OFC/NFOEC 2013 to highlight a period of change

Next week's OFC/NFOEC conference and exhibition, to be held in Anaheim, California, provides an opportunity to assess developments in the network and the data centre and get an update on emerging, potentially disruptive technologies.

Source: Gazettabyte

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Optical transceiver market to grow 50 percent by 2017

• The optical transceiver market will grow to US $5.1bn in 2017
• The fierce price declines of 2012 will lessen during the forecast period
• Stronger traffic growth could have a significant positive effect on transceiver market growth

"The price declines in 2012 were brutal but they will not happen again [during the forecast period]"

Vladimir Kozlov, LightCounting

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Q&A with Kotura's CTO: Integration styles and I/O limits

The second, and final part, of the Q&A with Mehdi Asghari, CTO of silicon photonics start-up, Kotura. 

Part 2 of 2

"When do the big players adopt a new technology and go from an electrical to an optical solution? In my experience, usually when they absolutely have to."

Mehdi Asghari, CTO, Kotura

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Does Cisco Systems' CPAK module threaten the CFP2?

Cisco Systems has been detailing over recent months its upcoming proprietary optical module dubbed CPAK. The development promises to reduce the market opportunity for the CFP2 multi-source agreement (MSA) and has caused some disquiet in the industry.

Source: Cisco Systems, Gazettabyte, see comments

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