The Infinera Vision

In detail: Tracking the 100G path
FierceTelecom,  1/25/2012
"The big winners, short-term, will likely be network vendors, particularly...Infinera"

Global warming could enable undersea Arctic telecom route
Network World,  1/23/2012
"For example, conference sponsor Infinera touted its 100G Ethernet switching capacity with NTT partner Pacific Crossing's 9,500-kilometer transpacific cable. Their target is to access Asia's 922 million Internet users, according to their strategic vision."

Frontier Taps Infinera for Metro Network
Telecompetitor,  1/12/2012
"We are very pleased with the simplicity and efficiency of Infinera?s DTN and ATN solutions."

Frontier plugs Infinera into its Pennsylvania metro optical network
Fierce Telecom,  1/11/2012
"By deploying Infinera's ATN, Frontier can support its metro optical network transport foundation for the traditional broadband, business and wholesale services it sells to wireless operators. The ATN acts as an extension to the telco's core network that's based on Infinera's DTN platform"

Netflix launches in UK
Total Telecom,  1/9/2012
"Operators should see [the UK launch of Netflix] as an opportunity to future proof their network with the innovative technologies available."

New efforts to extend Moore's Law
San Jose Mercury News,  12/5/2011
"Infinera of Sunnyvale already sells equipment containing photonic chips it developed to cable companies, Internet content providers and others who transmit data across fiber-optic networks. Referencing Moore's Law in its most recent annual report, the company said it expects to double the data-carrying capacity of its photonic chips every three years."

Developers push for faster optical Ethernet speeds
ConnectedPlanet,  11/11/2011
"By basing super-channels on PICs, Infinera said operators will be able to provision 500 Gb/s with a single operational maneuver. That's the sort of capability that can eliminate the need to break high-bandwidth transmissions into multiple lower-speed paths in the wide area network?and people involved in advanced networking have noted that significant efficiencies can be obtained when that capability is available."

TeliaSonera, Infinera Do a California Terabit
Telecom Ramblings,  11/7/2011
"The two announced a Terabit optical transmission based on 500Gbps super-channels on a 1105km route between Los Angeles and San Jose."

Infinera, TeliaSonera test a new terabit network
GigaOm,  11/7/2011
"This is the largest super channel created so far, and it is based on Infinera?s 500 Gbps photonic integrated circuits (PICs)."

Infinera's 100G Goes Undersea
Light Reading,  10/11/2011
"The undersea market will be a big part of the splash Infinera wants to make in 100Gbit/s next year, and that's one market where carriers might want to try different modulation schemes..."

Infinera pushes limits on trans-Pacific transmission
Connected Planet Online,  10/11/2011
"The 9500 km trans-Pacific run demonstrated by Pacific Crossing represents one of the longest--if not the longest--distances traversed at a full 100 Gb/s..."

Infinera trials 100 Gbps undersea with Pacific Crossing
Lightwave Online,  10/11/2011
"The trial, conducted in both directions across a 9,500-km undersea link between the U.S. and Japan, tested elements of Infinera's flagship DTN and its recently announced DTN-X packet optical transport platform."

Increased Demand Drives Deeper Use of WDM
Broadband Technology Report,  10/5/2011
"The reason Infinera is a good match for cable networks is that it offers very cost-effective transmission capabilities. The cable guys really are cost conscious. It also has a lot more flexibility in the metro network than some of the other products out there," said Eve Griliches, principal analyst at ACG Research.

Infinera's new DTN-X platform cuts optical networking power by 50%
Green Telecomlive,  9/25/2011
"In terms of power, the DTN-X platform delivers the same amount of capacity, at 50% of the power..."

Infinera: Hey, we updated the DTN, too
Lightwave Online,  9/19/2011
"Almost lost among the hoopla surrounding its introduction of the DTN-X packet-optical transport platform (see "Infinera debuts DTN-X packet-optical transport platform with 500G PIC, OTN/MPLS support"), Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) also announced last Thursday that it has upgraded its flagship DTN platform with new 40- and 100-Gbps capabilities."

Life in the fast lane, making the terabit age possible
GigaOM,  9/15/2011
"Bringing those massive pipes into the terabit age is behind Infinera's new product...enough to download every single movie that's on Netflix in 5 seconds."

High fives: 5 Terabit OTN switching and 500 Gig super-channels
Gazettabyte,  9/15/2011
"The message of scalability, simplicity, efficiency, and profitability is just what service providers want to hear," says Dana Cooperson analyst for Ovum.

Infinera debuts DTN-X packet-optical transport platform with 500G PIC, OTN/MPLS support
Lightwave Online,  9/15/2011
"Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, and Co-Founder Dave Welch says that as carriers look to deploy packet-optical transport systems, the cost and efficiency of switched DWDM bandwidth becomes the most prominent metric for evaluating technology options."

