Technologies and ProductsCorning Incorporated has expanded its Evolv™ portfolio of network connectivity solutions to provide network operators with greater flexibility and efficiency at every stage of fibre deployment – from planning to field installation to testing and monitoring. Corning says operators can leverage its new Evolv solutions to streamline permitting, accelerate field installation and optimise network testing. […]
News and BusinessNokia has made a strategic alliance with Furukawa Electric LatAm, the leading company in network cabling, to accelerate optical LAN deployments in Latin America. Furukawa Electric LatAm is a market leader for copper cables and optic fibre in Latin America. With this agreement, Furukawa Electric LatAm will incorporate Nokia’s optical networking equipment into its Laserway […]
News and BusinessSpending on optical transport hardware by North American network operators grew more than 20% in 2Q22 compared with the year before according to the most recent Transport Hardware Report from research firm Cignal AI. Equipment capex by traditional network operators as well as large cloud operators has now surpassed pre-Covid levels, however spending by European […]
Technologies and ProductsBath, UK-based altnet broadband provider Truespeed has enhanced its network infrastructure to utilise XGS-PON technology as it continues the rapid expansion of its full fibre network. Truespeed says that following a record year of growth since its additional £100 million investment in January 2022, the rollout of XGS-PON technology will allow the company to build […]
News and BusinessUS regulator the FCC, has approved the previously announced sale of Lumen Technologies’ incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) business in 20 states to Brightspeed. With this approval, the transaction has now received all final regulatory clearances needed to close. Pending other customary closing conditions, the transaction with Apollo-managed funds is expected to close early in […]
Technologies and ProductsSemtech Corporation has launched its new CopperEdge™ product portfolio for use in next generation 400G (4x100G) and 800G (8x100G) data centre interconnects using copper cable and backplane interconnects. The first product in the new portfolio, the GN8112, is a quad channel 112Gbps PAM4 linear equaliser and is the first product sampling in the portfolio. The […]
News and BusinessLumentum Holdings Inc. has continued its acquisition spree with the purchase of IPG Photonics’ telecom transmission product lines in an all-cash transaction. The company says there will be no impact to Lumentum’s fiscal fourth quarter 2022 due to this transaction and the terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The purchase in interesting in that […]
News and BusinessNokia has successfully tested a 600Gbps line rate on Telekom Serbia and MTEL’s optical transport network over a distance of 600km between Banja Luka and Belgrade. The test utilised Nokia 1830 Photonic Service Switch (pictured), powered by its PSE-Vs chipset, and laid the foundation for future growth to meet the needs of low latency, high-capacity […]
News and BusinessA new report from Communications Industry Researchers (CIR), predicts that sales of specialised co-packaged optical components will exceed US$1.3 billion in revenues in 2025 and grow to US$2.7 billion by 2028. CIR says the commercial potential of co-packaged optical components was recently demonstrated, when Senko Advanced Components acquired Cudoform, specifically for access to Cudoform’s micro-mirror […]
News and BusinessRibbon Communications Inc. has executed a securities purchase agreement to raise gross proceeds of approximately US$52 million in a private placement financing of common stock. Ribbon says it intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement to fund general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures, working capital and debt repayment. Ribbon will issue approximately […]
News and BusinessVerizon is supercharging the core of its fibre network by upgrading older router equipment with new equipment from Juniper Networks, capable of utilising the latest 400 Gbps per port optical technology. When the overhaul of the fibre core network is complete, the operator will be able to manage 115 Tbps of data, the equivalent of […]
Technologies and ProductsDustPhotonics and MaxLinear have partnered to demonstrate a silicon photonics chipset with integrated lasers directly driven from a DSP without the use of any external driver chip. The MaxLinear Keystone DSP and DustPhotonics Carmel Silicon Photonics chip were shown together to support direct-drive operation, which reduces the overall cost and power dissipation of optical transceivers […]
Technologies and ProductsYokogawa has launched two optical spectrum analysers (OSAs) to fulfil market demands for an instrument capable of measuring a wide range of wavelengths to meet new needs in optical product development and manufacturing. Yokogawa says its AQ6375E and AQ6376E are the only grating based OSAs covering SWIR (Short-Wavelength InfraRed) over 2μm and MWIR (Mid-Wavelength InfraRed) […]
Applications and ResearchAccording to a new report from analysts Fact.MR, the global photonic packaging market is estimated at US$ 452.3 billion in 2032 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 5.7% during the forecast years of 2022-2032. It says the market is poised to grow due to remarkable use case of photonics in several end-use […]
News and BusinessFollowing the takeover and rebrand of Dubai-based AfriPipes in December 2021, Emtelle says it is expanding its global footprint in the FTTX industry. It also added an additional 9,000m² of manufacturing space from five manufacturing sites, including the US and the US in April 2022, providing the company with a platform for future growth. As […]
Technologies and ProductsSenko has launched its next generation duplex optical fibre connector designed for high density applications, which doubles transceiver face plate density. The connectors can be used for next generation transceivers including SFP-DD, QSFP-DD and OSFPVSFF. The compact design of Senko’s Very Small Form Factor (VSFF) duplex SN® fibre connectors allow significant space-saving in data centre […]
News and BusinessLumentum Holdings has announced the completion of its deal to buy out NeoPhotonics. As previously announced, Lumentum anticipates achieving more than an estimated US$50 million in annual run-rate synergies within 24 months of the closing of the transaction. Lumentum financed the transaction consideration with cash from the combined companies’ balance sheets. Under the terms of […]
News and BusinessZzoomm, a UK full fibre operator, has announced Slovenia-based Iskratel as its latest technology partner in delivering FTTP broadband to millions of UK residents. In ramping up its fibre roll-out to hundreds of communities across the UK, broadband ISP Zzoomm will utilise Iskratel’s complete XGS-PON access solution including Optical Line Terminals and Optical Network Terminals. […]
Technologies and ProductsKeysight Technologies, Inc. has collaborated with Nokia to successfully demonstrate the first public 800GbE test to validate the readiness of next-generation optics for service providers and network operators. The readiness testing was conducted at Nokia’s private SReXperts customer event in Madrid in June 2022, and included Keysight’s AresONE 800GBE Layer 1-3 800GbE line rate test […]
News and BusinessSTL says it has secured a deal worth INR 250 crore with an unnamed Indian telecoms operator, to set up a high-performance, modern communication network. STL, which is already modernising the operator’s network, says the deal further strengthens its decade-long arrangement with the operator. With this multi-year deal, STL will provide specialised optical fibres and […]