40-Gbps deployment Live 40-Gbps traffic is being carried over a commercial U.S. network created by a Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 7500 ROADM that now incorporates Mintera's new MI 4000XM Adaptive-DPSK module.
Columbus III and Xtera Communications sign contract to upgrade subsea cable network The Columbus III consortium awarded Xtera Communications a contract to upgrade the transatlantic segment of the Columbus III submarine cable system between Hollywood, FL and Lisbon, Portugal.
Discovery Semiconductors releases highly linear photodiodes for RF-over-fiber applications Discovery Semiconductors has introduced highly linear photodiodes DSC100S for RF-over-fiber applications covering a frequency range of DC to 6 GHz.
Master Bond intros potting compound with extended working life Master Bond's newly developed EP29LP-1 epoxy is a potting compound for use in large potting and encapsulating applications.

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