Xtera Communications |
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| Founded: |
1998 |
| Founder: |
Prof. Mohammed Islam |
| Product/Service: |
Fiber optic transmission equipment |
| Location: |
Allen, TX |
| Website: |
xtera.com |
| Xtera Communications specializes in network infrastructure that delivers the highest capacity, reach and density. Our long-haul, Submarine, Metro and WAN technologies combine with our deployment expertise to drive customer success and long term value.
Xtera offers an extensive portfolio of Optical Transport solutions for long-haul, regional, metropolitan and sub-sea networks, and WAN Traffic Management solutions for both enterprise and telecom companies. Xtera's corporate headquarters are located in North America, and its research and development staff is located in centers of excellence around the globe including North America, Europe and Asia. Sales support offices are located around the world, in North America, Europe and Asia. [Xtera Website, Company] |
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| In the News |
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 Apr 19, 2011
LIME, Xtera Finish Up East-West Caribbean Link
LIME, the Caribbean arm of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), and Xtera have finished up work on the Carribean East West Cable network. Spanning 1,700km the new cable hooks up Jamaica, the British Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic. Xtera's gear will enable an initial 120Gbps across the system, with the ability to expand to 720Gbps — higher with future technology.
This is the third cable lately in the region for CWC, following the CBUS and Gemini cables, as the company is adding both capacity and diversity to its incumbent markets. There have also been rumors of some sort of new Bermuda-Spain connectivity in the works.
@ Telecom Ramblings. Rob Powell |
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 Sep 14, 2010
Xtera Communications Introduces Nu-Wave Optima
Nu-Wave Optima -- a next generation flexible platform has been introduced by
Xtera Communications, Inc., a premier global provider of optical and IP networking solutions, for long haul, regional, and metro DWDM applications.
High capacity and performance is delivered by Nu-Wave Optima, with service-specific networks converging into multi-service networks. It also simplifies the overall network infrastructure and operation.
| The service providers, with the help of the new platform are allowed to efficiently scale and tailor multi-purpose network architectures using a common set of high density next generation modules. The modular design of Nu-Wave Optima brings unprecedented network and service flexibility and a lower cost of ownership.
"The flexible Nu-Wave Optima platform establishes a new standard for network convergence," Jon Hopper, president and chief executive officer of Xtera, said. "With a common, integrated set of plug and play modules for long-haul, regional, and metro applications, service providers and major enterprises have broad flexibility to customize their services and scale their networks according to their specific needs. Operators and enterprises can realize immediate operational efficiencies, such as reductions in the number of spares and equipment training, lowering their total cost of ownership without sacrificing capacity and performance."
Nu-Wave Optima helps customers to future-proof their optical infrastructure. The service providers and enterprises, with Xtera's implementation of 100G-ready All-Raman and hybrid EDFA/Raman amplification on the Nu-Wave Optima, can maximize the capacity of their existing fiber plant without costly re-engineering or complex infrastructure upgrades.
Xtera's unique All-Raman amplification can increase capacity up to 15 Terabits per second, whenever the bandwidth requirements continue to increase. The scalability and flexibility that service providers and enterprises need to quickly deploy the revenue generating services required by their customers, is provided by the fully-tunable XFP-based universal 10G muxponders supporting applications and services such as Ethernet, SONET/SDH, SAN, and video.
The Nu-Wave Optima platform, for added flexibility and increased network availability, includes state-of-the-art multi-degree ROADMs, allowing linear, ring, and mesh topologies to be deployed.
Xtera's Nu-Wave Network Management System, a unified management system that provides a true end-to-end network management transport solution, manages and monitors, Nu-Wave Optima. The service providers and enterprises, through Nu-Wave Optima, combined with the integrated NMS, are able to build next generation optical transport networks and meet the demands of the service evolution.
In related news, Xtera Communications Inc., a global provider of optical and IP networking solutions, has acquired Polariq Ltd., a company specializing in solutions for polarization mode dispersion or PMD. |
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@ 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Deepika Mala |
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 Jun 15, 2010
Xtera Communications acquires Polariq Ltd.
Xtera Communications, Inc. has acquired UK-based Polariq Ltd., a company specializing in technology polarization mode dispersion (PMD) mitigation.
"PMD and polarization phenomena have been lifelong issues for the optical communications industry," said Stuart Barnes, founder and chief operating officer of Polariq. "By applying its technology to polarization multiplexing (PM), Polariq's unique patented solution enables more channels per fiber, effectively increasing the overall capacity."
Polarization multiplexing is an essential element of the approach most companies are taking toward coherent detection enabled 40- and 100-Gbps transport. For example, the Optical Internetworking Forum has focused on polarization multiplexed quadrature phase-shift keying for its 100G Long Haul DWDM specification work.
"With Polariq's innovative PM solution, Xtera's customers will be able to take full advantage of maximizing the capacity of their submarine and terrestrial fiber cable systems," said Jon Hopper, president and chief executive officer of Xtera. "This technology reinforces our global leadership in providing leading edge high capacity solutions and enables Xtera to deliver efficient 40G and 100G systems."
@ Lightwave Magazine |
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