| Date |
OEM |
Headline |
| 9/15/04 |
Network Elements |
Network Elements Touts Transceiver |
| 9/7/04 |
Opnext |
Opnext launches 10 Gigabit Ethernet XENPAK modules at ECOC |
| 9/3/04 |
Finisar |
Finisar Reports Q1 |
| 9/3/04 |
Bookham |
Bookham Intros New Stuff
LMC10NEH |
| 9/2/04 |
Finisar |
Finisar Announces DWDM SFP Transceiver
Finisar announces 120-km DWDM SFP transceiver |
| 8/31/04 |
TriQuint |
TriQuint to debut XFP 10-Gbit/sec transceivers at ECOC
TRIQUINT OPTOELECTRONICS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF 40km and 80km XFP TRANSCEIVERS
Datasheet
|
| 8/30/04 |
Agilent |
Agilent Shows EDC at ECOC |
| 8/25/04 |
Northlight |
Fabrinet and Northlight Optronics ink three-year volume manufacturing
agreement |
| 8/9/04 |
Misc |
Telecom Bides Time on XFP |
| 8/5/04 |
JDSU |
JDSU Sells Molded Optics Unit |
| 8/3/04 |
Finisar, Infineon |
Finisar Cleared to Buy Infineon FO |
| 7/27/04 |
Bookham |
The rise and rise of XFP |
| 7/22/04 |
MRV |
MRV Reports Q2 |
| 7/20/04 |
Opnext |
Fabrinet signs agreement to manufacture Opnext transceivers |
| 7/19/04 |
Emcore |
EMCORE acquires Corona Optical Systems |
| 7/19/04 |
KeyEye |
KeyEye Supports 10-GE Standard |
| 7/14/04 |
OIF |
OIF approves integratable tunable laser agreement |
| 7/13/04 |
Bookham |
The rise and rise of XFP |
| 7/6/04 |
Big Bear |
Big Bear Hunts 10GigE Market
Big Bear Networks launches 10 Gigabit Ethernet XENPAK module with EDC
technology |
| 6/24/04 |
Bookham |
Bookham to Reincorporate in US |
| 6/15/04 |
Corona |
Corona Releases 12-Channel Pluggables |
| 6/11/04 |
Lightwave-Misc |
XFP not a sure thing yet |
| 6/11/04 |
Opnext |
Evolutionary trends in pluggable optical modules |
| 6/11/04 |
Optillion |
Optillion Adds New 10-Gig Transceivers |
| 6/11/04 |
Opnext |
Opnext Launches Long Range Modules |
| 6/11/04 |
Misc |
EDC
not yet ready for 10-Gigabit Ethernet applications |
| 6/8/04 |
Merge |
Merge, Cube Produce 10 Gbit/s Transceiver |
| 5/24/04 |
Bookham |
Bookham Buys Onetta |
| 5/17/04 |
JDSU, E2O |
JDSU Buys E2O
Analysis: JDSU Buys E2O |
| 5/5/04 |
Bookham |
Nortel to Bookham: Timberrr! |
| 4/29/04 |
JDSU |
JDSU Spooks Investors |
| 4/29/04 |
Finisar, Infineon |
Finisar Buys Infineon Optics |
| 4/20/04 |
List of XFP suppliers |
XFP Prices Plummet |
| 4/14/04 |
Agilent |
Agilent Intros 10-Gig Transceivers |
| 4/9/04 |
Bookham |
Nortel May Be Paying a Parts Premium |
| 4/6/04 |
Fiberxon |
Fiberxon Eyes IPO |
| 4/6/04 |
Misc |
4-Gig for Show |
| 3/31/04 |
Network Elements |
Network Elements Touts Transponder |
| 3/25/04 |
10GBase-CX4 |
10-GigE Copper Heats Up |
| 3/22/04 |
SolarFlare |
SolarFlare Pitches Copper 10GigE |
| 3/17/04 |
Bookham |
Bookham Opens Shenzhen Plant |
| 3/16/04 |
Misc |
Vendors Still Driving LX4 |
| 3/12/04 |
Oplink |
Oplink Migrates East |
| 3/8/04 |
Triquint |
TriQuint Q1 Looking Cheery |
