Optical networking equipment and software, namely, optical terminal nodes consisting of dense wavelength division multiplexing transponders, optical multiplexers and demultiplexers, optical amplifiers, optical switches, variable optical attenuators, dispersion compensators both fixed and tunable, associated common equipment, namely, shelves and control processors, and associated software to operate and manage the equipment; optical amplifier nodes consisting of optical amplifiers, variable optical attenuators, dispersion compensators, associated common equipment, namely, shelves and control processors, and associated software to operate and manage the equipment; optical add/drop nodes consisting of dense wavelength division multiplexing transponders, optical multiplexers and demultiplexers, optical amplifiers, optical switches, variable optical attenuators, dispersion compensators, associated common equipment namely, shelves and control processors, and associated software to operate and manage the equipment; embedded optical interfaces consisting of tunable lasers, electronic multiplexers, forward error correction devices, optical modulators, optical receivers, control electronics, and associated software to operate and manage the equipment; remote optical terminal consisting of dense wavelength division multiplexing transponders, optical multiplexers and demultiplexers, optical amplifiers, optical switches, variable optical attenuators, dispersion compensators both fixed and tunable, associated common equipment, namely, shelves and control processors, and associated software to operate and manage the equipment; electronic cross connects consisting of interface cards with optical input/output, overhead processing, multiplexing and control functionality, core switch cards, associated common equipment namely, shelves and control processors, and associated software to operate and manage the equipment; and optical network management products consisting of computer platforms and associated software to operate and manage the equipment
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