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...ADVA Optical Networking Public company based in Munich, Germany Chief Strategy Officer: Brian Protiva What it does: Wave division multiplexing, a low-cost way of boosting transmission capacity of existing fiber facilities Why it is hot: Big companies are running out of room to store data. ADVA's products allow flexible ways to deal with data storage, such as monster warehouses renting space www.advaoptical.com...
...What it does: Makes active and passive optical components Why it is hot: As one of the few companies that can offer a full range of products, it's catching up to U.S. rivals in market share and is currently bidding $5 billion to buy rival Lucent Technologies' optic fiber unit www.alcatel.com/optronics...
...Optillion Private company based in Kista, Sweden CEO: Patrik Evaldsson What it does: Produces fiber-optic Ethernet 10-Gbps (and above) transceivers, which offer better, lower-cost Ethernet at 10 times the current speed Why it is hot: Its innovations are expected to lead to low-cost, high-speed connections for consumers www.optillion.com...
...Southampton Photonics Private company based in Southampton, England Chairman: David Payne What it does: Produces DFB fiber laser arrays, optical filters and broadband optical amplifiers Why it is hot: Its pioneering technology enables the transmission of light over huge distances without the added expense of electronics www.southamptonphotonics.com...
...with the wiring the university has done in the past decade, it can’t be that difficult to slip some fiber-optic wires in with the other cables already there...