wavelength in news
Virgin Media to ramp up capacity on core network
News Following the trial - the first of its kind in the UK, according to Nortel - Virgin is now looking to deploy the optimising kit - which would position it as the first UK operator to offer 40G wavelength services between UK locations, the companies... [09 May 2008]
London to get citywide Ethernet LANs from BT
News The service can also be extended to greater speeds, as optical techniques can run multiple channels on the fibres used, through dense wavelength digital multplexing, which sends signals on different colours. [15 Sep 2005]
Apple pioneer dies at 61
News When PARC was in its first few years I was often a visiting academic there, taking part in discussions and viewing with delight some of the developments going on there; I trust that people there also took pleasure in finding in me someone who was... [28 Feb 2005]
Google to launch VoIP service?
News Among the requirements for the job are "Negotiation and purchasing of IP transit services.negotiation of partnerships with internet exchanges, regional peering providers, and paid peering arrangements with major carriers" and "Identification... [24 Jan 2005]
Moore's Law to roll on for another decade
News I remember thinking one micron (a milestone the industry blew past in 1986) was as far as we could go" because of the wavelength of visible light used at the time, Moore said. Another decade is probably straightforward," Moore said, speaking at the... [11 Feb 2003]
Wi-Fi gets a sense of direction
News But this new antenna is so precise, according to the researchers, that it can detect a signal on a single wavelength of light. By Sandeep Junnarkar An optical antenna that uses a geometrically shaped lens promises to bring greater security to... [12 Nov 2002]
DVD standards agreed for next generation
News The new generation of 'blue-laser' DVDs are designed to store even greater amounts of data than current DVDs through the use of shorter wavelength, thus narrower, beams, which can read and write more information per area of disc space. [20 Feb 2002]
The virus that could spell the end of Intel
News Genetically modified viruses may one day help to build miniature circuits smaller than the wavelength of visible light. Researchers at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California have discovered a way to bind any molecule to the surface of... [06 Feb 2002]
Re:Viewing 2001: Who'd be an equipment vendor?
News Weak sales of the 15900 Wavelength router gained by Cisco for $450m in August 1999 failed to increase telecoms sales so it was unceremoniously dumped in April 2001. Can things get much worse? Heather McLean takes a look at two heavyweights - Cisco... [24 Dec 2001]
How to become a CIO
News Many CEOs are afraid of their IT director because they think he or she is on a different wavelength, according to Wilkin. As contractors' pay continues to shrink and lay-offs within companies increase, more and more IT professionals are doing their... [23 Oct 2001]
Marconi given glimmer of hope with US optical deal
News The deal with Iris Networks - based in Nashville, Tennessee - will see Marconi providing multi-wavelength optical equipment for the firm's long-distance network services. Marconi has signed its first US deal for optical networking products, giving... [20 Sep 2001]
Ailing Lucent gets multi-million dollar boost
News NETs will upgrade its current technology from a 400Gbps dense wavelength division multiplexing system (DWDM) to the Lucent WaveStar OLS 800G. Lucent has signed two multi-million dollar contracts with France Telecom and the Paris-based NETs, part of... [18 Sep 2001]
Linx hits back at critics
News Linx will be investing £2m in new gigabit Ethernet technology to boost capacity, but it won't be using Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology, a decision criticised by former Linx boss Keith Mitchell, head of XchangePoint and... [06 Sep 2001]
Ex Linx boss predicts more downtime for customers
News DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) networks are the only scalable way forward for ISPs, according to Mitchell. Linx, the not for profit exchange point for ISPs, is splitting its network in two - spelling worse service and more downtime... [03 Sep 2001]
Cisco bins $450m router
News Cisco Systems' 15900 Wavelength Router came out of its acquisition of Monterey in August 1999 - a move that was supposed to give its telecoms sales a lift. But according to Gartner analyst, Ian Keene, it's a product that has soured. [06 Apr 2001]
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