Magazine: September 2008
Chinese carriers gear up for 3G
The reorganization of China's telecoms industry into three full-service operators is likely to result in a revenue bonanza for telecoms equipment manufacturers all over the world, as Alan Wei explains.
Vendors and carriers talk up variations on the theme
Network migration is the defining theme for equipment vendors and their carrier customers right now. Pauline Rigby reports on the latest strategies presented at IIR's WDM & Next-Generation Optical Networking Conference in Cannes.
New modulation formats: what's the best solution?
Understanding the technology behind the new, complex modulation schemes is important if operators are to pick the right solution for future high-capacity networks. Niall Robinson decodes the different options.
Photonic integration drives down the cost per bit
Photonic integration remains the holy grail of the optical components industry, but has technological progress suffered from the investment shortfall over the past five years? Roy Rubenstein investigates.
Ethernet evolves to meet metro network demands
PBB and PBB-TE are new and controversial developments in Ethernet technology. Paul Indoo explains how they will provide the functionality that network operators need to build carrier-grade Ethernet transport networks.
Innovative laser lines up for optical interconnects
Innolume wants to exploit wavelength-division multiplexing to enable low-cost, short-reach optical interconnections between line cards and silicon chips. Alexey Kovsh and Greg Wojcik describe the German start-up's achievements and ambitions.
NSN unveils unified optical system
Nokia Siemens Networks' new SURPASS hiT 7300 platform is expected to give the company a stronger position in the increasingly important metro WDM market, as Pauline Rigby explains.
ECOC product preview
An exclusive preview of the new products that will be showcased at ECOC 2008 exhibition in Brussels, 21-25 September.