Magazine: January 2005
Japan hits the fast-lane on FTTP
Japan isn’t hanging around when it comes to the roll-out of fibre to the premises. Service providers in Europe and the US are keeping a close watch on developments.
Competitiveness rules in the brave new world
Understanding what went wrong during the telecoms bubble is only half the battle. For optical networking vendors, the priority now is to deliver innovative product portfolios that support the operators’ evolutionary requirements for high-value services.
MEMS fabrics in shape for the ROADMs ahead
Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers are set to become a key building-block in the next-generation optical network. And it’s their ability to lower service providers’ operational and maintenance costs that has triggered a new wave of commercial interest.