Consolidated Revenue by Segment (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2013	Mar. 30, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue	$ 209.4	$ 257.9
Optical Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment Revenue	93.1	104.4
Data segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment Revenue	32.9	69.4
Access segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment Revenue	39.0	35.9
Services segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment Revenue	$ 44.4	$ 48.2

Amount of total revenue for the reportable segments, including revenue from external customers, transactions with other operating segments of the same entity, and (gross) interest revenue. All considered to be "operating revenue" for purposes of the taxonomy.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 280

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 22

-Subparagraph (a),(b),(c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8736-108599

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 131

-Paragraph 27

-Subparagraph a, b, c

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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