Optical Networking News

C&W Networks, part of Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC), the largest telecommunications service provider across the Caribbean, Central America, Mexico and United States with more than 48,000 miles of subsea fiber-optic network has selected Xtera Communications, Inc., a leading provider of high-capacity, cost-effective optical transport solutions, for upgrading its submarine cable systems in the western Atlantic ocean and the Caribbean Sea to 100G. By introducing Xtera’s 100G coherent solution, C&W Networks continues to offer robust services across 42 countries with superior reliability and scalability of international wholesale capacity.

KVH Industries has appointed S. Joseph Bookataub as its new COO. Bookataub brings extensive experience in the areas of ISO procedures and certification, and supply chain management, as well as procurement and quality assurance. He most recently served as vice president of Manufacturing for Mayan Networks, an optical networking firm in San Jose, Calif.