Optelian announces that its Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Sheldon Walklin, will participate in an interactive panel session on the evolution of switching on Wednesday, October 9 from 11:20 – 11:50 am at WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking USA. The conference will take place at Hilton Doubletree Campbell Centre in Dallas, TX, on October 8 and 9.

Optelian announces that Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Sheldon Walklin, will serve on an expert panel entitled “Reducing Costs and Generating New Revenue with Metro P-OTS 2.0” on Thursday, Oct. 3 from 11:30am to 12:20pm at Light Reading’s Ethernet & SDN Expo 2013. The event will take place Oct. 2 and 3 in New York City.

Intuitive Packet Optical Networking solution provider, Optelian, is proud to announce that Dr. Larry Tarof has joined its Versawave division to lead the design and development of Optelian’s next generation of opto-electronic devices.

Optelian today unveiled its Intuitive Packet Optical Networking solution to address the exploding demand for packet-based service delivery. By virtualizing the underpinning technology and complexity of Layer 0, 1 and 2 infrastructure, Intuitive Packet Optical Networking enables service providers to deploy Ethernet and wavelength services more quickly, accelerating their time to revenue.

Optical networking specialist Optelian announces Troy Cablevison, Inc. (“Troy Cable”) has successfully deployed Optelian’s MPX-9110 Flexible 100 Gbps Platform in its network. The low-latency 100G architecture is deployed across Optelian’s LightGAIN optical transport and Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) infrastructure.

Optelian is pleased to be named today to both Deloitte Canada’s Fast 50 and Fast 500 lists. Designed to recognize Canada’s fastest-growing technology companies, the awards rank companies based on the percentage of revenue growth over five years. Optelian is ranked #39 on the Fast 50 list, with revenue growth of 251% over the period.

Optelian announces today that it has hired industry veteran Glenn Byess to head up its Optelian Services, Inc. division. Optelian recently formed the new service division to increase the efficiency of product installations and to underscore the importance of highest-quality service to its broad customer base. Byess will lead this new division out of Optelian’s Marietta, Georgia, location.

Optelian is pleased to announce the addition of the FLX-1610 multi-service networking card to the LightGAIN portfolio. It provides high-density, multiprotocol aggregation and flexible deployment options that improve network efficiency and offers unprecedented service delivery flexibility to LightGAIN networks.