Fiber-Optic Communications

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	2002	Download Aug.–Dec. 2002 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2002: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2003
November -		Market Forecasts and the Telecom Industry's Recovery
October -		Telecom Threats and Opportunities from China
September -		VoIP Threat to ILECs Advances
August -		Recent Developments: Ethernet Developments • London FSO Deployment
July -		Free-Space Optics Update Commercial Development Parameters: Bankrupt Carriers
June -		Recent Developments: Novel Ultrafast Band Monitoring • Intel Continues Push into Optical Networking Industry Commercial Development Parameters: Market Analysts Still Optimistic Explorer Announcement
May -		High-Speed Electronics Commercial Development Parameters: U.K. Convergence of Media and Telecom Regulators
April -		Carrier Bankruptcies and the Industry Landscape Recent Developments: Carrier-Class Linux • FTTx Update
March -		Recent Developments: Developments in DWDM Devices • Vendors Revise Photonic Switch Strategies • Polymer Microstructured Fibers
February -		Trenchless Deployment Techniques for Access Networks

	2001
Dec/Jan -		2001: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2002
November -		Access Networks
October -		Recent Developments: Lucent Adds NETs Value • Mirror Switch Boosts DWDM • Mindspeed Launches 20-Gbit/s Technology • Agere Takes Optics Further Commercial Development Parameters: Buffeted Optics Market Shows Signs of Recovery
September -		Patent for Key Soliton Technology Recent Developments: Qwest and Free-Space Optics • Database of Fiber Routes: Fast Roll-Out
August -		Tunable Lasers
July -		Raman Amplification: Increasing Reach and Capacity Commercial Development Parameters: No Bandwidth Glut
June -		Ethernet in Metro Networks The Technology in Brief: Electroholographic Switching
May -		Opportunities in Microstructured Fibers
April -		40 Gbit/s per Channel Systems: Challenges, Demand, and Deployment
March -		The Rise of Storage Traffic in Metro Networks Recent Developments: FTTH Costs
February -		Deployment Trends of DWDM in Metro and Long-Haul Markets

	2000
Dec/Jan -		2000: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2001
November -		MPLS: Delivering Advanced Capabilities to IP Networks
October -		Recent Developments: Spin Polarization: The Next DWDM? Commercial Development Parameters: FTTB Threatened by Freespace Optical Networks The Technology in Brief: Wideband-WDM: Cost-Effective Capacity Enhancement for Short-Haul Applications
September -		Competition and Convergence: IP Telephony Crosses Boundaries
August -		POF World 2000: Conference Review
July -		Dark Fiber and Capacity Exchange: The Changing Economics of Broadband Capacity
June -		Optical Fibers Market Diversifies Recent Developments: Buyouts and Record Revenues
May -		All-Optical Cross-Connect Technology
April -		The Internet, Fiber Optics, and Speed Recent Developments: Supplier to Financial Service Firms • Lucent to Fill Demand • Nortel's All-Optical Switch Technology • Intel to Acquire Optical Chip Firm • Fiber to the Window
March -		Recent Developments: Viatel Acquires AT&T's U.K. Subsidiary • Infineon Will Float • Altitun Completes Second Round of Financing • Global Crossing Links 13 European Cities • Tyco Will Build Own Undersea Network
February -		Recent Developments: Qwest Plans All-Optical Network • Lucent Announces First All-Optical MEMS-Based Transport Device • Alcatel Will Buy Canada's Newbridge Networks • Lucent Will Build BT's Backbone

	1999
Dec/Jan -		1999: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2000
November -		Passive Optical Networks for a Broadband Local Loop
October -		A New Breed of Telecom Operators Shakes Up the Incumbents
September -		Optical-Fiber Network Planning
August -		Explorer Technology Charts
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July -		Internet Protocol over Fiber
June -		Broadband Internet Drives Backbone Capacity Recent Developments: Industry Groups Make SONET Friendlier
May -		Underseas Networks: Project Oxygen
April -		Recent Developments: Qwest In Distribution Deal With Power Company Association • Fiber Use to Increase Rapidly in Building Backbones • Lucent Deal Worth $150 Million • JDS Fitel and Uniphase Merge • Alcatel's Fiber in China
March -		FSAN: Global Initiative Focuses on Fiber
February -		Recent Developments: Nortel's Tunable Laser Diode to Facilitate WDM • New Multimode Fibers from Corning for Premise and Campus Networks • Ultra-high-Speed Experimental Soliton Transmissions • BICC-Sural Fiber Venture in Venezuela • Secure Optical Communications from Chaos • Fluorine Substitution of Hydrogen for Low-Loss GI-POF • IP over WDM in Frontier's New Network Architecture • WDM Link between United Kingdom and France

