Optical Keyhole Carries Presentations from Ciena, Tellabs, Infinera and Others

Optical Keyhole - http://www.opticalkeyhole.com - the premier online source for information on the optical industry - is carrying a series of presentations recorded at IIR’s WDM Conference in Cannes, June 2007. All the presentations can be found on http://www.opticalkeyhole.com/moonlight/whatsnew.asp 1. Infinera Corp: (NASDAQ:INFN): The presentation by Presented by Serge Melle, VP Technical Marketing, examines different ROADM architectures, including optical ROADMs, digital ROADMs and hybrid solutions, looking at photonic integration as a key enabler. 2. ADVA Optical Networking: The Presentation by Stephan Rettenberger, Marketing Director, considers second mile network infrastructure, looks at bandwidth requirements for IPTV and other premium services, whilst highlighting a capex study on optical transport and proposing the most efficient triple play solution. 3. Belgacom Intl Carrier Services: Patrick George, VP Marketing & Product Management, shares insights into the changing business demands of customers, highlighting areas where investment is needed with regard to the evolving optical network, and considers how to maintain profitability under pricing pressures. 4. Ciena Corp (NASDAQ:CIEN): Vincent Morin, Senior Director, Systems Engineering, EMEA, examines the technology and architecture of the wavelength services network in light of new high-capacity packet-based services, including hardware and software requirements, adoption of OTN standards and use of ROADMs. 5. Tellabs Inc (NASDAQ:TLAB): Kim Papakos, Senior Product Manager, explores market drivers for 40G and beyond in the metro, as well as operator requirements, highlighting the technical challenges that must be overcome to deliver 40G on metro ROADM-based networks. 6. Transmode AB: Jon Baldry, Technical Marketing Manager, identifies the drivers for developing flexible metro WDM networks, then considers the architectural choices using ROADMs in optical rings and where, why and how they might be best deployed. 7. BTI Photonics: Glenn Thurston, VP Marketing, highlights growth drivers for WDM at the network edge, including backhaul from last mile devices, Ethernet and wavelength service delivery, considering how increasing bandwidth demand is driving the development of a new class of optical devices, including micro ROADM. 8. SFR: Ramesh Vasudevan, Senior Manager, Transport Network, addresses capacity and economic pressures on the mobile network, key drivers for WDM deployment, building an optical core network to carry NGN and 3G/HSDPA traffic as well as upgrading optical networks in the access and backhaul. About Optical Keyhole: www.opticalkeyhole.com carries an exhaustive range of interviews from the telecommunications sector, 254 different videos, covering both presentations and facility tours, as well as CEO interviews, 50,000 different articles, in a fully searchable database, and 2000 editorials and commentaries. In addition, the website carries a host of directories covering all aspects of both present as well as past companies, with particular emphasis on the optical segment.