Media Coverage
2008
OIDA Photonic Integration Forum
by Jeff Ferry, fibresystems.org, 10/7/2008
"The two most interesting themes of the conference's first day were scalability and power consumption."
Photonic integration diverges down two paths
Lightwave, October, 2008
"We always come back to is being able to double the bandwidth on a chip every three years," said Infinera's Dave Welch.
Cox Builds a Backbone
Light Reading's Cable Digital News, 7/15/2008
"We [will have] the ability to turn up how much capacity we need, and do it at our pace, as well," said Cox's Randy Kinsey.
Telecom warning: Take steps to innovate, or else
CedMagazine.com, 6/20/2008
"We're in danger of bottlenecking the growth of the Internet," said Infinera President and CEO Jagdeep Singh in his keynote address to NXTcomm08.
Demo shows progress on 100G Ethernet
EE Times, 6/12/2008
"We are already seeing strong interest from some of our largest customers who are asking when we will support 100G in the wide area for applications like linking remote data centers," said Randy Nicklas, chief technology officer at XO.
Infinera gets active about passives
fibresystems.org, 6/12/2008
"If there's one word to describe Infinera it's integration...[Infinera] is doing on the passive optical side what we've already achieved on the active PIC side."
Zayo lights Northeastern 'express lane'
Telephony Online, 5/22/2008
"Zayo also plans to keep using Infinera gear to expand throughout New Jersey, West Virginia, Tennessee and Indiana."
Interoute CTO Blames Vendors for Confusion
Light Reading Europe, 4/15/2008
"Technical capabilities have changed the economies of optical transport," stated Finnie.
Optical Vendors Face PIC Challenges
Light Reading, 3/24/2008
"The lead that Infinera has is pretty amazing,...A significant lead in the optical business is typically about six months, and this company is realistically about four years ahead of systems suppliers and component suppliers."
Infinera unveils photonic roadmap
fibresystems.org, 2/26/2008
"The company is demonstrating a 400 Gbit/s photonic integrated circuit (PIC) here at OFC/NFOEC."
400 Gigabit Photonic Integrated Circuit Slated by Infinera
ScreenPlays Magazine, 2/21/2008
"With plans to introduce a 400 Gbps PIC, the company is raising the bar."
Infinera Obliterates Q4 Estimates
Light Reading, 1/31/2008
"Infinera is getting sales from a wider customer base."
Equinix Calls on Infinera
Light Reading, 1/29/2008
"Equinix Chief Technologist Lane Patterson says Infinera has point-and-click provisioning and an easy-to-use self-managing platform."
XO Sweats its Optical Assets
Light Reading, 1/21/2008
"Underpinning the offer is the Infinera Corp. gear that XO has been deploying during the past 18 months or so."
2007
Brits Build Backbone With Infinera
Light Reading Europe, 12/19/2007
"We've pretty much built a national network in eight weeks...and can increase capacity at the push of a button."
Survive the wait for faster Ethernet
ComputerWeekly, 11/27/2007
"Moving to 100 Gbps is a big leap...However the Internet never stands still."
Keeping Pace at Infinera
Silicon Valley Business Journal, 11/23/2007
"Infinera will change the future of optical telecommunication networks," says Vinod Khosla.
LHC data transport at SC07
iSGTW International Science Grid this Week, 11/21/2007
Internet2, Infinera, and 5 other organizations demonstrated a 40Gb/s network designed to carry data from the world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider.
Infinera Momentum Continues
Light Reading, 10/24/2007
"With all this momentum, it's little surprise that Light Reading readers have taken notice."
Infinera Pulls a 360
Light Reading, 10/8/2007
"By deploying Infinera, 360networks can put services anywhere without regard to the wavelength infrastructure."
100-GigE Not Coming Soon Enough
Light Reading, 10/2/2007
"Standards for 100-Gbit/s Ethernet don't look as if they'll arrive quickly enough."
Infinera's InP Demo Heralds 10 Tbit/s Systems
Compoundsemiconductor.net, 9/21/2007
"We now have PIC networks that can span the entire fiber bandwidth, without a fiber-based optical amplifier."
Infinera Offers Super-Lambda Services
Fibre Systems Europe, September, 2007
"Our solution enables a streamlined operational model by enabling the 40 Gbit/s circuit to be provisioned, managed, protected and monitored as a single logical circuit."
Infinera Reports Second Quarter Earnings
Bloomberg News, 8/2/2007
"Infinera reported this week that invoiced shipments...more than tripled in the second quarter to $69 million."
Data Services Growth Pushes Cox to 800-Gigabit Optical Backbone
Screen Plays Magazine, August, 2007
"Infinera gives us speed of provisioning and flexibility in the face of uncertainty."
What are photonic integrated circuits?
Capacity Magazine, January, 2007
"It's quite possible that the same rapid advances seen in electronic ICs will be experienced in photonic ICs."
World's Fastest Optical Chip
MIT Technology Review, January - February, 2007
"Photonic integration becomes the technology that enables the Internet to grow."
Industry debates merits of 100GbE transmission
Lightwave, 1/1/2007
"Ethernet as a protocol has a lot of advantages as the next scaling step-stone..."
2006
What's holding up 40G?
Lightwave, 12/1/2006
"...Infinera has joined eight other vendors to establish the X40 multisource agreement (MSA) to develop a multirate 40-Gbit/sec optical transceiver that is only 2.5x more expensive than its 10-Gbit/sec counterpart."
A Better Fibre Glut
Financial Times, 11/8/2006
"telcos and internet service providers are now chasing speed of service delivery, and no longer price, from their bandwidth suppliers..."
Infinera Engineers Win LEOS Aron Kressel Award
China Fiber-Optic News, October, 2006
"It's great that we won this award, but it should be emphasized that we are representing a team of people here at Infinera, all of whom were involved in making this happen," says Dr. Rick Schneider...
Infinera Muscles into Interoute
Light Reading, 10/30/2006
"Optical equipment hotshot Infinera Corp. has secured itself another toehold in Europe with a deployment at pan-European carrier Interoute Telecommunications Ltd."
Watch and Learn
Capacity Magazine, October, 2006
"As a technology leader, Internet2 wanted its network deployed on the most up-to-date network platforms..."
Telecom Texas Hold'em
LightReading.com, 9/21/2006
"Infinera appears to be taking orders for long-haul optical DWDM systems as fast as the waitress at Dakota's jotted down our orders for prime dry-aged beef."
XO Lights Up
XChange Magazine, August, 2006
"The Infinera gear will allow XO to reduce its costs by about 30 percent..."
Infinera's PICs Generating Interest Among Carriers, Vendors Alike
Lightwave, 8/1/2006
"Infinera's 1.6-Tbit/sec PIC is representative of the kind of Moore's Law data rate increases the company has achieved over the last three years, and it has some of its competitors nervous."
Digital Vision Threatens Incumbent Telcos
Compound Semiconductor, 5/1/2006
CEO Jagdeep Singh discusses Infinera strategy with Compound Semiconductor Magazine
Photonic Integration, Get Set for the Revival
FibreSystems Europe, May, 2006
FibreSystems Europe looks at Infinera's role in the growing trend towards photonic integration.
XO Selects Infinera for Optical Network Upgrade
XChange Magazine, March, 2006
"XO Communications has selected Infinera?s DTN optical system to upgrade and expand its core long-haul backbone network and introduce new higher-capacity services."
2005
Startup Infinera Knocks Nortel Out Of The 10 Gb/s Box PDF
Broadband Business Forecast, November, 2005
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