	1998
Dec/Jan -		1998: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1999
November -		Optical Switching and All-Optical Networks Recent Developments: Micromechanical Fiber Switch
October -		Recent Developments: Optical Fiber with Extended Frequency Response • Hermes Europe Railtel Contract for Ciena • New WDM Equipment from Hitachi Telecom • 1310-Nanometer Optical Amplifier from Galileo • Energis Alliance with France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom • WorldCom's Arrival in Australian Business Districts • Improved Method for Manufacturing Plastic Fiber
September -		Communications Networks for Electric Utilities
August -		HFC Deployment by Cable-Television Companies in Europe and North America
July -		Recent Developments: 3M and Corning's Advancement of Fiber to the Desk • ViperCore Support for Volition • Latest WDM System from Lucent Technologies • Railroad Rights of Way in Italy • Precision Laser Welding of Protective Fiber Jackets • Denser Cable Packages from Boron Coatings
June -		Fiber Deployment Strategies of European Telcos
May -		U.S. Railroads and Rights of Way for Fiber-Optic Communications Recent Developments: Expanding German Railroad/Telco Network
April -		Recent Developments: Fiber in New York Residences • Manufacture of ZBLAN Glass in Near-Zero Gravity • Advance of Gradium Glass • Fiber Cabling to Begin in Thailand • WorldCom European Network • Fiber-Optic Transport of HDTV Data
March -		Premise Data Networks and Fiber to the Desk Recent Developments: Advance in Fiber Splicing
February -		Fiber-Optic Power in the Local Loop

	1997
Dec/Jan -		1997: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1998
November -		Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
October -		Recent Developments: Fiber Optics in Radio Astronomy • Competition in Switzerland • Cable-Television Transmission at 1550 Nanometers • Telstra's Fiber Deployment • OTDR Technology Acquisition • Energis Trial of 10-Gbit/s SDH • High-Speed TDM
September -		Fiber-Optic Lighting Recent Developments: FOLS for Disney Parades • Fiber-Optic Sign for AT&T
August -		European Market Development Overview
July -		Recent Developments: 80-Gbit/s Transmission Record • Fiber in the NYNEX Loop • Universal Coupler for WDM • Optical Amplifier Developments • Fiber-Optic CCTV-Network Upgrade • Hermes Europe Railtel Update
June -		Digital Subscriber Line: A Rebuttal of Fiber in the Local Loop
May -		Fiber-Optic Test Equipment
April -		Telecommunications Competition in Colorado Promotes Fiber Market • Continental Cablevision Offers High-Speed Internet Access • Grey Cell Systems Releases a Card for Fiber-Optic LANs • European Commission Sponsors Photonic Research Projects • Trans-Atlantic Fiber Activity Intensifies
March -		Light Sources
February -		Fiber-Optic Interconnects

	1996
Dec/Jan -		1996: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1997
November -		Terabit Transmission Records • 16-Channel WDM System • Undersea Cable Developments • Fiber-Optic Transmission System for Stanford University • Establishment of Fiber-Optic Cable Division • Plastic Optical Fiber Developments • Fiber-Optic Market Growth in China
October -		OTDM Update • Lucent Cable Contracts • Full-Service Network Trial for Telstra • New Laser Products from SDL • Fiber for Rural Areas • New Optical Fiber Plant in India
September -		Fiber Bragg Gratings
August -		The 1996 Telecommunications Act
July -		Optoelectronics Project • Fiber-Optic Control of Spacecraft • Photocurable Polyimide Protective Fiber Coating • Fiber-Optic Network for Russian Bank • Fiber-Optic-Cable Plant Expansion • Multimedia Trials in Switzerland • Utility Entrant to U.S. Telecommunications Market • Video Transmission System
June -		Splicing and Connecting of Optical Fibers • Connectors in Fly-by-Light Control Systems • Laser Alignment
May -		Plastic Optical Fiber in Local-Area Networks • Wavelength-Division Multiplexing Demonstration • Optical Fiber for WDM • Soliton Transmission • OTDR Emulation Software
April -		Eastern European Markets
March -		High-Capacity Optoelectronic Modulator • Progress of FLAG Undersea Cable • Undersea Cable to Circle Africa • Structural Integrity of Fiber Research • Cable Companies Restructuring Programs • Single-Mode Fault Locator
February -		Military Uses of Optical Fiber
Dec/Jan -		1995: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1996