News and BusinessFibre-based communications solutions provider Zayo Group Holdings, and Infinera have announced the successful completion of the world’s longest known terrestrial 800G optical wavelength in a commercial network — 1,044.51 km. The Zayo-owned fibre route stretches from Springville, Utah to Reno, Nevada and is lit and powered by Infinera’s ICE6 800G coherent technology. Zayo says 800G […]
News and BusinessRanovus and TE Connectivity are collaborating to deliver what the companies claim is the world’s first CPO platform based on RANOVUS’ Odin™ 800Gbps Analog-Drive CPO 2.0 architecture with TE’s CPx fine pitch socket interposer technology. The CPO implementation, the result of a three-year development cooperation between RANOVUS and TE, showcases a fully operational co-packaged optical […]
Technologies and ProductsRanovus Inc. is to demonstrate a Co-Packaged Optics platform using a Xilinx Versal ACAP and Ranovus Odin™ 800Gbps CPO 2.0. The joint demonstration between Ranovus and AMD, is the first public showing of the companies’ CPO 2.0 solution for AI/ML platforms that demand power efficient, high throughput and high density optical interconnect. Ranovus’ Odin™ is […]
Applications and ResearchNew research involving JPMorgan Chase, Toshiba and Ciena, has demonstrated the viability of a QKD network for metropolitan areas. Resistant to quantum computing attacks and capable of supporting 800 Gbps data under real-world environmental conditions, it is believed to be the first demonstration of QKD securing a mission-critical blockchain application in the industry. The research […]
Technologies and ProductsKeysight Technologies, has expanded its portfolio of high-speed digital 800G test solutions to improve the power efficiency of components and modules in the data centre optical transceiver ecosystem. The company says hyperscale data centres are adopting 800G to address a rise in the use of cloud-native, 5G, AI and IoT, as well as data-hungry applications […]
Technologies and ProductsThe SPEED-MUX 800G is claimed to be the world’s first pluggable compact 800 Gbps multiprotocol multiplexer card with pluggable CFP2 modules and AES 256 Layer 1 encryption. The card can be equipped, depending on its configuration, with up to four QSFP28 or four QSFP-DD transceivers and a direct aggregation of 100, 200 and 400 Gigabit […]
News and BusinessCityFibre, the UK’s largest independent wholesale full fibre platform, has announced the successful deployment of its first 800 Gbps backbone wavelength in partnership with network technology solutions vendor, Ciena. CityFibre says this is a key milestone on its path to building a full fibre digital infrastructure that will reach up to 8 million premises in […]
Technologies and ProductsADVA has announced that CSC – IT Center for Science, which operates the Finnish University and Research Network (FUNET), has set an industry record by transporting 800Gbps further than ever before over a live network. Using the ADVA FSP 3000 TeraFlex™ CoreChannel™, FUNET’s succeeded in transmitting data at 800Gbps on links exceeding 2,000km. The field […]
News and BusinessFurukawa Electric and Fujitsu Optical Components (FOC) have agreed to collaborate on product development of integrated devices for next-generation, high-capacity optical communications. The companies say they will utilise the strengths of both companies to develop high-capacity, compact, low power consumption devices for next-generation communications networks, meeting the need for solutions in the Asia region. The […]
News and BusinessTPG Telecom has announced a major upgrade of its submarine cable connecting Australia and Guam to significantly boost cable capacity and improve reliability using Infinera’s ICE6 800G solution. PPC-1, TPG Telecom’s ultra-long-haul cable system connecting Australia, Guam and Papua New Guinea, has two fibre pairs spanning approximately 7,000 kilometres, with 78 repeaters spaced approximately 92 […]
Technologies and ProductsADVA has launched its FSP 3000 TeraFlex™ CoreChannel™, giving content and service providers the ability to transmit 800Gbps over greater distances than ever before. ADVA says that using 140GBd sub-carrier technology, the CoreChannel™ sled offers the market’s longest reach for a single-channel 800Gbps solution, enabling ultra-high-capacity transport over existing and new network infrastructure of more […]
Spirent Communications and InnoLight Technology have announced the successful validation of 800G optical transceiver interoperability. Spirent says that vital to the next stage of high-speed Ethernet evolution, this latest interoperability success signals a further step towards 800G implementation. The company added that the partnership with optical transceiver manufacturer InnoLight Technology successfully demonstrated an 800G link […]
News and BusinessVogel Telecom, a Brazilian wholesale and B2B telecommunications provider, has deployed Sao Paulo’s first 800G optical network using Ciena’s coherent optical platform. Vogel says it can now transport the most capacity over a single wavelength and remotely turn up capacity quickly and easily as needed through Ciena’s pay-as-you-grow model. The new infrastructure helps Vogel deploy […]
News and BusinessCiena and NTT Com will deploy a single-wave 800G line speed solution for Datacentre Interconnect (DCI) using Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme® optical platform, it has been announced. To accommodate the rapid growth of 5G, gaming and cloud services, NTT Com will upgrade its DCI network to be more programmable, resilient and high-capacity. “Since its inception, […]
News and BusinessA new report from analysts Communications Industry Researchers (CIR), finds that the market opportunity for 800G transceivers and above will reach US$245 million in revenues by 2025 rising to to US$2.5 billion by 2029. Driven initially by video, CIR expects the traffic in data centres will be further driven by 5G and IoT applications requiring […]
News and BusinessPIT Chile, a major Internet Exchange Point (IXP) for major CDNs including Facebook, Fastly, Google, Microsoft, and local Chilean ISPs businesses, has deployed PacketLight’s PL-2000T transponder to connect two of its data centres in Santiago, Chile. PIT Chile required a high capacity and high-speed solution capable of supporting a 200G protected DCI link between two […]
Applications and ResearchCiena has broken the record for the longest 800G transmission, according to a report on the company’s website. Helen Xenos, Ciena’s senior director, portfolio marketing, writing on the company website, said the company turned up an 800G wavelength from Toronto to Quebec City across a ‘world record-breaking’ 970km distance, 20km further than Infinera’s recent test […]
News and BusinessVodafone New Zealand is to deploy 800G technology using Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) coherent optics between its data centres in Auckland. Vodafone says it is achieving record transmission speeds to support growing, yet constantly fluctuating, demands for digital services while enabling a greener network. By implementing Ciena’s WL5e, Vodafone says it can better manage […]
Technologies and ProductsInfinera and US infrastructure provider Windstream, have completed a live network trial that achieved an 800G single-wavelength transmission over 730km across Windstream’s long-haul network between San Diego and Phoenix. In addition, by looping back the signal and derating it to 700G, transmission over 1,460km was achieved. The trial was performed using Infinera’s fifth-generation coherent optical […]
News and BusinessCiena has announced contract wins with Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier, the international wholesale unit of Deutsche Telekom (DT), and Telia Carrier in the US. The contract with Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier sees the first European 800G network going live, connecting data centres in Vienna, Austria. Ciena will supply its WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) to satisfy […]