The solution being deployed under the Channel is expected to last up to 25 years. It is being installed 1.5 metres under the seabed and will be double armoured to protect it from vessels

Equinix builds first subsea cable link between Paris and London for 20 years

September 14th, 2018

Equinix is building a new and more direct optical submarine cabling connection between Paris and London to make financial trades faster and more efficient between the two busy investment markets. The English Channel link is the first across the world’s […]

European Conference on Optical Communication heads to Rome

September 5th, 2018

ECOC exhibition and conference is organised every year in a different city and country in Europe and for the first time ever it will take place in Rome and is Europe’s number one event for optical technology in communications. September’s […]

Asia’s First 100 Percent Gigabit Enabled Smart City

September 10th, 2018

Calix Partners HDC In Ambitious Maldives Project Calix has partnered with Housing Development Corporation Limited (HDC) in a multi-year deal in the Maldives to rapidly realise an all-fibre, state-of-the-art smart city on the island of Hulhumalé. Hulhumalé is an ambitious land reclamation and urban […]

Telia Carrier has customers in more than 110 countries, with its global network connecting more than 265 PoPs with 65,000 km of fibre across Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East.

Telia Carrier extends global fibre backbone with new PoP in Tokyo

September 11th, 2018

Telia Carrier has extended its network in the APAC region with a new PoP (point-of-presence) in Tokyo. The PoP gives customers the opportunity to connect directly to the Telia Carrier global backbone, one of the largest in the world. This […]

High-Performance Coherent in CMOS: Foundational…

September 5th, 2018

Highlights • Optical networks continue to evolve with greater performance and flexibility based on…

BER measurement above 32GBaud using a Keysight…

September 17th, 2018

How to cost-effectively perform BER measurements at data rates above 32GBaud in real time. A new…

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Optical Connections Magazine – Autumn Edition out now!

By Optical Connections News Team

In this bumper 60-page edition, there’s something for everyone involved in the optical communications industry. With FTTH gathering pace in Europe, we talk to InCoax CEO Peter Carlsson, about extending in-building fibre access over coax, and Evan Weinburg, CEO of […]

In an interview with Optical Connections at the Geneva conference, Jin (pictured right above) also promised new product launches at the forthcoming European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) in Rome, on 24-26 September.

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Huawei unveils 600G solution and promises more products at ECOC

By Antony Savvas

Huawei officially released a 600G optical network solution at this month’s Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF 2018) in Geneva. Based on Huawei’s latest OptiXtreme oDSP chips, the solution provides an adjustable single-wavelength rate of up to 600G and a single-fiber capacity of […]

Technologies and Products

There’s lots of new products to see at ECOC 2018!

By Peter Dykes

There is a huge array of products being launched and demonstrated at ECOC 2018 in Rome this month and it will take a very dedicated delegate to see them all. So, we’ve highlighted just a few to give a flavour […]

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BER measurement above 32GBaud using a Keysight Real-Time Oscilloscope

By Optical Connections News Team

How to cost-effectively perform BER measurements at data rates above 32GBaud in real time. A new Application Note discusses the benefits using a Real-Time Oscilloscope and a 64GBaud Pattern Generator controlled from the M8070A BERT System Software. Optional with Advanced […]