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Successful 100G Field Trial Demonstration
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 9, 2010
This week Verizon, Juniper Networks, NEC, and Finisar announced the successful completion on February 25th of the first real traffic 100G optical fiber transmission field trial applying standards-based optics end-to-end. This is the first multi-vendor demonstration of real traffic transmission on a single optical fiber. I invite you to read the full press release.
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Trivia Question #3
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 9, 2010
Question: When did AT&T install the first fiber-optic cable in its long distance network and between what two cities?
Provide your answer using the blog commenting tool (only one answer allowed per person). The fifth person to answer correctly wins a Finisar t-shirt (previous winners excluded). There will be a slight delay before your [...]
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Trivia Question #2 Winner
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 9, 2010
Answer: Verizon, for its FIOS
The winner of our second trivia question is….Pauline Rigby. Pauline, we will send you a Finisar t-shirt!
It is very exciting to see so many optics trivia-savvy folks in our industry. Thanks to everyone for participating and stay tuned for trivia question #3 and your chance to win a Finisar [...]
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Trivia Question #2
11 CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 4, 2010
Question: In the United States, which company takes credit for deploying the largest fiber to the premises (FTTP) to date?
Provide your answer using the blog commenting tool (only one answer allowed per person). There will be a slight delay before your response is posted. Check back in a few days for the winning name [...]
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Trivia Question #1 Winner
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 4, 2010
Answer: 1988
The winner of our first trivia question is Andrew Schmitt. Andrew, we will send you a Finisar t-shirt!
Thanks to everyone for participating.
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Trivia Question #1
11 CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on March 2, 2010
Are you ready to test your knowledge in fiber optics trivia?
Question: What year was the first transatlantic telephone cable using optical fiber deployed?
Provide your answer using the blog commenting tool (only one answer allowed per person). There will be a slight delay before your response is posted. Check back later this week for the [...]
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Lightspeed Celebrates One Year with a Fiber Optics Trivia Contest
1 CommentPosted by Rafik Ward on March 2, 2010
It’s the beginning of March and in our industry this signifies the occurrence of the annual OFC/NFOEC Conference in sunny San Diego. It also marks the first anniversary of our optics blog, Lightspeed, since its launch last OFC. To celebrate, we’re giving you a chance to show off your knowledge of the optical communications [...]
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Finisar Awarded Best Supplier in Innovation by Alcatel Lucent
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on February 25, 2010
In January, Finisar attended Alcatel Lucent’s Supplier Convention in Shanghai and received the award for Best Supplier in Innovation. Finisar was selected from a list of more than 160 global organizations representing a broad field of categories including optical suppliers, electronics suppliers, and contract manufacturers. Finisar was the only optical module supplier to receive this [...]
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The Silent War and the Yellow Wall
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on January 18, 2010
There is a silent war that has been brewing for years in our industry. Not everybody knows it, but we refer to it as the war between optics and copper. I will have several postings on this subject in the coming weeks. There are many fundamental limitations of copper, and as a fiber [...]
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Finisar and Ixia Demonstrate 100G Ethernet Interoperability
No CommentsPosted by Rafik Ward on January 12, 2010
Last week, Finisar and Ixia announced a successful demonstration between Ixia’s K2 100 Gb/s and 40 Gb/s IP test interfaces with Finisar’s 100G Ethernet (100GE) CFP optical transceiver modules. Read the full press release. As a witness to the event, I can tell you first-hand how exciting this is not only to the technology innovators [...]
