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Packet transport: it’s time to clear up the confusion Jul 21, 2008

Connection-oriented packet transport technologies, such as MPLS-TP and PBT/PBB-TE, have sparked considerable and often heated debate. Daniel Joseph Barry explains what all the fuss is about.

White papers

Broadband in High-Growth Economies Jul 8, 2008

By Vince Vittore, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group

DSL Line Stability - Scaling DSL for Mass-Market Triple Play Jul 1, 2008

By Alcatel-Lucent

Angle on Agility - Neuf Cegetel: An Operator Strategy Case Jul 1, 2008

By Alcatel-Lucent

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Dublin, Ireland

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FibreSystems Europe
Volume 12 No 7
July 2008

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News & analysis

Pirelli to merge photonics unit with CyOptics Jul 25, 2008

$20 million will see the Italian giant take a 30% stake in CyOptics, with the two companies set to work together on photonic integrated circuits and tunable transmitter sub-assemblies.

Bookham misses out on profits once more Jul 25, 2008

Growth in the telecoms sector boosted revenues, but softness in non-telecoms markets is set to continue.

Asia dominates global FTTH rankings Jul 24, 2008

Asia accounts for more than 27 million of the world's estimated 32 million fibre-to-the-home connections; Europe accounts for just 1.4 million connections.

Photonic chip chases terabit processing Jul 23, 2008

Researchers have demonstrated error-free demultiplexing of a 640Gbit/s optical signal using a planar waveguide made from chalcogenide glass.

Blog

Shortcut to EU telecoms policy Jul 16, 2008

Functional separation gets the green light.

The other Cannes film festival Jul 1, 2008

FibreSystems TV launches this week.

A new meaning for FTTB Jun 20, 2008

Are there enough FTTx's already?

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