News and BusinessFollowing the company’s acquisition this June by Antin Infrastructure Partners and West Street Infrastructure Partners, CityFibre has announced a new £2.5bn UK full fibre roll-out plan. The plan revolves around 37 towns and cities where the company already has critical fibre spine assets, which are “primed” for expansion for fibre-to-the-home deployments. CityFibre’s roll-out will […]
News and BusinessCommunity Fibre has selected ADTRAN as its technology partner to deliver 10G residential and business services in the UK. The firm is delivering high-speed fibre-to-the-home and fibre-to-the-premise broadband services to large urban locations across the UK, starting with London and expanding into other areas over the next several years. ADTRAN’s scalable and flexible 10G solutions, […]
News and BusinessDeutsche Telekom Global Carrier, the international wholesale arm of Deutsche Telekom, has deployed Ciena’s WaveLogic Ai coherent optical solution to strengthen bandwidth services and reach longer distances across its network. The optimised network helps brings the next generation of the organisation’s Lambda Connect services to market. Optical innovation, expansion of network capacity and deployment agility […]
News and BusinessArista Networks has announced two new platforms supporting 400 Gigabit Ethernet. The 400G systems deliver the performance that hyperscale cloud networks and data centres need for the growth of applications such as AI (artificial intelligence), machine learning and IoT. The Arista 7060X4 Series uses industry standard optics for 400G and offers the choice of two […]
News and BusinessGTT Communications will deliver high-speed internet services to members of The Quilt, a US national coalition of non-profit regional research and education networks. The Quilt represents 40 networks and more than 900 educational institutions in the US. GTT will provide nearly 50Gbps of internet capacity to each of the Quilt members, which is expected to […]
News and BusinessCampana Group, which is headquartered in Singapore, has clinched $40m in Series B equity funding to build new subsea links between the city state, Myanmar and Thailand. The funding round was co-led by Tokyo-based conglomerate Mitsui & Co and existing investor and Myanmar businessman U Thein Htwe. In addition to the Series B financing, Campana […]
News and BusinessGTT Communications has upgraded its fibre network across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It says the network upgrade includes additional high capacity fibre routes and enhances the diversity, scalability and performance of its Tier 1 global IP network footprint. The improved network will deliver enhanced cloud connectivity and services to enterprises and carrier clients across […]
News and BusinessHuawei 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 40T. Huawei said the solution had been introduced to accommodate the demands cloud computing, big […]
News and BusinessEquinix 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 busiest shipping lane for around 20 years. The optical fibre is promising to cut connection […]
Technologies and ProductsMacom Technology Solutions has introduced a complete chipset for 200G and 400G CWDM optical module providers servicing cloud data centre applications, which will be demonstrated at industry shows including ECOC. The offering enables 200G modules at under 4.5W and 400G modules at under 9W total power consumption – delivering power efficiency with a fully analogue […]
News and BusinessInterconnection vendor Mellanox Technologies has begun shipping 200GbE Ethernet and InfiniBand HDR LinkX optical transceivers, active optical cables (AOCs) and direct attach copper cables (DACs) for use in upcoming 200Gb/s systems. Additionally, Mellanox is shipping 400G QSFP-DD DAC cables for use in next generation systems. The new LinkX 200Gb/s product line provides options for switch, […]
News and BusinessZayo Group has completed a long-haul dark fibre route between Los Angeles and Dallas to support telcos and boost interconnectivity between its own data centres. Zayo’s 128,000-mile network in North America and Europe provides extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centres. On top of high-capacity dark fibre, wavelength, Ethernet and other connectivity […]
News and BusinessGTT completed its Interoute acquisition this May, and the deal has now led to leadership changes after taking in hundreds of new European customers. Interoute’s global optical network connects 128 major cities across 31 countries, and it recently entered the Brazilian market to break its South American duck. GTT has appointed Jesper Aagaard as its […]
Technologies and ProductsPan-European optical networks provider euNetworks has completed fibre network investment projects using its dc connect solution in both Ireland and the Netherlands. With its solution, the company can deliver capacity from 1Gb Ethernet to 100G metro wavelengths. Earlier this year, euNetworks was acquired by New York venture capital firm Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, which planned […]
Technologies and ProductsFujikura Europe has announced the launch of its latest single fibre active cladding alignment fusion splicer. Designed for FTTX applications, the next-generation smart 41S splicer boasts new features in a compact package. Wirelessly connecting to the firm’s CT50 fibre cleaver using Bluetooth technology, the 41S enables a range of functions that will improve the […]
News and BusinessOn-demand optical network provider AFIBER has deployed a connectivity PoP in Datacenter.com’s Amsterdam AMS1 data centre to help spread its services. AFIBER’s software-defined networking offering is seen as a perfect fit for Datacenter.com’s own on-demand colocation proposition with month-to-month contracts. AFIBER aims to become a major European provider of optical SDN services within five years […]