News and BusinessAustralia’s NBN is to deploy Nokia’s next-generation broadband platform including its Altiplano Access Controller. NBN will be the first operator in the southern hemisphere to adopt the MF-14 OLT (pictured) following announcements by US and UK operators in October 2022. Deployment will commence in 2023. NBN recently welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment to invest an […]
Technologies and ProductsS&T Iskratel says it has successfully achieved interoperability of S&T Iskratel’s XGS-PON OLTs with AVM’s FRITZ!Box, an integrated access device with a built-in XGS-PON frontend.This follows the two companies’ previous successful interoperability announcements, including GPON interoperability in 2019. Iskratel Lumia C16 is a 16-port Combo PON OLT, able to serve up to 4,096 users over […]
Montreal, Canada-based AEPONYX Inc., a privately held developer of PICs has expanded its product portfolio to include high- performance tuneable lasers for DWDM PON tuneable transceivers and coherent transceivers. “AEPONYX undertook an extremely challenging project for the telecom space in developing our NG-PON2 optical sub assembly and transceivers. In conjunction with that project, we developed […]
Technologies and ProductsOpenLight has announced the general availability of its Process Design Kit (PDK) which is ready to be used with the Synopsys photonic IC design solution, and includes indium phosphide active optical elements on-chip that can be directly used by Synopsys OptoCompiler™ and simulated with the Synopsys OptSim™ photonic simulator, meaning customers can create PICs with […]
News and BusinessDeutsche Telekom (DT) says it plans to significantly increase the pace of its fibre rollout next year, with up to three million connections to be added in 2023. In the current year, Telekom’s fibre team expects to achieve its goal of offering FTTH connections to an additional two million households and businesses, bringing the total […]
News and BusinessPan-African wholesale telecom infrastructure provider Bandwidth & Cloud Services Group (BCS), is upgrading it’s network backbone using Ekinops’ DWDM transport solution, which it says will enhance connectivity throughout Africa. The project involves long-distance regional optical transport networks capable of 1Tbps capacity across Africa and urban connectivity upgrades through 44 metro ring deployments offering 10G traffic […]
News and BusinessFibre infrastructure company Hexatronic Group has agreed to buy South Korea-based microduct manufacturer KNET for an expected enterprise value of US$63 million. The purchase price for KNET is a fixed enterprise value of US$48 million, plus a potential earn-out based on the accumulated EBITDA for the 36-month period post-closing, estimated at US$15 million. The acquisition […]
News and BusinessOptions Technology, which facilitate access to hundreds of exchanges and capital markets worldwide, has announced the successful completion of its 100Gb core network upgrades across all major London colocation sites, using hollow core fibre. The resulting reduction in latency and increase in capacity means Options can expand its services with newly available routes and latency […]
News and BusinessOpenreach Northern Ireland (NI) has marked a significant milestone in its network build as its 200,000th customer has been connected to Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband. This milestone comes less than a year after Openreach NI announced it had connected its 100,000th customer to full fibre broadband in December 2021. Now, double the number of […]
Technologies and ProductsOZ Optics Limited, a supplier of fibre optic-based products and instruments, has launched a compact handheld optical spectrometer for ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared measurements. The design features a transmission grating for maximum sensitivity and a higher signal to noise ratio compared to similar products on the market that use a reflection style grating. The […]
News and BusinessAccording to the recently published Optical Transport Quarterly Report from Dell’Oro Group, optical transport equipment revenue declined 6 % year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022, with the supply of components continuing to weigh down the growth potential of the optical equipment market. “The main culprit for this market revenue decline was the lack of […]
News and BusinessCorning says it’s collaborating with Wesco International and Nokia to help accelerate and simplify last-mile broadband deployment in rural and regional networks. Wesco will be the first distributor to launch a new fibre-to-the-home kit featuring Corning’s FlexNAP™ components. The Corning solution, with its passive optical components, complements the active components in Nokia’s Network in a […]
News and BusinessAdtran has announced that Greece’s biggest power utility, Public Power Corporation (PPC), is leveraging the Adtran end-to-end fibre broadband solution to launch its pilot high-speed wholesale network in the municipality of Peristeri, within the region of Attica. When expanded nationwide, PPC plans to support all local broadband service providers and connect over three million homes […]
Technologies and ProductsEXFO has launched the FTBx-88480, a dual-port tester for fibre-optic transmission rates from 1G to 400G. The device features a modular, upgradable design to extend operators’ CAPEX investments. It also features a cloud-based collaborative software platform that connects all parts of network test ecosystems in real time for optimised field testing, reporting, troubleshooting and more. […]
Technologies and ProductsAnritsu Corporation and CIG Photonics will jointly demonstrating a new 800G optical transceiver PAM4 test solution in the Anritsu booth (#7B33) at CIOE 2022. The test setup will input an 8-lane optical signal from a CIG QSFP-DD800 2xFR4 800G optical transceiver to Anritsu’s MP2110A Sampling Oscilloscope to demonstrate measurement of key test parameters, including TDECQ […]
News and BusinessA consortium of telecommunication companies led by Singapore operator Singtel, has signed agreements to invest about US$300 million for a submarine cable system in South East Asia that aims to boost data capacity in the region and upgrade local capacities. The group also includes China Telecom Global Limited of China, Globe Telecom, Inc., DITO Telecommunity […]
Technologies and ProductsOSS/BSS company Netcracker Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, has launched its Netcracker Fiber Cloud Solution to equip wholesale fibre operators with a lean and open IT environment focused on agility, efficiency and business growth. The solution, part of the broader Netcracker Cloud Solutions for NetCos and ServCos, automates all aspects of the fibre […]
News and BusinessLumen Technologies has agreed to sell its EMEA assets to UK-based digital infrastructure company Colt Technology Services for US$1.8 billion. The assets include Lumen’s terrestrial and subsea networks, data centres and network equipment in the region The proposed deal follows the sale of a significant part of Lumen’s ILEC assets to Brightspeed in October 2022. […]
Technologies and ProductsArelion (formerly Telia Carrier), has trialled converged IP and optical networking layers over multiple, third-party, open line systems, using equipment from Acacia and Cisco. On a live fibre route with existing ROADM infrastructure between Hamburg and Copenhagen, Arelion successfully leveraged Acacia Bright 400ZR+ QSFP-DD coherent modules with greater than +1 dBm transmit power between Cisco […]
News and BusinessAn international consortium of companies which signed an MoU back in December 2021 to work on the development of a submarine fibre optic system connecting Asia and Europe through the Arctic, have set up a joint corporation to move the project forward. Far North Fiber, Inc., brings together Finland’s Cinia Oy, Alaska’s Far North Digital […]