Technologies and ProductsFSP 3000 TeraFlex™ Submarine Demo Transports Data 6,800km Using Commercial Transponder ADVA reports that its FSP 3000 CloudConnect™ TeraFlex™ system has succeeded in transporting 300 Gbits/s of data per wavelength over a 6,800 km fibre link. Conducted alongside ADVA’s partner Acacia Communications Inc, the trial is billed as “…the first in the industry to cover […]
Technologies and ProductsAdva Optical Networking says it is aiming to meet “soaring demand for cloud and mobile connectivity” with the launch of two new edge devices. The new solutions bring 100Gbit/s service aggregation to the edge of data center and metro networks, boosting capacity and flexibility and creating a 5G-ready infrastructure. Firstly, the FSP 150-XG480 is a 1.6Tbit/s […]
News and BusinessTencent Trials ADVA FSP 3000 DCI Technology ADVA reports that Chinese Internet-based technology and cultural enterprise Tencent has successfully transmitted single-wavelength 600 Gbits/s signals over its OPC-4 Open Line System (OLS). According to ADVA, the ground-breaking trial is a first for the Chinese market and a major milestone for metro Datacentre Interconnect (DCI) networks. “We […]
News and BusinessIndustry’s first fully open and disaggregated packet optical solution brought to market ADVA reports that its fully open and disaggregated packet optical solution is now commercially available. Built on the Telecom Infra Project’s (TIP) Voyager system, the new solution presents customers with a turnkey approach to developing packet optical networks. The company says that, by […]
News and Business• Quarterly revenues up sequentially to €123.8 m • Pro forma operating income of €6.1 m (5.0% of revenues) • Q3 2018 outlook: revenues €123 to €133m; operating income 2% to 6% of revenues Adva Optical Networking, a developer of open networking solutions for the delivery of cloud and mobile services, has reported financial results […]
Applications and ResearchGermany-based virtualised encryption vendor Adva has debuted what it hails as the world’s first 100Gbps quantum-safe optical communication over a long-haul network. The joint demo with some of Europe’s leading national research and education networks (NRENs) highlights how high-speed, secure connectivity with robust protection even against large-scale quantum computer attacks is possible over deployed operational […]
Applications and ResearchGermany-based optical networking company ADVA has taken part in two trials aimed at demonstrating how software can make optical networking more efficient. Using two different versions of the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) and the ONOS SDN controller to control network components. The ONAP trial was conducted by the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) industry group, […]
Applications and ResearchAdva is hosting a joint demo with BT at Mobile World Congress (26 Feb – 01 Mar in Barcelona) presenting end-to-end, multi-layer transport network slicing and assurance. The partners say the demo will illustrate how edge computing and network slicing techniques can enable emerging 5G applications. These include use cases that require ultra-reliable low-latency communications, […]
News and BusinessTelehouse America/NYIIX has deployed ADVA’s FSP 3000 CloudConnect platform to tackle soaring data demand in its metro network. Telehouse America, a provider of data centres, international internet exchanges and managed IT services, is using ADVA’s data center interconnect (DCI) platform to boost capacity among its NYIIX service locations and New York co-location facilities. The high-density […]
Applications and ResearchSolution enables real-time fibre assurance for improved network performance. Adva Optical Networking has announced that the American municipality of Apex, North Carolina, has deployed its ALM fibre monitoring technology. The in-service monitoring equipment is now delivering real-time insight into the town’s optical transport infrastructure. This provides complete network assurance, enabling fibre breaks to be rapidly […]
Applications and ResearchOscilloquartz, an Adva Optical Networking company, has announced that ASTRID has deployed the OSA 5411 in a new synchronization network built by Arcadiz Telecom. ASTRID, the operator of Belgium’s national emergency services communication network, chose to anchor its transport infrastructure with the OSA 5411 access device. The OSA 5411 features rubidium-based timing and synchronization capabilities […]
Applications and ResearchOscilloquartz, an Adva Optical Networking company, has announced that Globe Telecom is using its frequency and phase delivery technology throughout its national transport network. The three-year agreement involves the deployment of hundreds of Oscilloquartz devices to deliver highly accurate synchronization across Globe Telecom’s enormous island-to-island infrastructure. The technology, including cesium clocks, PTP grandmasters and Oscilloquartz’s […]
Applications and ResearchAdva Optical Networking (“Adva”) has announced that Bahnhof has selected Adva’s FSP 3000 with 100Gbit/s core technology for its national backbone network. Bahnhof, one of Sweden’s largest internet service providers, chose to overhaul its existing infrastructure in response to rapid growth in bandwidth demand from its enterprise and residential customers. The meshed DWDM solution, complete […]
News and BusinessAdva Optical Networking has been named winner of the 2016 “Celtic-Plus Excellence Award” in the category of network technologies, alongside the other participants in the Safe and Secure European Routing (SASER) project. SASER’s consortium of multinational partners was recognised at an award ceremony in Stockholm in June for its contribution to making communication networks in […]
News and BusinessAdva Optical Networking (“Adva”) has won Light Reading’s Leading Lights Company of the Year (Public) award. The company was chosen from a shortlist of major industry players, including AT&T, Cisco and Infinera. Adva said the award firmly underlines its “incredible performance in 2015”. Not only did the company drive phenomenal growth in revenue and profitability, […]
Technologies and ProductsADVA Optical Networking has put a multiplexer inside a QSFP28 module to expand the 10- and 40-gigabit client-side signals supported by its CloudConnect data centre interconnect platform. Such platforms are designed to deliver terabits of transport capacity in a compact, power-efficient design. But this poses a challenge as the front panel of such platforms can […]
News and BusinessAdva Optical Networking (“Adva”) has announced that it is leading the Silicon Photonics Enabling Exascale Data Networks (SPEED) project. The project creates a platform for development, manufacturing and packaging of application-specific electro-photonic integrated circuits (ePICs) in silicon. ePICs combine electronic and optical functions on a single semiconductor chip, delivering better performance, smaller footprint and lower […]