| 3/2/04 |
Finisar |
Finisar Reports Q3 |
| 2/27/04 |
JDSU |
JDS Barrages OFC |
| 2/27/04 |
LR-OFC 04 |
Squeezing Money From Modules |
| 2/26/04 |
EET |
Laser module market realigns |
| 2/26/04 |
Sumitomo/Excelight |
Sumitomo Electric showcases end-to-end optical solutions at OFC
Excelight to Demonstrate New Range of 10G Transceivers at OFC
10Gb/s XFP Optical Transceiver Module |
| 2/26/04 |
Mysticom |
Mysticom Demos 10-GigE Over Copper |
| 2/26/04 |
Light Reading |
XFP No Longer a BFD |
| 2/25/04 |
Intel, Bookham, ... |
Tunables Chart a Comeback |
| 2/24/04 |
Finisar |
Finisar Gets XFP Happy |
| 2/23/04 |
Network Elements |
Network Elements Unveils X2 Transponder |
| 2/23/04 |
Avanex |
Avanex Previews Optical Layer Solutions |
| 2/23/04 |
Opnext |
Opnext Intros 10-GigE Module |
| 2/20/04 |
Triquint/Network Elements |
TriQuint, Network Elements Tout SFF Modules |
| 2/20/04 |
Agilent |
Agilent Previews Testers, Transceivers
Agilent Technologies introduces complete family of 10 Gb optical transceivers
for enterprise, storage and metro networks |
| 2/19/04 |
Infineon |
Infineon Expands Optical Portfolio |
| 2/19/04 |
Avanex |
Avanex Hypes OFC Demos |
| 2/18/04 |
Infineon |
Infineon Spins Out Opto Group |
| 2/12/04 |
Avanex |
Avanex Makes $40.2M Placement |
| 2/10/04 |
Agilent |
Agilent Targets 4-Gig FC |
| 2/10/04 |
E2O |
E2O Completes GigE Collection |
| 2/10/04 |
Bookham |
Bookham Cuts Loss in Q4 |
| 2/9/04 |
Intel |
Intel Debuts 4-Gig Transceivers |
| 2/9/04 |
Misc |
Setting the Stage for Faster FC |
| 2/5/04 |
Optillion |
Optillion Intros 10-GigE Transceiver
Optillion First to Announce Hot Swappable 10 Gbps Ethernet WAN PHY XENPAK
Transceiver |
| 2/4/04 |
Emcore/Molex |
Emcore Reports Q1 |
| 2/4/04 |
OpNext |
Evolutionary trends in pluggable optical modules |
| 2/2/04 |
Bookham |
Bookham Goes 40km With XFP |
| 1/30/04 |
Bookham |
Bookham Previews OFC Stuff |
| 1/22/04 |
Harris |
Harris Intros Tunable Transponder |
| 1/21/04 |
Picolight |
Picolight closes $10-million funding round |
| 1/20/04 |
Agilent |
Agilent announces fiber-optic transceivers for 4-Gbit/sec Fibre Channel |
| 1/19/04 |
Infineon |
Infineon looking at 'strategic options' for optical components operation |
| 1/13/04 |
Berk-Tek/JDSU |
Berk-Tek and JDS Uniphase partner to provide end-to-end multimode fiber
extended distance solution |
| 1/13/04 |
Emcore |
Emcore Intros Lx4 Transceiver |
| 1/12/04 |
Bookham |
Bookham: XFP Leads in MSA War |
| 1/9/04 |
Aduro/Blaze |
Aduro acquires Blaze NP, launches CWDM products |
| 12/8/03 |
Picolight |
Picolight Improves XFP |
| 12/2/03 |
Finisar |
Finisar Halves Q2 Losses |
| 12/1/03 |
Excelight |
ExceLight to ship X2 and XFP tranceivers in Spring 2004 |
| 12/1/03 |
Agilent |
PMC, Agilent Do 10-Gig |
| 12/1/03 |
Emcore |
Emcore Releases 10-Gig Converter |
| 11/20/03 |
Core Optics |
