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Blogging: WDM Nice 2009

Find out what you missed at IIR's WDM & Next-Gen Networking conference in Nice.

Technology & Innovation

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IOP Publishing, the owner of FibreSystems Europe magazine and fibresystems.org, has decided to cease publication of the titles.

The 40G market embarks upon a 'golden age'

The market for 40 Gbit/s equipment will enjoy a five-year period of opportunity before 100 Gbit/s takes over, say analysts.

NSN, Juniper pick up the IPoDWDM baton

Nokia Siemens Networks and Juniper have formed a partnership that challenges Cisco in the IP-over-DWDM department.

'Zero touch' optical networks: a progress report

Multiple equipment vendors at IIR's WDM Nice conference talked up their strategies for optical network automation using GMPLS.

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