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Industry leaders celebrated for driving optical innovation across Europe

By Optical Connections News Team

Eight leading companies have been honoured with prestigious awards for standout innovations in optical connectivity at the ECOC Exhibition’s Industry Awards 2026 ceremony yesterday in Málaga, Spain. The awards highlighted major progress across optical modules, test and measurement, fibre infrastructure, and access networks that are powering Europe’s next generation of connectivity – including photonics, quantum […]

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Lightspeed at the Pin™ – RFOptix Accelerates Scalable 224G and Beyond Test Solutions for AI Photonics at ECOC 2026

By Optical Connections News Team

High-channel-count electrical and optical test solutions enable production-scale validation for next-generation LPO, CPO, NPO and AI infrastructure MÁLAGA, Spain — September 2026 — RFOptix will showcase its latest portfolio of high-performance electrical and optical test solutions at ECOC 2026 (Booth 1402), introducing technologies designed to accelerate the transition to 224 Gbps per lane and beyond […]

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Meeting optical communication demands with InGaAs photodiodes

By Optical Connections News Team

The rapid growth of global data traffic is placing new pressure on telecommunications, data centers, and advanced networking infrastructure. Photodiodes play a central role in these systems by converting incoming light into electrical signals. To meet rising performance demands, Hamamatsu Photonics offers Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) photodiodes that detect near-infrared wavelengths used in fast, high-capacity […]

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Marvell announces purpose-built switch for AI and cloud data centre

By Optical Connections News Team

Marvell Technology, a data infrastructure semiconductor solutions provider, introduced the industry’s first 102.4 Tbps switch silicon purpose-built for the AI era. Marvell Teralynx T100 was architected from the ground up for AI, enabling the industry’s lowest power consumption and lowest latency at this bandwidth tier to address critical bottlenecks in today’s large AI clusters. The T100 […]

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ZTE and Industry Partners Complete TAPI Standard Initiation, Propelling AI All-Optical Networks into a New Era

By Optical Connections News Team

ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, in collaboration with several operators and industry organizations, proposed the Transport Application Programming Interface (TAPI) standard, which has been successfully approved and initiated at a meeting of Question 12 under ITU-T Study Group 15 (ITU-T SG15) to introduce a […]

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TE Connectivity Expands Optical Solutions for Next-Gen AI and Data Centers

By Optical Connections News Team

In today’s data-driven world, networks are expected to deliver unprecedented bandwidth, speed, and scalability. As hyperscale data centers, AI/ML workloads, and high-performance computing (HPC) environments evolve, so does the demand for reliable, high-speed optical connectivity. TE Connectivity (TE) is meeting these demands head-on with its expanded optical portfolio—featuring 200G, 400G, 800G, and the latest 1.6T […]

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ZTE and ETB launch joint initiative to build Colombia’s next-generation optical network

By Optical Connections News Team

ZTE and ETB partner to usher in a new era of all-optical networks, building a connected digital Colombia The project aims to make technology a creator of opportunities—enhancing the digital experience for millions of Colombian users ZTE Corporation (0763.Hk/000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, with Colombia’s leading telecommunications operator ETB (The Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá) held […]

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ZTE drives new broadband value in Latin America with Performance+, Efficiency+, and Experience+ strategy

By Optical Connections News Team

ZTE is committed to unlocking new broadband value in Latin America with its Performance+, Efficiency+, and Experience+ strategy, addressing sluggish ARPU growth# From ultra-broadband infrastructure to AI-driven operations and smart home ecosystems, ZTE empowers operators to evolve into intelligent service enablers in the post-connectivity era ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of […]

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ZTE unveils comprehensive portfolio at Network X to accelerate FTTx rollout and smart home evolution

By Optical Connections News Team

ZTE launches compact PON OLTs and Wi-Fi 7 APs for fast FTTx rollout The industry-first Wi-Fi 7 AI router with a display is introduced SCP platform enables smart home management and rapid network troubleshooting ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of integrated information and communication technology solutions, has launched a comprehensive suite […]

Technologies and Products

Pro Optix Launches Industry-First Combo Bi-Directional Transceiver for Simplified 1G to 10G FTTx Network Upgrades

By Optical Connections News Team

Growing bandwidth demands shouldn’t mean choosing between cost, efficiency, and service quality. Pro Optix’s new Combo Bi-Directional SFP lets service providers scale their infrastructure flexibly, reducing upgrade complexity and costs while creating new revenue opportunities. The transceiver houses two lasers and features advanced dual-wavelength QUAD-OSA technology, allowing providers to support both 1G and 10G services […]

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Intel shows OCI optical I/O chiplet co-packaged with CPU at OFC2024, enabling massive AI infrastructure scaling

By Optical Connections News Team

Explosive AI infrastructure growth is bringing high bandwidth density and low power performance requirements to compute architectures which optical connectivity is well positioned to support. At OFC2024 in San Diego, Intel demonstrated its advanced Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI) chiplet co-packaged with a prototype of a next-generation Intel CPU running an error-free link, giving the industry […]

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Linfiber Tech Unveils LinearCore™: The Next-Generation Hollow-Core Fiber Cable for Low-Latency, High-Capacity Optical Networks

By Optical Connections News Team

Linfiber Tech. announces its hollow-core fiber cable solution LinearcoreTM featuring an innovative anti-resonant hollow-core fiber (AR-HCF) structure with loss of 0.5 dB/km in C+L band, offering 30% lower latency than standard silica glass fibers. Optical fibers have formed the backbone of global communications. While solid-core fibers have pushed performance close to its fundamental limits, hollow-core […]

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Connectivity excellence: Fujikura’s role in Europe’s Fibre Revolution

By Optical Connections News Team

Amidst the surge of fibre to the home/building (FTTx) across the European Union’s 39 member  states (EU39), Fujikura Europe stands at the forefront of delivering high speed customer connections. The landscape is transforming rapidly, with the total number of homes passed reaching a staggering 219 million in September 2022, reflecting a remarkable year-over-year growth. Key […]

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Amplitude Optical Modulators O, C & L Bands: Digital and Analogue

By Optical Connections News Team

Lithium niobate (LiNbO3) intensity modulators are designed for modulation frequencies larger than 30GHz. The X-cut design of the Mach-Zehnder modulators provides an unmatched stability in a wide range of operational conditions plus zero chirp performance. Exail’s proprietary waveguide design offers low insertion loss with a high contrast. Key features • low insertion loss • high […]

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112Gbps-PAM4 Connectivity – Different Solutions for all Applications

By Optical Connections News Team

The market requirements of 112Gbps-PAM4 connectivity for optical transceiver pluggable modules are constantly increasing. Yamaichi Electronics is a leading company for 112G high speed connectors. Our portfolio includes also benchmark breaking signal integrity connectors up to 112G-PAM4 and soon 224G-PAM4. Yamaichi plays an important role in the 112G and 224G standardisation and provided many concepts […]

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ZTE releases the industry’s first Tbit all-optical access platform

By Optical Connections News Team

ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a global leading provider of information and communication technology solutions, has unveiled the latest Tbit-level deterministic all-optical access platform, the ZXA10 C600E, at the Network X exhibition held in Paris, France. This new platform has garnered significant industry attention and is poised to drive innovation in FTTx (Fiber to the […]