Enablence Technologies Inc., a supplier of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) equipment for triple-play residential and business services and optical components and subsystems for access, metro, and long-haul markets, has achieved certified supplier status with Cablevision Argentina, its largest client to date in the Central American/Latin American market, to roll-out fibre-to-the-business (FTTB) services.

The optical market will grow in 2010, but the Asian part of that market may not. Spending on 40-Gbps technology will resume. And SONET ADM pizza boxes will remain popular. So said Andrew Schmitt, directing analyst for optical at Infonetics Research, yesterday in an interview occasioned by the release of the company’s fourth quarter 2009 numbers (see "Infonetics: Positive Q4 can’t rescue 2009 optical equipment market").

Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. (AFOP) in Sunnyvale, Calif., is  introducing the O band 200 GHz DWDM for hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) applications.

This thin film filter (TFF)-based product can be deployed in broadband networks that which combines optical fiber and coaxial cable. It increases the downstream/upstream speed in cable TV systems as well as the flexibility of the network.

The product is available in LGX form factor with four wavelengths total or in single channel for each individual wavelength. Its packaging provides reliability and meets Telcordia GR1209 and GR-1221 qualification.

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Hibernia Atlantic, a transatlantic high-bandwidth connectivity provider, has selected 3Com's H3C S7500E modular switches to deliver Ethernet services across its transatlantic submarine cable network. Hibernia Atlantic owns and operates a fast, direct connection between North America and the U.K., Ireland, and mainland Europe.

Much as it conducted field trials of 100-Gbps technology before this week’s announcement of commercial deployment, Verizon has embarked on trials of 10-Gbps GPON FTTP technology. The carrier announced yesterday that it conducted the tests in southern Massachusetts using equipment from Huawei.

IPITEK, a designer, developer, manufacturer, and supplier of video-optimized intelligent broadband networks, has announced that its Internet Media Transport (IMTRAN) division has unveiled a new software release for its MSP-1GE and MSP-10G transporter platforms. The new System 3.2 software, which the company says improves operational performance of Ethernet-based business services and features the Node Wizard Network Management System, recently successfully completed a field trial in an 80-node  multisystem operator's (MSO) metro network.

Lightower Fiber Networks, a metro fiber network and bandwidth service provider serving the northeast United States, has successfully tested the use of 100-Gbps (100G) technology on its existing optical network. Conducted over a period of four days using Nortel's (OTC: NRTLQ) commercially available 100G technology, Lightower sent production network traffic error-free over a 100G link spanning 600 km from New York to Boston.