CoreOptics Closes $15M Series C |
| 11/19/03 |
Network Elements/Triquint |
Network Elements Bags $15M |
| 11/19/03 |
Network Elements/Triquint |
Network Elements Gets Partner, Funding |
| 11/18/03 |
Bookham/Ignis/Aeluros |
Bookham, Aeluros Demo 10 Gig Interop |
| 11/18/03 |
JDSU |
JDSU Intros 10-Gig Transponders |
| 11/12/03 |
Infineon, Merge, Scintera |
Trio of companies demonstrate XPak, X2, and Xenpak 10-Gbit/sec serial
multimode interoperability |
| 10/20/03 |
Ignis |
Cisco
Starts Picking XFP |
| 10/15/03 |
E2O |
E2O Ships Transceivers |
| 10/10/03 |
Molex |
Molex Out, Emcore In |
| 10/10/03 |
Finisar |
Finisar Nips 'n' Tucks |
| 10/2/03 |
Molex |
Chip Vendors Vie for Multimode Market |
| 9/29/03 |
OCPI |
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS EVALUATES STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVES |
| 9/25/03 |
Ignis |
Bookham Buys Some More |
| 9/25/03 |
Ignis |
Ignis Optics acquisition by Bookham Technology |
| 9/22/03 |
Merge |
MergeOptics Goes Xenpak |
| 9/22/03 |
OpNext |
Opnext Launches Tunable Transceiver |
| 9/17/03 |
Finisar |
Finisar XFP Goes for Distance |
| 9/12/03 |
Merge |
MergeOptics' 10-GbE X2 module features 300-m transmission over legacy
multimode fiber |
| 9/8/03 |
Finisar |
Finisar Interops With Vitesse, Quake |
| 9/8/03 |
Merge |
MergeOptics Debuts X2 Modules |
| 9/3/03 |
Gigabit Optics |
Gigabit Optics Does LX4 |
| 9/3/03 |
Finisar |
Finisar Q1 Loss Swells |
| 8/28/03 |
Stratos |
Stratos Lightwave Announces First Quarter Results |
| 8/22/03 |
Avanex/Vitesse |
Avanex
Acquires Vitesse’s Optical Systems Division |
| 8/22/03 |
Avanex/Vitesse |
Avanex Adds to Arsenal |
| 8/5/03 |
Infinera |
Infinera's Amp-less Ambition |
| 7/25/03 |
Nortel/Breconridge |
BRECONRIDGE ANNOUNCES MAJOR STRATEGIC
ACQUISITION AND THREE-YEAR
SUPPLY AGREEMENT WITH NORTEL NETWORKS |
| 7/23/03 |
Oplink |
Oplink Becomes Contract Manufacturer |
| 7/23/03 |
Redclover |
RedClover Sets 10-Gig Benchmark |
| 7/7/03 |
Various |
XFP progress eclipses other module types |
| 6/18/03 |
Kodeos |
Kodeos Lands $6M |
| 6/17/03 |
Opnext/Pine Photonics |
Opnext acquires Pine Photonics Communications |
| 6/10/03 |
Vitesse/Multiplex |
Multiplex, Vitesse Transponding |
| 6/9/03 |
Vitesse |
Vitesse Goes Cheap With 10-Gig
Vitesse product brief |
| 6/2/03 |
Finisar |
LR-Finisar Demos DWDM XFP |
| 5/31/03 |
Ignis |
LR-Ignis,
AMCC to Demo 10-Gig Transceiver |
| 5/27/03 |
Intel |
Circadiant to demonstrate automated 10-GbE stressed receiver conformance
test at SuperComm (Intel Xenpak) |
| 5/23/03 |
Ignis |
BitBlitz, Ignis to Demo Together |
| 5/21/03 |
Picolight |
PICOLIGHT EXTENDS eSFP OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER LINE TO SUPPORT EMERGING 4Gbps
MARKET |
| 5/15/03 |
Misc |
LR-10-Gig Testers Turn Up the Heat |
| 4/28/03 |
Finisar |
LR-Finisar Debuts 1000Base-T GBIC |
| 4/16/03 |
