RED-C Introduces PON and WDM PON Amplifier Suite

TEL AVIV, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)–

RED-C Optical Networks Ltd. (RED-C), a leading provider of EDFA and Raman amplifiers for all optical network applications, today announces the launch of a product suite which is aimed at extending PON and WDM-PON access links.

• WDM-PON ASE Sources – this product line comprises ASE sources for C-band (upstream) and L-band (downstream) transmission, as well as combined C+L band sources. It enables equipment cost reduction by using a broadband source to provide seed signals to the upstream and/or downstream transmitters. These ASE sources, provided in standard 70x90x15mm modules, feature high total output power (up to 22 dBm in the C-band, and 17 dBm in the L-band) and very good spectral flatness of <2 dB peak-to-peak.
• PON Reach Extenders – These amplifiers allow PON links to be extended from 20 km up to 60 km, and/or the number of subscribers served (the split ratio) to be increased from 32 up to 128. Thus, rural and outlying suburbs may be more easily served, and central offices (COs) may be consolidated to reduce cost and complexity. The amplifiers, for upstream and downstream transmission, are:

• PON Raman – This unique distributed Raman pre-amplifier for the 1310nm upstream signal uses cost-effective pump laser diodes and includes RED-C’s patent-protected automatic power reduction technology for laser safety. A technical paper relating to this product will be presented at OFC in collaboration with British Telecom (paper NTu1J.3).
• PON Booster – This booster EDFA for the 1490nm downstream signal features high output power (up to 15 dBm) while at the same time avoiding signal distortions characteristic of SOA technology.

The amplifiers can be deployed at the CO, keeping the outside fiber plant completely passive and maintaining the simplicity and low operating costs of GPON installations. The use of these amplifiers allows up to 10 dB extra link budget, and they can be either integrated into equipment vendor systems or provided as stand-alone network elements for use with unmodified existing systems.

Yossi Boker, RED-C’s President & CEO, commented: “Leveraging our proven expertise with EDFA and Raman technology, RED-C now offers a unique suite of solutions for the fiber access market, which is one of the fastest growing segments in optical communications. This is another milestone in our commitment to continuously provide our customers with state-of-the-art solutions, essential for strengthening their competitive edge.”

About RED-C

RED-C Optical Networks Ltd. (www.red-c.com) is a leading provider of state of the art EDFAs, Raman amplifiers, and optical monitoring devices for all network segments (long haul, regional, metro and access) and for all network applications (telecom, cable and enterprise). Beside a broad variety of EDFA and Raman modules, RED-C offers innovative and comprehensive solutions for some of the industry’s most difficult technological challenges today, such as ultra long repeaterless links and100Gb/s coherent networks

Ixia Demonstrates Industry’s First End-to-End Mobile Internet Security Validation Application at RSA 2012

Ixia’s IxLoad-Attack Will Validate Leading Vendors’ Mobile and Cloud Network Solutions

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire -02/28/12)- Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA – News), the leading global provider of converged IP and wireless network test solutions, will demonstrate the effectiveness of IxLoad-Attack — its network vulnerability test tool — in protecting mobile and cloud networks. The latest version of IxLoad-Attack can send emulated malware over generic tunneling protocol (GTP), and allows service providers to find previously impossible-to-detect infrastructure vulnerabilities and weaknesses before they can be exploited on live networks. Ixia will help SonicWALL, Huawei, and Ahnlab authenticate their network security devices at the RSA Conference 2012 in San Francisco, February 28-March 1:

• In booth #1153, SonicWALL will use Ixia’s IxLoad-Attack to showcase high throughput capabilities of its clustered SuperMassive E10800 Next-Generation Firewall, achieving more than 120Gbps of application throughput. Additionally, SonicWALL will use Ixia’s IxLoad-Attack to demonstrate its next-generation firewall capabilities under highly-scalable and flexible attacks.
• In booth #2439, Huawei will use Ixia’s 10GE test interfaces to verify that the Huawei Eudemon8000E-X series can successfully protect 200Gbps of network traffic. In addition, Ixia’s 10GE test interfaces will generate and track 200Gbps of traffic sent through Huawei-Symantec’s firewall — in both directions — to accurately measure throughput and latency. A full report on the details of the test can be found here: http://www.ixiacom.com/pdfs/about_us/lab_partners/2012-02-27-IT-Brand-Pulse–Breaking-the-200Gb-Barrier.pdf.
• Ixia’s 1GE and 10GE interfaces will also be used by AhnLab to demonstrate the large-scale performance of its TrusGuard 10000P Unified Threat Management (UTM) device. Ixia will also share the stage with AhnLab at the vendor presentations on Wednesday 29 at 3:30 p.m. in booth #1157.

