Photop expands FTTx cess Systems Group at Fujitsu Access surgent optical networking market,” said component production Limited. “OE Solutions’ modules help Michael Howard, principal analyst, In-Photonics designer and integrated us achieve superior optical perfor- fonetics Research ( www.infonetics.com). manufacturer Photop Technologies mance, which is a key element in se- “Companies that offer multiple compat- (Fujion, China) has expanded its pro- curing top-tier design wins.” ible platforms like WBs and WSS are duction facilities in response to in- “Our PON transceiver solutions offer positioned for both near-term market creasing demand for its fiber-to-the- our customers, such as Fujitsu Access, opportunities as well as growth in next curb, node, home, and so forth (FTTx) with market-leading quality and per- generation systems.” fiberoptic components and modules. formance at competitive price points,”
In the new facilities, Photop has es- said Y.K. Park, president. He said the Yokogawa and Fujitsu
tablished a lead-free all-glass technol- PON portfolio is an example of the partner for higher speed
ogy platform with automated assem- company’s desire to enable FTTx sys- To accelerate the development of ultra-
bly for attenuators, isolators, switches, tem providers to bring high-quality, high-speed optical transmission tech-
and wavelength-division multiplex- high-performance solutions to market. nology to meet the anticipated increase
ers (WDMs). Since Photop was estab- in demand for bandwidth, Yokogawa
lished in 2003, sales have increased Xtellus wins research Electric and Fujitsu (both in Tokyo,
more than 80% each year and reached award for ROADM Japan) announced that the two com-
$50 million in 2005. A supplier of reconfigurable optical add/ panies have agreed to form a strategic
drop multiplexer (ROADM) technol- partnership to jointly develop core sys-
Fujitsu selects OE ogy for the metro and long-haul opti- tem technologies and key components.
Solutions for GE-PON cal equipment markets, Xtellus (Mor- By combining Yokogawa’s advanced Broadband access equipment manu- ris Plains, NJ) announced that is has compound semiconductor device facturer Fujitsu Access Limited (To- been selected by the Office of the Chief technology with Fujitsu’s expertise in kyo, Japan) will be shipping its Gigabit Scientist of the State of Israel to receive network systems, the companies aim to Ethernet Passive Optical Networking a research award for the continued de- achieve a faster transmission network (GE-PON) System using the optical velopment of its next-generation wave- infrastructure. transceiver solution from OE Solu- length-selective switch (WSS). tions (Gwangju, Korea and Irvine, CA). The WSS program is based on liquid- Infinera leads in 10-Gbit/s
“We are very pleased to partner with crystal technology and offers a simple long-haul shipments
OE Solutions to deliver an outstand- upgrade path from wavelength blockers Infinera (Sunnyvale, CA) seized the
ing GE-PON solution,” said Takehiro (WBs) to WSS. “The ROADM market number one market share position in
Yamada, director of the Ubiquitous Ac- is the fastest growing segment of the re- shipments of 10-Gbit/s long-haul wave-
lengths in its first full year of shipping
Also in the news . . . product, according to data on the optical networking market from independent
JDS Uniphase (San Jose, CA) and SyntheSys Research (Menlo Park, CA) analyst firm the Dell’Oro Group (Red-
signed a channel agreement for the BERTScope family of products from wood Shores, CA).
SyntheSys to give equipment manufacturers access to automated test solu- In 2005, Infinera shipped 5343 tions for key optical network transport parameters. . . . Polatis (Boston, MA) wavelengths, for a 20% share of the has signed a distribution agreement to sell its switches into the sales channels 10-Gbit/s long-haul market. Infinera’s of Marubun (Tokyo, Japan) for expanded presence in the Japanese telecom- use of large-scale photonic integrated munications market. . . . Timbercon (Portland, OR) announced new custom circuits (PICs) enables them to deliver engineering and product development services to assist customers in creation, high bandwidth density with maxi- planning, design, and manufacturing of custom fiberoptic product solutions. . . . mum service flexibility. According to The Centre for Integrated Photonics (CIP; Ipswich, England) has appointed Dell’Oro data, the top three vendors AMS Technologies (Martinsried, Germany) as a pan-European distributor for in 10-Gbit/s long-haul shipments in CIP’s portfolio of optical components for fiberoptic communications. . . . 2005 were Infinera with 20%, Nortel Kotura (Monterey Park, CA), a supplier of silicon photonics products, an- with 16.6%, and Alcatel with 9.4%. nounced that Tropic Networks (Ottawa, ON, Canada) signed a two-year supply agreement for Kotura’s Ultra Fast Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) Arrays.
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