Optical communications and laser giant JDSU has revealed that, following its planned split into two separate commercial entities, its optical communications and lasers division will be called “Lumentum”. The company’s Network Enablement, Service Enablement and Optical Security and Performance Products businesses will together be renamed Viavi Solutions at the time of the separation, expected to […]
News and BusinessMarket research firm Infonetics Research, now part of IHS since the December 2014 acquisition, has reported that global spending on broadband aggregation equipment rose 9 percent in 2014, to $8.2 billion. This growth, the analyst said, was driven by “robust sales of gigabit passive optical network (GPON) equipment, particularly in China”. Infonetics’ early edition PON, […]
Fujikura Europe has launched the 21S, a new advanced FTTH splicer for single fibre, which the company claims is the world’s smallest and lightest active V-groove model. The high-end splicer, has been developed for applications in FTTX, Data Centre, LAN, and Access Network, features a moveable V-groove mechanism for active alignment to deliver improved splicing […]
Market analyst ElectroniCast Consultants has released an extensive study of the worldwide market for handheld optical time domain reflectometers (OTDRs) and multiple-test units based on OTDR modules. OTDRs are fiber optic test instruments used as a troubleshooting device to find faults in optical fiber links. The report says that worldwide sales of handheld OTDR and […]
First signatures of graphene plasmons at telecommunication wavelengths revealed in a study supported by Europe’s Graphene Flagship. Fiber-optic communications devices such as transmitters and transceivers depend on the emission of photons; modulation of these light particles is also critical in all optoelectronic applications. The electrical control of light emission pathways makes possible devices […]
South African operator plans to cover 250,000 premises in major city centres within three years. The South African operator Vodacom has announced that Alcatel-Lucent is to provide the equipment needed for its high-speed fibre network. The operator plans to deploy gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) infrastructure in major city centres to support bandwidth-hungry […]
New timing and phase synchronization technology prepares carrier for “major expansion”. Oscilloquartz, an ADVA Optical Networking company, has announced that Telekom Malaysia is deploying its complete timing and phase synchronization solution in a three-year framework agreement. Oscilloquartz’s technology, including its PTP grandmaster and remote slave clocks, will become a critical component of Telekom […]
Packet optical networking solutions developer Transmode, announced in January that US regional carrier COMLINK has started deploying 100G Managed services using Transmode’s TM-Series platform. The first application for the new service was to provide high capacity connectivity for a large service provider customer and uses Transmode’s Metro/Regional 100G solution running over COMLINK’s existing fiber network […]
A new method of processing fibre optic signals has been demonstrated by researchers at University College London, which could double the distance at which data travels error-free through transatlantic sub-marine cables. The researchers, led by Dr Robert Maher, say that the new method has the potential to reduce the costs of long-distance optical fibre communications […]
Delivers 10% annual revenue growth and 6.5% adjusted operating margin for the year. Ciena, the network specialist, has announced unaudited financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and year ended October 31, 2014. For the fiscal fourth quarter 2014, the company reported revenue of $591.0m ($583.4m for Q4 2013). For the fiscal year 2014, Ciena […]
Slovak Telekom, which is majority-owned by Germany’s Telekom, has successfully transferred its entire customer base to an Internet Protocol-based network. The company is the second Deutsche Telekom subsidiary to switch to “All-IP” in the past year, following Makedonski Telekom in Macedonia in February 2014. More than 35 percent of DT’s customer base in Europe is […]
Researchers from the University of Southampton have revealed what they are calling “a breakthrough” in optical fibre communications. Academics from the University’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have collaborated with colleagues at Eblana Photonics, Dublin, Ireland, to develop an approach that enables direct modulation of laser currents to generate what they call “highly advanced modulation format […]
A £5.2 million project led by the University of Leeds is aiming to transform data communications with a new generation of photonic microchips. The UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has announced funding for a multi-university research programme and a pilot manufacturing facility, to be based at Leeds, UK, that will […]
Royal Holloway, University of London, and seven other leading universities have announced the creation of a new collaboration to develop secure communication technologies for consumer, commercial and government markets. As part of a £120 million investment, launched by the Minister for Universities, Science and Cities Greg Clark, the Quantum Communications Hub will research […]
Adva Optical Networking has announced that Telindus Telecom, the first global alternative operator in Luxembourg, has deployed Adva’s FSP 3000 with advanced encryption technology to ensure the security of its operator network and cloud services. Telindus Telecom’s cloud infrastructure is focused on serving Luxembourg’s enterprise market – a market with some of the […]
New York-based Pangaea Networks has upgraded its optical network to support the next generation of MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 services using Transmode’s TM-Series of packet-optical transport equipment. The new network enables Pangaea Networks to provide high-capacity access for its customers in New York City and the tri-state area. The new equipment replaces an […]
The growing need for wireless transfer of data will increase significantly in the coming years. Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, have therefore proposed adapting certain TV transmission frequencies, due to be freed up, to extend existing Wi-Fi networks instead of using them for mobile communications. The KIT study, published in Telecommunications […]