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ECOC 2011: Products and market trends
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 8:08AM
There were several noteworthy announcements at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) held in Geneva in September. Gazettabyte spoke to Finisar, Oclaro and Opnext about their ECOC product announcements and the associated trends.
100 Gig module
Opnext announced the first 100 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) transponder at ECOC, a much anticipated industry development.
"Quite a few system vendors .... are looking at 'make-versus-buy' for the next-generation [of 100Gbps]."
Ross Saunders, Opnext