Optical Forum To Conduct Multinational Transport Demo
The Optical Internetworking Forum will conduct its most ambitious interoperability tests to date in a demonstration to be led by global service providers rather than by equipment and IC suppliers.
Grid Projects Get Optical Boosts
U.S. and European researchers have given high-bandwidth grid computing several significant boosts in the past two weeks, selecting optical components for their network infrastructures.
MCI Launches Ultra Long-Haul Technology
MCI has deployed a new ultra long-haul (ULH) dense wavelength division multiplexing optical network, the first major deployment of its kind. The technology, which could benefit grid computing, will allow MCI to shorten its internal process of provisioning network capacity from months to weeks.
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