Opnext |
Defining the 10 Gb/s Transceiver/Transponder Evolution |
| 4/10/03 |
Bookham |
10G Module Web Page |
| 4/10/03 |
Optium |
10G Module Web Page |
| 4/10/03 |
Triquint |
NetLight-NLX (XFP) 10G optical transceivers for serial applications |
| 4/5/03 |
Triquint |
X2, XFP MSAs |
| 4/5/03 |
Opnext/Hitachi |
Optoelectronics Web Page |
| 4/5/03 |
Intel |
Intel's 10G MSA Lineup |
| 4/4/03 |
Misc |
Lightwave:XFP modules reach for 40 km |
| 4/2/03 |
E2O |
E2O and OFS demonstrate 10-Gbit/sec XFP transmission over 600 meters
at 850 nm |
| 3/25/03 |
Network Elements |
12km XFP Module Brief |
| 3/25/03 |
Network Elements |
Network Elements Debuts XFP Module |
| 3/24/03 |
Picolight |
PICOLIGHT AND IBM ACHIEVE UNPRECEDENTED BANDWIDTH DENSITY FOR OPTICAL
DATA TRANSMISSION |
| 3/24/03 |
Picolight |
PICOLIGHT SLASHES COSTS OF 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET PORTS WITH INDUSTRY'S
MOST COMPLETE FAMILY OF 850nm OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERS |
| 3/21/03 |
Alcatel |
Alcatel
Optronics Offers Transponders |
| 3/21/03 |
Sony |
LR-Sony
to Play in Transceiver Market |
| 3/20/03 |
Opnext |
10G Optical Engines |
| 3/20/03 |
Asip & Ignis |
IGNIS
OPTICS™ AND
ASIP ANNOUNCE 40 KM XFP OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER DEMO-1310nm |
| 3/19/03 |
Xanoptics |
Xanoptix announces pre-emphasis feature for parallel optics product line |
| 3/19/03 |
Merge Optics |
TRX10GFP-XFP MSA |
| 3/19/03 |
Merge Optics |
TRP10GFP-X2
MSA |
| 3/18/03 |
Finisar |
Finisar Announces 40km XFP Optical Transceiver Demo |
| 3/11/03 |
Infineon |
Infineon Intros XFP Modules, Others |
| 3/11/03 |
Infineon |
10G Xpak |
| 3/11/03 |
Infineon |
10G XFP |
| 3/10/03 |
Intel |
XFP
10km Transceiver TXN 18107 |
| 2/14/03 |
Avrio Technologies |
Avrio
Intros 10-Gig Transponder |
| 2/6/03 |
XLight |
LR-XLight
Touts Tiny 10-Gig Transponder |
| 2/4/03 |
Alcatel |
Altcatel
unit could be a tough sell |
| 1/24/03 |
Ignis |
Methodologies
for improving the accuracy and repeatability of SONET OC-48 jitter measurements |
| 1/23/03 |
E2O |
10 Gbit/s
XFP Optical Transceiver - 1310nm |
| 1/23/03 |
E2O |
10 Gbit/s
XFP Optical Transceiver - 850nm |
| 1/23/03 |
E2O |
Website
XFP Web Page |
| 1/20/03 |
Northlight Optronics AB |
LR-VCs
Fund Northlight Optronics |
| 1/20/03 |
Ericsson |
LR-Ericsson
Spins Off Opto Business |
| 1/20/03 |
Finisar |
Finisar
Denies Takeover Talks |
| 1/17/03 |
Finisar |
Will
Emulex Buy Finisar? |
| 1/16/03 |
Ignis |
Ignis
Hires VP Operations |
| 12/8/02 |
Finisar |
XFP
White Paper |
| 11/6/02 |
Ignis |
Ignis
XFP Web Page |
| 11/6/02 |
Ignis |
XFP
Optical Transceivers for 10Gig (850nm & 1310nm) |
| 10/1/02 |
Intel |
New optical packaging required for 10-Gbit/sectransceiver components |
| 9/24/02 |
Finisar |
Finisar
XFP Web Page |
| 9/24/02 |
Agilent |
The Status of the 10GB Standard |