IxLoad-Attack measures the performance of network security appliances, validating that they effectively and accurately block attacks while delivering high end-user quality of experience for mission-critical applications. IxLoad-Attack is the only product that provides malicious traffic over both encrypted and non-encrypted links. IxLoad-Attack runs in parallel with all other IxLoad functions. Customized, real-world network traffic provides the “good” reference traffic that security devices must forward without affecting customer quality of experience (QoE).

Resources:

• For more information on Ixia’s wireless testing solution, see this page: http://www.ixiacom.com/solutions/index.php.
• For more information on RSA 2012, see their website: http://www.rsaconference.com/.

About Ixia
Ixia provides the industry’s most comprehensive converged IP testing solution — from the wireless edge to the Internet core. Network equipment manufacturers, service providers, enterprises, and government agencies use Ixia’s industry-leading test and simulation platforms to design and validate a broad range of wired, Wi-Fi, and 3G/LTE networking equipment and networks. Ixia’s solutions create real-world conditions by emulating a full range of high-scaling networking protocols and generating media-rich application traffic to validate performance, conformance and security of cloud, core, data center, wireless and multiplay networks. For more information, visit www.ixiacom.com.

New Avago Technologies Optical Modules Bridge Compatibility Gap in Data Centers to Increase Bandwidth

Offer Interoperability between 40 Gigabit QSFP+ Applications and 10 Gigabit SFP+ Components Verified to 400 Meters, Enabling Higher-Density Network Switches

SAN JOSE, Calif. & SINGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–

Avago Technologies (Nasdaq:AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced fiber optic module solutions that enable more efficient switching and greater bandwidth in data centers. The new pluggable, parallel optical QSFP+ eSR4 transceiver is the first module that can address both 40 Gigabit (40G) and 10 Gigabit (10G) Ethernet applications with a verified link distance of 400 meters. This gives data center operators the flexibility to reuse the current 10G wired infrastructure when upgrading to 40G, providing a major cost savings. The Avago QSFP+ eSR4 modules integrate four 10G lanes in each direction to increase bandwidth within a line card by more than three times while using 50 percent less power than that of a one-lane SFP+ module.

The growth of server virtualization and cloud computing, as well as the trend toward network convergence, has increased demand for faster and more efficient data center networks. As of today, 10G switches consist of 48 10G-channels per line card, constrained by the physical size of the SFP+ form factor. To accommodate the need for more bandwidth, customers can use Avago QSFP+ eSR4 modules to develop top-of-rack, blade and modular switches with up to 44 QSFP+ ports per line card. This provides 176 10G-channels with QSFP+ instead of the 48 SFP+ channels available today. QSFP+ eSR4 modules can be used for both high-density 10G and 40G aggregated Ethernet applications, providing more flexibility to connect to different levels of switches, reducing latency, and increasing port density with lower power consumption per lane.

Avago also today announced production of its QSFP+ iSR4 modules, which enable interoperability to 10G SFP+ links up to 100 meters using OM3 multimode fiber (MMF) and 150 meters using OM4 MMF. The QSFP+ eSR4 version extends this reach to 300 meters with OM3 MMF and 400 meters using OM4 MMF. Avago expects to sample the QSFP+ eSR4 modules by this summer.

“Avago is the leader in data center optical communications because of its long history of collaborating with our customers and partners to develop technology solutions that address design challenges and the need for greater bandwidth,” said Philip Gadd, Vice President and General Manager of the Fiber Optics Product Division at Avago. “Avago introduced the industry’s first 40G Ethernet SR4 module last year, and our new QSFP+ iSR4 and eSR4 modules provide a simpler migration path for data centers to upgrade from 10G to 40G Ethernet and span longer reaches.”

