Optical Networks

Optical networks are high-capacity telecommunications networks based on optical technologies and components that provide routing, grooming, and restoration at the wavelength level as well as wavelength-based services. As networks face increasing bandwidth demand and diminishing fiber availability, network providers are moving towards a crucial milestone in network evolution: the optical network. An optical network can transmit any information you can imagine -- phone calls, videos, music, live TV transmissions. All of these sources of information …

…Gbps and 40Gbps input/output at scalability from 640 Gbps of switching capacity to over 3.84 Tbps when required. The OPTera Connect DX provides bandwidth and connection management capabilities and supports services from 155 Mbps to 10 Gbps and Gigabit Ethernet, including SONET and SDH network standards. All three companies should be able to sustain during this economic downturn. Lucent my have the hardest time due to there past poor business decisions but Corning and Nortel will be fine.