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Bookham Supplies Full-Band Tunable Pluggable Transceiver to Ciena
Thursday, July 17, 2008
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bookham, Inc.
(Nasdaq: BKHM) today announced that it has begun supply of its TL8000
full-band tunable pluggable transceiver to Ciena(R) Corporation, the network
specialist. Ciena plans to use this 10Gb/s module across its high-end
switching and transmission systems including its CoreDirector(R) Multiservice
Switch, CoreStream(R) Agility Optical Transport System and CN 4200(R)
FlexSelect(TM) Advanced Services Platform for both core and metro network
applications.
"We made the decision to use this next-generation footprint tunable
pluggable module for our 10Gb/s transmission to provide our customers superior
shelf density, pay-as-you-grow optical scalability and reduced hardware
sparing," said James Zik, senior product marketing manager at Ciena. "The
Bookham product offers Ciena the ability to achieve flexible, multi-reach
10Gb/s integration with removable line-side optics for enhanced service
ability at lower cost points, as well as the ability to incorporate unforeseen
future enhancements on a per-channel basis."
The LambdaFLEX(TM) TL8000 module utilizes fully Telcordia qualified
Bookham components, including the Bookham tunable transmitter with indium
phosphide Mach Zehnder (InP MZ) modulator and DSDBR wideband tunable laser.
The TL8000 also includes the Bookham 10Gb/s Avalanche Photo Diode (APD)
Receiver combined with cutting edge electronic dispersion compensation (EDC),
which provides enhanced performance in low OSNR environments, and makes the
product suitable for use across both long haul and metro links.
"The selection by Ciena is a real statement about the quality and maturity
of our tunable pluggable technology," said Bookham VP Telecom Sales, Yves
LeMaitre. "Our TL8000 makes the convergence of fullband tunability and
faceplate pluggability a market reality, and achieves the ultimate component
-- a 'universal' transceiver providing customers with new levels of
flexibility, agility, performance and market differentiation.
"Bookham is now firmly established as the leader in tunable technology; we
are seeing significant growth in market share with our iTLA (integrable
Tunable Laser Assembly), and both our TTA (Tunable Transmitter Assembly) and
TSFF (Tunable Small Form Factor Transponder) were industry firsts. The tunable
pluggable transceiver now offers customers a third technology option for
10Gb/s optical transmission," concluded LeMaitre.
Bookham and Ciena will show the new device on the Bookham booth (#99) at
the upcoming ECOC Exhibition in Brussels, September 22-24, 2008.
To further enhance the tunable pluggable portfolio, Bookham is developing
tunable XFP-E, and XFP MSA standard devices, and other transceiver formats are
under review.
For a high resolution version of the Bookham TL8000, please email
gemma@bcspr.co.uk
About Bookham
Bookham, Inc. is a leading provider of high performance optical products,
spanning from components to advanced subsystems. The company designs and
manufactures a broad range of solutions tailored for the telecommunications
optical infrastructure and selected markets, including industrial, life
sciences, semiconductor, and scientific. The Company utilizes proprietary core
technologies and a vertically integrated manufacturing organization to provide
its customers with cost-effective and innovative devices, as well as flexible,
scalable product delivery. Bookham is a global company, headquartered in San
Jose, Calif., with leading edge chip fabrication facilities in the UK and
Switzerland, and manufacturing sites in the US and China.
Bookham and all other Bookham, Inc. product names and slogans are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Bookham, Inc. in the USA or other
countries.
SOURCE Bookham, Inc.
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