News and BusinessThe telecommunications ministers of Finland, Estonia and Sweden have stressed that the resilience of critical underwater infrastructure is now more important than ever. The ministers underlined the importance of resilient infrastructure at the Telecommunications Council in Brussels 5th December 2023. In light of recent incidents affecting submarine infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, Finland, Estonia and […]
News and BusinessNokia expands its long-term relationship with Bouygues Telecom by supplying its market-leading FP5-based IP routers to modernise the operator’s IP core network and expand the capacity of its security gateway solutions. Nokia’s solution includes its 7750 Service Router (SR) platform, which is powered by its ground-breaking FP5 routing silicon. The FP5, a key part of […]
News and BusinessCiena® is adding domestic manufacturing through an expanded agreement with global diversified manufacturer Flex. Ciena is expected to begin production of the industry’s first pluggable OLTs as well as its ONUs at a Flex factory in the U.S. in mid-2024. Advancing its commitment to roll out high-speed broadband to unserved and underserved communities, Ciena says […]
Technologies and ProductsKDDI Research, Sumitomo Electric, Furukawa Electric and OFS Laboratories, have conducted successful experiments on ultrawideband optical fibre transmission with a transmission bandwidth of 115.2 THz, which is around 24 times wider than conventional C-band, and is the world’s largest transmission capacity: 484 Tbps, over 31 km in optical fibre transmission experiments using standard optical fibre […]
Technologies and ProductsNASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment has beamed a near-infrared laser encoded with test data from nearly 10 million miles (16 million kilometres) away – about 40 times further than the Moon is from Earth to the Hale Telescope at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California. The organisation says this is the […]
News and BusinessNokia and Orange have announced the successful completion of a record 800Gbps per wavelength transmission over Orange’s 6,600km Dunant transatlantic route using the Nokia PSE-6s super coherent optics productised in the Nokia 1830 Photonic Services Interconnect – Modular (PSI-M). Conducted under real-world network conditions, the trial validates Orange’s ability to increase its existing optical network […]
News and BusinessDeutsche Glasfaser selection of its Ekinops360 optical transport platform in a multi-year contract to modernise and unify its optical transport network infrastructure throughout Germany. After considering multiple competitive bids, DG selected Ekinops as a single vendor for deployment of the Ekinops360 portfolio across all tiers of its optical transport network including the core, aggregation, and […]
Technologies and ProductsAvicena, a privately held company headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, debuted what it claims is the world’s smallest 1Tbps optical transceiver as part its LightBundle TM multi-Tbps chip-to-chip interconnect technology at the SuperComputing event, held in November. Avicena says its microLED-based LightBundle architecture supports unprecedented throughput, shoreline density and low power, unlocking the performance of processors, […]
News and BusinessCEOs from eight of Europe’s largest integrated photonics companies have presented Thomas Skordas, Deputy Director-General, DG Connect, and Lucilla Sioli, Director for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry, DG Connect and Werner Steinhögl, Head of Sector, Unit for Microelectronics & Photonics for the European Commission, a plan to build a resilient European supply chain for photonic […]
News and BusinessGlobal connectivity provider Telxius is joining the Firmina subsea cable system, which connects the East Coast of the USA to Las Toninas in Argentina, with landings in Praia Grande in Brazil and Punta del Este in Uruguay. Telxius will also host Firmina in its Santos digital hub in Brazil. The company says its customers will […]
Technologies and ProductsQuantum communication and quantum key distribution (QKD) sprcialist QuantLR, and PacketLight Networks, which provides DWDM and OTN equipment, have successfully accomplished a quantum-safe encrypted network by integrating the QKD services provided by QuantLR with the OTN encrypted transport provided by PacketLight. QuantLR and PacketLight combined their respective technologies and expertise to enhance the efficiency, security, […]
Technologies and ProductsXantaro has announced a new street cabinet solution that will allow altnets to extend high-speed internet connectivity for communities across the UK in both rural and densely-populated urban areas. The street cabinet offers a turnkey solution that will support the altnets’ rollout of ultra-fast fibre-optic broadband across the country, in a secure, compact and cost-effective […]
News and BusinessSwisscom and Nokia have announced the successful completion of Swisscom’s nationwide Next Evolution Wavelength Transport Optical Network (NEWTON) and the official start of service migration to the modernised network. Facing high traffic growth and digital transformation, the Nokia optical networking solution equips Switzerland’s largest telecom provider with a service-centric network optimised for high performance, cost […]
Technologies and ProductsAyar Labs, a leader in silicon photonics for chip-to-chip connectivity, has debuted its in-package optical I/O solution integrated with Intel’s industry-leading Agilex® Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology at Supercomputing 2023. The company says in demonstrating 5x current industry bandwidth at 5x lower power and 20x lower latency, the optical FPGA – packaged in a common […]
News and BusinessAdtran has opened a new Terafactory in Meiningen, Germany (pictured), to fortify supply chain resilience and accelerate regional technological advancements. The new state-of-the-art facility brings production back to Central Europe, boosting the company’s robustness against global logistics shocks and promising to create new local jobs. The Terafactory also streamlines workflows and reduces resource consumption by […]
News and BusinessWindstream Wholesale, an optical technology leader delivering fast and flexible advanced solutions, and VIAVI Solutions have announced the integration of VIAVI’s Remote Fibre Test System (RFTS) into Windstream’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON). This tool further advances network intelligence functionality for dark fibre and wavelength monitoring. The tool will be available to customers in Q1 […]
News and BusinessVocus, Australian fibre and network solutions provider, has been selected as Google’s preferred partner to deliver a new submarine cable system connecting Australia to the United States via the South Pacific. The South Pacific Connect initiative will deliver a subsea cable ring connecting three diverse Australian landings to Fiji and French Polynesia, both of which […]
News and BusinessWistron has selected SENKO’s SN connectors for its latest CP-3183-128L NPO switch. The switch offers 51.2 TB capacity and optics featuring an embedded laser module and an ELSFP (External Laser Source Small Form-Factor Pluggable) module. SENKO’s SN connectors will be used on the front panel of the NPO switch. The NPO switch integrates OIF compliant […]
Technologies and ProductsReichle & De-Massari (R&M), is launching a high-density version of its SYNO dome closure. The company says the new SYNO S-500 splice closure (pictured) opens up additional options for network providers in terms of the expansion of hybrid fibre optic infrastructures. The outdoor splice closure offers twice the splice capacity of standard types, and supports […]
News and BusinessNokia has announced that Google Fiber is deploying the manufacturer’s 25G PON solution to enhance its existing fibre network and deliver a new 20G broadband service to customers through GFiber Labs. Using Nokia’s 25G PON solution, GFiber says it can provide broadband speeds that are up to 10x faster than what most fibre networks can […]