News and BusinessAustralia looks set to get a 20,000km hyperscale national backbone which will support industries such as cloud computing, data centres, environmental sciences, space vehicle launch, aerospace, satellite, defence as well as provide transmission to local distribution networks such as the National Broadband Network and mobile operators. Dubbed HyperOne, the network is the vision of serial tech […]
Applications and ResearchA research team from Australia’s Monash, Swinburne and RMIT universities has recorded what it claims to be the world’s fastest internet speed from a single optical chip of 44.2 Tbps. Researchers were able to load-test the network using 76.6km of ‘dark’ optical fibres installed across Melbourne Published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, it is […]
News and BusinessThe Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN) Asia-Pacific to US subsea cable project has received official approval and full construction will now start. The Southern Cross NEXT project has achieved CIF (Contract in Force) permission. The Australia/New Zealand to Los Angeles link has the backing of leading telcos and is set to be ready to use […]
Technologies and ProductsInfinera, a developer of intelligent transport networks, has announced the completion of a major upgrade to Australia-Japan Cable’s (AJC) submarine cable system, which connects Australia, Guam and Japan. AJC has been able to triple lit capacity on this 12,700-kilometer subsea cable system by upgrading the Infinera DTN-X network with Infinera’s fourth generation optical engine ICE4. […]
Applications and ResearchNext-generation Gfast technology to be launched in 2018. Adtran, a provider of next-generation open networking solutions, has announced it is working with Australian company nbn (the company building Australia’s broadband network) to advance high-speed broadband access to Australian consumers. The next-generation broadband technology, Gfast, will be launched on the nbn broadband access network in 2018, […]