Source Photonics and CMCC team up to standardize 40GbE ER4 specification

          Shenzhen / Chatsworth, CA –– China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), the world’s largest mobile telecommunications company and Source Photonics Inc., a leading global provider of optical communication products for telecommunication systems and data communication networks, start to collaborate on the standardization of the most cost effective 40Gb/s 40km reach physical layer solution to support the imminent capacity upgrade of CMCC’s packet transport networks (PTN) in the aggregation and core rings for wireless backhaul.

          CMCC and Source Photonics have developed a physical layer specification that was jointly proposed to the IEEE study group. Source Photonics 40Gb/s 40km transceivers compliant to the proposed specification have been tested successfully in CMCC’s lab.

          “With the increased bandwidth demand from our wireless networks we rely on higher bandwidth networks and transceiver solutions to support our cost, reach and bandwidth requirements. Standardization of 40GBASE-ER4 is a critical step in this process.” says Dr. Han Li, expert from CMCC.

          You can see Source Photonics’ 40GbE and 100GbE transceiver portfolio at CIOE conference, booth number 1B17, held in the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, China, on September 6-9, 2012.

          About Source Photonics

          Source Photonics designs, develops, and markets a broad portfolio of optical communication components, modules, and subsystems used across the enterprise, access, and metropolitan markets. Source Photonics is a market leader in optical subsystems and transceivers in worldwide telecommunication and data communication infrastructure deployments including passive optical networks, or PON, and fiber-to-the-premise, or FTTP. Source Photonics products enable telecommunication service providers to stay a step ahead of today's evolving telecommunication networks by providing the power and cost efficient solutions needed to enable high-bandwidth video, voice, and data services of the future.