“We have worked closely with Avago to test a wide array of Corning Cable Systems’ fiber optic cables that contained Corning® ClearCurve® OM3 and OM4 multimode fibers with their parallel optic transceivers, giving designers the flexibility to develop innovative data center applications,” said Doug Coleman, Manager, Technology and Standards at Corning Cable Systems. “Together we verified that the interoperability of the Avago QSFP+ eSR4 modules meets link distance specifications for both 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet applications.”

Legacy 10G Ethernet switches are based on 10GBASE-SR specifications, using form factors such as SFP+, XFP and X2, which are not reliably interoperable with standard QSFP+ module 40GBASE-SR specifications. The Avago QSFP+ iSR4 and eSR4 modules are both interoperable with all of these form factors. Additionally, the modules both incorporate the unparalleled reliability of Avago 850-nm Vertical-Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) technology and PIN detector technology, providing an effective 10 Gigabit port count of up to 176 ports within one rack.

Avago will demonstrate the QSFP+ iSR4 and eSR4 modules, along with its broad portfolio of high-speed optical fiber solutions, in Corporate Village booth #1357 at the 2012 OFC/NFOEC exposition at the Los Angeles Convention Center from March 6-8. Interested parties can contact their local Avago sales office to arrange an appointment. Mitchell Fields, director of advanced technology solutions for fiber optics products at Avago, will be participating in two panel discussions at the show:

• Market Watch Panel IV on Advanced Integrated Photonics on March 8 from 10:15am-12:15pm
• The workshop entitled “Optics in the Data Center: How Can We Efficiently Move and Control Large Amounts of Data?” on March 5 from 8:00am-11:00am.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

The AFBR-79EIDZ QSFP+ iSR4 module is priced at $800 each in 10 piece quantities. Samples and production quantities are available now through the Avago direct sales channel and via worldwide distribution partners.

About Avago Technologies

Avago Technologies is a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications. By leveraging its core competencies in III-V compound and silicon semiconductor design and processing, the company provides an extensive range of analog, mixed signal and optoelectronics components and subsystems to approximately 40,000 end customers. Backed by strong customer service support, the company’s products serve four diverse end markets: wireless communications, wired infrastructure, industrial and automotive electronics, and consumer and computing peripherals. Avago has a global employee presence and heritage of technical innovation dating back 50 years to its Hewlett-Packard roots. Information about Avago is available on the Web at www.avagotech.com.

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Fulton Innovation Demonstrates New Advances in Wireless Power Technology at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2012

European Audience to See Breakthroughs in Spatial Freedom and Powering Wirelessly Through Metal

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Fulton Innovation (www.fultoninnovation.com), the creator and exclusive licensor of eCoupled™ intelligent wireless power(www.ecoupled.com), today announced that it will be attending the GSMA Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain from February 27 through March 1, 2012. During the past year, Fulton has advanced its wireless power technology capabilities which will be unveiled to European audiences at Mobile World Congress 2012. It will be displaying its technology at the Wireless Power Consortium booth, #1F62 in Hall 1.

Fulton Innovation will be demonstrating wireless power capabilities that can power electronics through various surfaces. For the first time in Europe, Fulton will demonstrate the ability to power devices through metal surfaces, as well as advances in spatial freedom that allow a mobile phone to be charged on an enabled surface while inside a handbag, without the need for wires. Other demonstrations will include several Qi-certified mobile phones that are available in various world markets from several manufacturers – HTC, Motorola, Samsung, LG, Panasonic, and more.

Wireless power technology has advanced beyond simply charging a mobile phone or other devices. Fulton has developed an advance power solution that can be easily and cost-effectively integrated onto any surface, including packaging and publications. At Mobile World Congress, Fulton will display a recent issue of popular entertainment magazine, Entertainment Weekly, that will light up on the shelf through the use of wirelessly powered printed electronics. This new use of wireless power technology will provide publishers and advertisers with a new means of attracting readers’ attention and increasing sales.

