Optical Keyhole - http://www.opticalkeyhole.com - the premier online source for information on the optical industry - is carrying 8 new presentations and interviews with Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU), Opnext Inc (NASDAQ: OPXT), ECI Telecom, Proximion Fiber Systems and Soapstone Networks (NASDAQ:SOAP).

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1. With service providers increasingly looking to optical solutions as the primary enabler for network transformation, Alcatel-Lucent explains how the company's 1850 Transport Service Switch can help the migration from SONET/SDH to transport networks optimised for packet traffic.

2. An interview with Harry Bosco, President and CEO of Opnext, a designer and manufacturer of optical modules and components, covering industry trends such as competition, consolidation and pricing, and the company's performance and future goals.

3. Proximion Fiber Systems makes the case for Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG)-based dispersion management, addressing the technical advantages and opportunities for cost and performance-optimised amplifier designs and network optimisation, especially important for future 40/100 Gbit/s networks.

4. Soapstone Networks VP of Marketing, Esmeralda Swartz, outlines the current status and future schedule for the company's PNC dynamic control plane software product and discusses the value proposition Soapstone brings to providers of all sizes moving to Carrier Ethernet.

5. A virtual tour of “eCity”, ECI Telecom's visitor and demo centre based at the company's headquarters in Israel, showing how ECI's complete portfolio of communications solutions can benefit users at home, in the office and in the network operations centre.

6. Jose Mir outlines the benefits of Alcatel-Lucent's Zero Touch Photonics solution in deploying, operating and managing WDM networks and discusses how the company's new 1830 Photonic Service Switch can help accelerate time to service and improve performance for better total cost of ownership.

7. Laura Howard, CMO at ECI Telecom, comprehensively outlines ECI's positioning, strategy and challenges, including the impact of privatisation, the all-encompassing 1Net business framework, competition and innovation, and successful approaches in N America, China and India.

8. Soapstone Networks President and CEO, Bill Leighton, discusses why a background in the router business is a good basis for positioning the company as it moves towards launching a new dynamic control plane software product for the Carrier Ethernet market.

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