There's a New Leader in the Data Arms Race
The Motley Fool,  9/15/2011
"Ultra-fast networking is quite the arms race, and Infinera just leapfrogged almost everybody else in the long-haul equipment market."

Infinera Counts on Local Plant for Alcatel Showdown
Business Week Bloomberg,  9/6/2011
"By keeping its manufacturing nearby, the company is able to fine-tune its components, which convert digital bits into photons for long-distance treks over fiber-optic cables, said CEO Tom Fallon."

Infinera Helps to Restore Pacnet's Network After Japan Earthquake
Web Host Industry Review,  6/30/2011
"It took the Infinera Japanese support team less than four weeks to install, commission and test the entire new 400Gb/s of capacity."

Infinera: Trendy?
LightReading,  6/21/2011
"Bennett's claim that Infinera's technology is relatively easy to deploy and manage isn't so much up for debate these days, given the number of operators willing to testify to those attributes."

Keeping up with the internet
BBC News,  5/18/2011
"We believed then and we've proven since, that it's possible to take integrated circuit technology that was originally developed for electronics, and apply that same technology to optical components."

Infinera details Terabit PICs, 5x100G devices set for 2012
Gazettabyte,  3/11/2011
"We think we can drive the system from where it is today--8 Terabits-per-fibre--to around 25 Terabits-per-fibre"

The Terabit Age is Almost Upon Us
GigaOM,  3/10/2011
"Infinera has demonstrated that it can build an integrated optic transmitter capable of delivering terabit per second speeds, paving the way for growth of the next generation of the Internet."

OFC/NFOEC 2011: Infinera to Add ROADMs, MPLS
LightReading,  3/9/2011
" 'It needs to be done at a dollars-per-switched-Gbit/s that makes sense,' Infinera Chief Strategy Officer David Welch said, using Infinera's preferred metric for describing its equipment's costs."

Terabit Photonic Integration for Next Generation Optical Networks
CompoundSemiconductor,  3/2/2011
"Infinera's InP monolithic PIC contains more than 150 optical components, which are all integrated onto a single chip smaller than a fingernail."

Global Crossing Overhauls Wavelength Offerings, Goes 40G
Telecom Ramblings,  1/17/2011
"International network operator Global Crossing has added substantial muscle to its wholesale wavelength offerings."

Infinera Flexes Its Modulators
LightReading,  1/17/2011
"Software configurability lets Infinera cover many modulation cases with just a handful of line cards."

CxO Download: Tom Fallon of Infinera
Light Reading,  1/14/2011
"Tom Fallon took over as CEO of Infinera in January 2010 from company co-founder Jagdeep Singh, after serving as COO and VP of engineering and operations going back to 2003."

Product Pioneers
Capacity Magazine,  11/10/2010  
"Infinera continues to innovate, recently trialling a 500G photonic IC..."

Reducing Power Consumption in Optical Networks through Photonic Integration
Africa Telecoms,  11/1/2010
"DWDM systems based on PIC technology will become an essential tool for the service provider that wishes to drive down electrical power use as the internet continues to scale."

Optical Networking Firm Infinera Names Chairman
The WHIR,  10/29/2010
"Infinera announced on Friday it has appointed Kambiz Hooshmand chairman of the board of directors and named Infinera co-founder Dr. David Welch to the board of directors."

Bridgelux's fastest, cheapest option: Livermore
San Francisco Chronicle,  9/20/2010
"One high-tech company with a local manufacturing story is Infinera..."

XO conducts coherent 100 Gbps optical network trial
FierceTelecom,  9/3/2010
"XO Communications looks forward to the increased capacity and superior efficiency we anticipate these 100G systems will deliver..."

Infinera 100G Checkup
LightReading,  9/2/2010
?the company has announced a trial with XO Communications Inc. using the coherent 500-Gbit/s photonic integrated circuit (PIC) -- five 100-Gbit/s channels."

The Bottom Line Debate: IPoDWDM vs. OADMS
Communications Technology,  9/1/2010
"Modern digital ROADMs, which economically integrate all three of these technologies [PICs, GMPLS, all-digital OTN] in a single platform, allow digital optical networks to be built which provide a higher degree of inter-layer coupling and with greater flexibility than can be accomplished with all-optical IPoDWDM and ROADM solutions."

Colt Taps Infinera for Ultra-Low-Latency Service
Light Reading,  8/23/2010
"Infinera has been working with Colt over the past two years to address the latency challenge."

Technology Races to Meet Tide of Data
New York Times,  8/1/2010
"Mr. Bergaz inserted four Infinera line cards along the route of an Interoute customer...The installation turned a fiber optic cable the thickness of a human hair into a high-speed digital fire hose."

