Technologies and ProductsZayo Group Holdings and Equinix, have successfully completed a 400G trial, connecting data centres in London (Slough) and Paris on Zayo’s subsea fibre network. The Q1 2022 trial marks the latest collaboration between the companies as they prepare for the growing need to move continually-increasing volumes of data faster than ever before. As part of […]
News and BusinessFujitsu Network Communications, Inc. says US-based fibre infrastructure services provider FiberLight, LLC, has again selected the modular Fujitsu 1FINITY™ platform to enhance its high-bandwidth fibre network. Upgrades include deployment of 1FINITY T700 transport blades and L130/ L140 ROADM blades to improve performance, efficiency and speeds up to 400G. The latest 1FINITY innovation, the T700 transport […]
Technologies and ProductsVIAVI has introduced a 400G module for its OneAdvisor 800 range of field testers, to provide advanced 400G transport test and maintenance functionality for business service and network core technicians working in the field. Combining its transmission protocol and fibre network modularity, the OneAdvisor 800 offers testing performance for technicians who must carry their gear […]
News and BusinessAlbany, New York-based carrier FirstLight, has deployed its first 400 Gbps connection on its fibre optic network using Ciena’s WaveLogic-powered 6500 platform. The deployment was also supported by optical network integrator LightRiver, Factory Built Networks® and netFLEX® Optical Domain Orchestration and Control software. With high network capacity and ultra-low latency at the centre of FirstLight’s […]
Technologies and ProductsRagile Networks Inc., a California based open network solution provider, has released a 64*400G data centre switch, RA-BC6932-64X1-DR4, at the 2021 OCP Global Summit. Ragile says the product is the first Near-packaged Optics (NPO) switch that adopts cold plate cooling system in the industry (pictured left). RA-BC6932-64X1-DR4 is a cloud-scale datacentre switch with NPO and […]
News and BusinessWindstream Wholesale, has partnered with II-VI to co-develop next-generation transceivers that the companies say will streamline the deployment of 400 gigabit services while significantly reducing costs, power consumption and network complexity. According to Windstream, the partnership will: Deliver the world’s first high-performance 0dBm, 400G QSFP-DD coherent pluggable module—making these transceivers compatible with existing and emerging […]
News and BusinessFibre-based communications provider Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., says it is planning to deploy thirty-one high-capacity, 400G-enabled long haul routes across North America and Western Europe. The company says the availability of 400G client-side wave capabilities will allow it to deliver multi-terabit capacity across its underlying global network, enabling higher transmission rates, reduced cost per bit, […]
Technologies and ProductsFollowing its acquisition of Inphi, Marvell has launched three new products for cloud data centres. The Atlas™ 50Gbps PAM4 DSP chipset solution (pictured) for high-performance cloud data centre, computing and emerging AI applications, extends Marvell’s networking portfolio and its addressable market. The company also introduced what it claims is the industry’s first 1.6T Ethernet PHY […]
Technologies and ProductsUS-based transceiver manufacturer OE Solutions has launched its first 400G high-speed optical transceiver module, the 400G QSFP-DD LR4 supporting distances up to 10km. The 400G QSFP-DD LR4 module, which utilises the standard 4 CWDM wavelengths from 1271nm to 1331nm, will be available for testing in Q4 of this year and mass production will commence in […]
News and BusinessBell Canada says it has launched a commercial 400G wavelength service using Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme technology to deliver the significantly increased connectivity speeds and capacity required by the largest cloud and data centre providers, while optimising network performance and energy efficiency. “Bell 400G wavelength service efficiently delivers the speed and capacity necessary to meet […]
News and BusinessShipments of the most advanced 3rd generation (400/600Gbps) and 5th generation coherent (800Gbps) WDM technology surged last year as network operators upgraded to the latest transmission hardware, according to the 4Q20 Transport Applications Report from Cignal AI. Ciena continues to lead shipments of advanced coherent technology, but Cisco, Infinera, Huawei, and Nokia began to take […]
News and BusinessFujitsu Network Communications, Inc. is collaborating with the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Open Optical & Packet Transport (OOPT) project group to develop the first open and disaggregated 400G-capable transponder for large-scale DWDM networks. In support of the project’s aim to improve transport capacity and scalability, Fujitsu is contributing the latest 1FINITY™ transport platform and software […]
Technologies and ProductsDWDM and OTN equipment supplier PacketLight Networks, has released the PL-4000M muxponder. Delivering 400G capacity over a single wavelength, it speeds implementation of new services or quickly and affordably increases existing network capacity for DCI, metro, short-, and long-haul applications. The PL-4000M 1U modular device delivers cost-effective, high-capacity transport of 400G over a single wavelength […]
News and BusinessAs part of its goal to drive multi-vendor interoperability of enhanced performance coherent pluggable modules, the OpenZR+ Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) Group today announced that it has published the OpenZR+ Rev 1.0 specification and a supporting whitepaper. This specification, based on high-gain oFEC, is designed to enable 100G to 400G line rates, multiplexing and extended reaches […]
Technologies and ProductsAustralian operator Telstra, Ericsson and Ciena have announced the successful commercial launch of wavelength services based on 400G technology, which the operators says has increased network capacity whilst reducing power consumption, footprint and time to market for customers. The higher bandwidth services can now be delivered with a single card, offering on-demand capacity, from 100G […]
News and BusinessTest and measurement technology companies Coherent Solutions and SmarTest Electronics, have announced an exclusive partnership and supply agreement to develop integrated electro-optical test and measurement solutions for high volume 400G transceiver testing. The partnership gives Coherent Solutions exclusive access to SmarTest’s next-generation Bit Error Rate Testers (BERT) and Pulse Pattern Generators (PPG) which will initially […]
Technologies and ProductsPacketLight Networks has launched the PL-4000 product line of modular 400G muxponder and transponder for DCI, high capacity metro, and long-haul applications. The products are designed to help build high capacity networks and provide secure transport from 400G to 1.6T, with full visibility and performance monitoring of the optical transport layer (OTN), and support a […]
News and BusinessTurkish ISP TurkNet, is to use Ekinops’ FlexRate optical transport solutions to upgrade its core network, which provides businesses and individuals with uncapped high-speed broadband services across the country’s key cities. The first deployment of the Ekinops 400G equipment solution for TurkNet was managed successfully in April of this year in Istanbul, where traffic loads […]
Technologies and ProductsArista Networks has unveiled an optical line system in an OSFP (octal small form-factor pluggable) module. It is a compact, low power and cost-effective solution for increasing bandwidth between data centres without the need for external optical line systems. The Arista OSFP-LS addresses the needs of Tier2 cloud and internet service providers for high bandwidth […]
Technologies and ProductsCirencester, UK-based ProLabs, has expanded its next generation 400G network capabilities with the launch of its new transceiver solutions to address rising network capacity demands. The company says that increasing 5G traffic is placing pressure on network operators to upgrade their current infrastructure. To address these challenges and meet the capacity demands, both now and […]