News and BusinessThe Iberian Peninsula has emerged as the world’s first “Distributed Digital Capital” and is poised to become Europe’s next major AI hub, according to a new study by Dstream Group, commissioned by DE-CIX. The region has a unique digital ecosystem ready to serve the demands of AI, with distributed infrastructure interconnecting the strategic hubs of […]
News and BusinessThe optical communications industry is entering a new era, one that is defined scale, efficiency, and intelligence. This shift was front and centre at this year’s ECOC Exhibition in Málaga, where Market Focus Committee Chair Michael Lebby outlined how artificial intelligence is set to transform photonics over the coming decade. Lebby describes today’s moment as […]
News and BusinessAt Network X, the Broadband Forum will showcase how its broadband standards are moving from theory to deployment, powering real-life use cases such as Agentic AI management, AI root cause analysis and self-managing networks. The collaborative and multi-vendor demonstrations will highlight how service providers can convert the smart home into a revenue-driving opportunity. “The Broadband […]
News and BusinessNew research from connectivity provider Neos Networks has revealed a growing tension at the heart of the UK’s AI ambitions: businesses are confident they can scale AI workloads, but network infrastructure is already shaping where and how that growth can happen. New research found that 78% of large enterprises across financial services, manufacturing, life sciences, […]
News and BusinessEvery email, video call, cloud service, and connected device depends on data moving quickly and reliably. As digital activity grows, communications networks must carry more information over greater distances without sacrificing speed or quality. Optical communication meets this challenge by encoding data in light and sending it through optical fiber, providing the capacity needed for […]
News and BusinessPhotonics manufacturer Cailabs has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with data centre operator NTT, Inc. to advance direct optical connectivity between satellite networks and terrestrial data infrastructure. The partnership will examine the integration of NTT’s digital coherent and network control technology into Cailabs’ optical ground stations (OGS), as well as the connection of selected optical […]
News and BusinessTelxius and Nokia are collaborating to deploy 800G coherent pluggable optics across Telxius’ terrestrial transport networks in Europe, the United States and Latin America. The deployment supports the continual evolution of Telxius’ network in response to growing customer demand for scalable, high-capacity connectivity across key international network corridors. Cloud services, AI workloads and data centre […]
News and BusinessElectro-optics developer NLM Photonics has announced that it has received investment from Pangaea Ventures and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation’s Diamond Edge Ventures to accelerate commercialisation of its organic photonic ecosystem. Existing investors Emerald Technology Ventures, Oregon Venture Fund, Idemitsu, Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (TOK), and StoryHouse Ventures strengthened their investment, alongside private investors and company […]
Uncategorisedheta has introduced two complementary solutions designed to improve the planning and delivery of fibre, utility and energy infrastructure. het.ENGINEERING combines end-to-end engineering expertise with AI-enabled tools, validated data and aligned surveying and design workflows. By resolving constraints before construction, it produces stable, build-ready HLDs and LLDs that reduce permitting rework, delays and cost overruns. The […]
News and BusinessNokia and Orange have announced a successful live trial of network tomography, which gives service providers near real-time visibility into conditions across a live optical transport network. The trial, which is a is a first of its kind, demonstrates how advanced optical network intelligence can help operators better understand, manage and optimize their transport networks […]
News and BusinessWholesale operator AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN) has announced that it has opened its own full fibre network to its Internet Service Provider (ISP) partners in the United Kingdom. Through its Aquila platform, the ISPs now have access to more than 370,000 consumer FTTP premises with symmetrical connectivity. “Our network was built for getting full fibre […]
News and BusinessOptical interconnect developer Quintessent has raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series A investment round to scale its products for data centres. The funding round, led by Cycle Capital, will be used to further mature Quintessent’s single-chip quantum dot-based DWDM comb laser, which is a new class of light source designed to simplify optical connectivity […]
News and BusinessTrymax Semiconductor Equipment, a specialist manufacturer of plasma- and UV-based solutions for the semiconductor and optoelectronics industries, has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million-dollar purchase order by Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI), reinforcing Trymax’s growing footprint in advanced semiconductor device manufacturing. AOI grows and fabricates its own chips and wafers in-house, using Indium Phosphide (InP) to build […]
News and BusinessZayo, a digital network infrastructure provider, has expanded its strategic supply agreement with Corning Incorporated, one of the world’s leading innovators in materials science and a major provider of fibre optic cable. The agreement secures a significant portion of the fibre Zayo has projected to need through the remainder of the decade, providing supply assurance […]
News and BusinessMolex has announced the strategic investment in CAEPlus, Inc., an early-stage company focused on the development of active liquid cooling technology designed to help data centres manage increasing heat loads driven by AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) workloads. This investment advances Molex’s Data Centre Thermal Management strategy by accelerating the innovation of CAEPlus’ BoundaryCool™ platform, […]
News and BusinessLumilens, the connectivity platform for AI infrastructure, emerged from stealth, having been founded to solve the growing networking bottlenecks limiting AI scale. In just two years after its founding, the company is commercially shipping its first product into production AI data centres under a multi-billion dollar customer agreement, and announced more than $700 million in […]
News and Businesse& UAE, the telecom arm of e&, is deploying Ciena’s next-generation optical and software solutions to build a future-ready, high-capacity Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) network. The upgrade will significantly expand network capacity and scalability, helping e& UAE meet rapidly growing bandwidth demands across the region and support the continued growth of advanced digital services. The […]
News and BusinessThe FTTH Council Europe has announced that it has rebranded as Fibre Council Europe to reflect the organisation’s expanded role in powering its region’s digital future. The Council’s mission expands from fibre to the home to the full fibre ecosystem, encompassing fixed connectivity, the fibre infrastructure that powers mobile networks, data centres, and the digital […]
News and BusinessLightpath, an all-fibre, infrastructure-based connectivity provider, reported that IP traffic across its network has grown at an annualized rate of 32% over the past 18 months, as enterprises increasingly leverage artificial intelligence and large language model platforms and act on the results in real time. The signal comes from inference — the phase in which […]
News and BusinessMarvell Technology plans to invest $250 million in India over the next three years to expand its capabilities across technology, talent and infrastructure. The announcement coincides with a milestone event celebrating 20 years of innovation in India, highlighting the company’s contributions to global technology development, its continued investment in the region and its commitment to advancing […]