Stimulus slow to break ground but generating jobs
Connected Planet,  6/2/2010
"The company expects to use much of the same equipment that underlies its existing network, which is largely based on products from Infinera."

Infinera PICs 100Gbps coherent
Gazettabyte,  May, 2010
"This announcement marks a shift in Infinera's strategy to focus on 100Gbps and gain a technology edge by offering the highest line speed at an unmatched density."

Company Watch: Infinera
MIT Technology Review,  May, 2010
"To select the 50 most innovative companies in the world, the editors of Technology Review looked for those that over the last year have demonstrated their superiority at inventing technology and using it both to grow as businesses and to transform how we live."

Infinera unveils low-latency strategy
Lightwave,  4/21/2010
"The speed gain from 1 to 10 Gbps is significant - just under a microsecond"

Rebuilding Bay Area manufacturing talk's focus
San Francisco Chronicle,  April, 2010
"Infinera now employs about 1,000 people, most of them in Silicon Valley, and dominates the North American market for such equipment."

UK promised 100Mbps broadband
TelecomsEurope,  March, 2010
"Conventional core optical networks will need to be completely upgraded in order to cope with this level of increased bandwidth demand," product director Geoff Bennett said.

Tories promise superfast broadband
guardian.co.uk,  March, 2010
"Geoff Bennett, product director at network technology company Infinera, said: 'Without a complete examination of core (and metro, and so-called second mile) networks and a technology overhaul, there is a risk that the entire network would come to a screaming halt the day the 100 megabit access pipes were turned on.'"

Cities must act fast on Google broadband offer
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal,  February, 2010
"Anything that will drive higher broadband speeds to residences and businesses will only benefit the entire ecosystem."

Jagdeep Singh's Infinera effect
Gazettabyte,  12/27/2009
"We are looking to lead the 40 Gig market."

Computers Make The World Go Round
Woman Engineer Magazine,  Fall 2009  
"One of the most dynamic sectors in engineering is photonic materials," says Infinera PIC engineer Sheila Hurtt.

Photonic Integration: Bent on disruption
Gazettabyte,  10/26/2009
"Bandwidth growth is forcing us to consider architectures not considered before."

Infinera's new metro edge gear goes PIC-less
Telephony,  10/19/2009
"The ATN can exchange wavelengths directly with DTNs."

Anchors Away at Infinera
Telecom Ramblings,  9/2/2009
"Yesterday, Infinera announced its new product line for undersea cables."

Infinera Goes Underwater
Light Reading,  9/1/2009
"Submarine business is on the rise."

Cox Backbone Grows with ROADMs
Communications Technology Magazine,  8/18/2009
"It has been a godsend," Pellegri said.

Big Purple Truck
Fibre Systems Europe,  6/30/2009
"Setting up a new connection takes just 20 minutes with Infinera's kit, compared to 3-4 days using competitor's equipment."

Infinera Bolsters Colt's Backbone
Light Reading Europe,  6/22/2009
"To be able to do these things at the speed we have done with Infinera products is unheard of," says the CTO.

Infinera, a small tech company, is growing in the Lehigh Valley
The Morning Call,  5/29/2009
"'This is the best type of economic development that a community could ask for,' said US Congressman Charlie Dent."

Viking Victory for Infinera
Light Reading Europe,  4/30/2009
"In terms of products, Infinera's was the only future-proof product we saw."

Environment pays the price for boom in laptops and mobiles
The Sunday Times,  4/19/2009  
"Infinera's next-generation chip will have enough data capacity to carry 1.2m YouTube videos, compared with 300,000 today, and will improve energy efficiency by 80%."

Fiber Sets Stage for Rural Broadband
Communications Technology,  3/30/2009
Infinera "is positioned to reap some of the benefits of the broadband stimulus."

Infinera Aims to Give Undersea Fiber Networks a Makeover
GigaOM,  3/23/2009
Infinera has been one of the optical industry's disruptors, helping to boost capacity and lower the costs of both inter- and intracity networks. Now the company is turning its attention to subsea networks...

Chips that take data speeds flying off the scale
by Jeff Ferry and Radha Nagarajan, FinancialTimes.com,  2/25/2009
"The dramatic growth of the silicon chip industry has been based on the ability of technologists to engineer ever more powerful chips by increasing the density of transistors packed on to each chip. The rise of photonic integrated circuits shows that indium phosphide-based chips are pursuing a similar path."

Infinera Sweeps MSOs, Looks Abroad
Light Reading,  1/6/2009
"Infinera Corp. has kicked off 2009 with a reminder of its success in the U.S. cable market, a prediction of renewed customer base growth, confidence about its potential for prolonged technical superiority in the optical market, and an eye on international markets."