System vendors Infinera and Brocade working with ESnet – the US Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network that operates a 100G network linking research centres and universities and undertakes network R&D – have used software-defined networking (SDN) technology to provision and optimise traffic across several networking layers. Infinera and ESnet demonstrated OpenFlow provisioning […]
A new cycle of investment in optical networking in taking place in all regions around the world except Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), says market research company Ovum. Market growth is being led by North America while spending in EMEA will again be down in 2013. The global optical networking market […]
Marlin Equity Partners has made another acquisition in the optical networking space, with an agreement to acquire network equipment maker Tellabs for $891 million (€647 million). The price of $2.45 per share is a 4.3 percent premium on Tellabs’ share price on 18 October, the last trading day before the announcement. Tellabs’ board […]
Deutsche Telekom plans to turbo charge its national broadband infrastructure with a speed upgrade for its mobile LTE network and the widespread roll out of vectoring in the fixed network. “We’re strengthening our position as the leading network provider for our customers. No other telecommunications company invests as much as Deutsche Telekom,” claimed […]
Systems vendor Huawei has acquired Caliopa, a four-year-old silicon photonics start-up that spun out of the photonics research group at Ghent University and Imec in Belgium. Caliopa is developing optical transceivers based on silicon photonics that can be manufactured using standard microelectronic CMOS manufacturing processes. Using silicon photonics enables transceivers that are more […]
In what it is calling “an important first step in restructuring our company”, optical components and subsystems vendor Oclaro has sold its Oclaro Switzerland GmbH subsidiary and associated laser diodes business to II-VI Inc. in a transaction valued at $115 million (€86 million). In addition, II-VI has paid a further $5 million for […]
Global sales of AOCs won’t match last year’s stellar growth of 65 percent, but will continue to expand at a respectable rate of 30 percent this year, according to the latest report from market analysts at LightCounting. LightCounting also predicts that the market for active optical cables (AOCs) will reach $150 million in 2013. AOCs […]
Nearly all the major operators are evaluating software-defined networking (SDN) or plan to do so within the next three years, according to a survey conducted by market research firm Infonetics Research. Industry interest in SDN appears justified, with 86 percent of the operators interviewed confident they will deploy the technology and network functions virtualisation (NFV), […]
Optical switch developer Calient Technologies, Inc. says it has raised a $27 million round of venture financing from a combination of existing and new investors. The company also named Jag Setlur, a 20-year finance professional, as its chief financial officer (CFO). Founded in 1999, Calient developed an all-optical switching system based on tiny tilting mirrors etched […]
Cisco has been chosen by the Brazilian Network Information Center (NIC.br) to upgrade the PTT.br Internet exchange with IP/DWDM and 100G technologies. The upgrade also includes deployment of the Cisco ASR 9000 Series router for highly resilient and redundant IP connectivity and robust support for IPv6. The upgrade also covers the PTT.br fibre-optic infrastructure between […]
The Market Focus Theatre at next month’s ECOC Exhibition will see a record number of speakers presenting, with executives from major operators like BT and Verizon heading up the schedule. The ECOC Exhibition will be held on September 23 to 25 at the ICC London ExCeL. Sponsored by Oclaro, the Market Focus Forum will include […]
TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC) is extending the use of Infinera’s DTN-X to its European network, having already adopting the platform in the US. Infinera has also outlined the next evolution in its networking strategy, dubbed the Intelligent Transport Network. TSIC is adopting the DTN-X 100G services in Europe to accommodate its own growing […]
News and BusinessThis year sales of 100G optical network technology are expected to top $1 billion for the first time – they already hit this number on an annualized basis in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), according to the latest market report from Ovum. The general outlook for the optical networking equipment market is less […]
Kaiam Corp. has secured $16 million (€12.3 million) in C-round funding and has completed the acquisition of Gemfire. With the acquisition, Kaiam gains planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technology and Gemfire’s 8-inch wafer fab in Scotland. The start-up has developed hybrid integration technology that achieves sub-micron alignment yet only requires standard electronic assembly tools. […]
Avago Technologies has announced a definitive agreement to acquire optical component player CyOptics. The value of the acquisition, at $400 million (€304 million), is double CyOptics’ revenues in 2012. CyOptics’ sales were $210 million (€160 million) last year, up 21 percent from the previous year. Avago’s acquisition will make it the optical component […]
2012 was a very important year for fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) adoption in Europe, according to IDATE, the analyst firm that compiles the FTTH Market Panorama for the FTTH Council Europe. About 35% of subscribers in the European region, including Russia and its neighbours, were new subscribers during the year. “Fibre to the home is starting to […]
Investing in broadband infrastructure is not a priority for Europe, judging by recent developments at the European Commission. The Commission had planned to invest €9.2 billion in broadband and digital services, but budget cuts have reduced that amount to just €1 billion. The money was part of the “Connecting Europe Facility”, which had […]
Alcatel-Lucent’s research arm, Bell Labs, has used high-speed electronics to enable Terabit long-haul transmission using two optical carriers only. Several vendors have already demonstrated Terabit transmission including Alcatel-Lucent, but the company is claiming an industry first in using two multiplexed carriers only. “There is a tradeoff between the speed of electronics and the number […]
The Dell’Oro Group forecasts that the global optical transport market will grow to $13 billion (€9.6 billion) in 2017, equating to a 10-percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR). In 2012 SONET/SDH sales declined by over 20 percent, greater than Dell’Oro expected, while WDM equipment sales held their own. Dell’Oro expects optical transport growth across […]