Performance monitoring is moving front and centre in optical networking, especially as channel speeds increase, channel spacing becomes denser and topologies change.
As Lucent Technologies Inc. directors reportedly meet this week to discuss a merger with Alcatel SA, analysts say it's unlikely the two will come together.
Just when you thought the news couldn't get any worse, New York-based financial services firm UBS Warburg LLC said last month that carriers have already spent as aggressively as they will from quarter to quarter this year.
Nortel Networks said late last month it will implement Multi-protocol Label Switching as a common signaling protocol across its entire optical, wireless and core IP product line.