“We are happy to be back in Barcelona to showcase some of our latest innovations in wireless power technology,” said Dave Baarman, Director of Advanced Technologies for Fulton Innovation. “The work we are collaborating on with our partners is making it possible to advance the capabilities of wireless power technology and expand its availability to everyday consumers and the mobile industry. We look forward to sharing our work with Mobile World Congress attendees.”

Fulton Innovation will also be demonstrating technology at the Pepcom MobileFocus® Global media event on Monday, February 27, 2012 at the Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I in Barcelona from 7:00pm to 10:00pm.

About Fulton Innovation and eCoupled Technology

A subsidiary of Alticor Corporation, Fulton Innovation is dedicated to commercializing new and innovative technologies that improve the way we live, work, and play. Fulton is working with a wide range of industry-leading companies to integrate wireless power technology into infrastructure and electronic devices to enable consumers to live a truly wireless life.

The engineers behind eCoupled have been developing, advancing, and perfecting the technology for over 13 years. eCoupled technology has been incorporated into the Amway eSpring™ water purification system for over 10 years.

Amway employs more than 14,000 people worldwide, including over 500 engineers and scientists. Amway has sales of more than $10.9 billion annually. It is headquartered in Ada, Michigan and has operations in more than 80 countries and territories worldwide.

For additional information, please visit ecoupled.com.

EXFO Will Showcase the New BrixHawk Distributed Analyzer at Mobile World Congress 2012

Designed for mobile network troubleshooting and network service optimization, this new solution is now commercially available and currently under evaluation with several tier-1 customers

QUEBEC CITY, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO – News) (TSX: EXF.TO – News) announced today that the new BrixHawk Distributed Analyzer will be showcased at Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona (February 27 to March 1, 2012). Now commercially available, this latest EXFO innovation addresses a currently urgent need for measuring network and application quality of service (QoS) and determining subscribers’ quality of experience (QoE).

Thanks to superior performance, real-time capabilities and integrated deep packet inspection (DPI) technology, the BrixHawk DA offers more advanced user-plane analysis, enabling the functional and quality issues experienced by subscribers to be found—and fixed—faster. In addition to increasing efficiency and reducing risk during network rollout, this helps retain more satisfied customers and reduce testing-related OPEX once the network is deployed. Significantly faster LTE/3G network rollouts can be achieved while increasing confidence in a first-time-right launch.

Based on a modular architecture, the BrixHawk DA system delivers real-time analysis results and can easily be scaled up as testing needs change, enabling customers to only invest as needed. For example, they can later evolve to a 24/7/365 network monitoring solution and reuse their BrixHawk DA hardware and software investment to scale their system with minimal re-training, hassle and cost. EXFO is the only provider to offer such seamless scalability from analysis to monitoring systems.

“The BrixHawk DA boasts the industry’s most powerful technology and superior real-time performance, enabling more detailed user-plane analysis and allowing users to significantly speed up the resolution of functional and quality issues,” said Matti Palomäki, Vice-President of EXFO’s Wireless Division. “The large number of customer evaluations currently ongoing in NEM verification labs, MNO LTE trials and deployments—including a world-leading operator—clearly shows that there is great interest on the market for our new BrixHawk DA.”

Mobile World Congress 2012 attendees are invited to stop by stand 1G55 (Hall 1) and watch a live demo. Visit our website for more information on the BrixHawk Distributed Analyzer.

About EXFO
Listed on the NASDAQ and TSX stock exchanges, EXFO is among the leading providers of next-generation test and service assurance solutions for wireline and wireless network operators and equipment manufacturers in the global telecommunications industry. The company offers innovative solutions for the development, installation, management and maintenance of converged, IP fixed and mobile networks—from the core to the edge. Key technologies supported include VDSL2, ADSL2+, 3G, 4G/LTE, IMS, Ethernet, OTN, FTTx, and various optical technologies (accounting for an estimated 35% of the portable fiber-optic test market). EXFO has a staff of approximately 1800 people in 25 countries, supporting more than 2000 telecom customers worldwide. For more information, visit www.EXFO.com.

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