Applications and ResearchFurukawa Electric Co (FEC) has conducted an experiment in its Mie, Japan facility to demonstrate the installation of a 6912-fibre optical cable with an outer diameter of 1.14 inches (29 mm) in a 696 foot (200m) long conduit with three 90 degree curves and an inner diameter of 32mm. The conduit used was a standard […]
News and BusinessMarket watcher LightCounting, has updated its High Speed Ethernet Optics report saying the expected increase in sales of Ethernet transceivers in 2020 might not happen until 2021, due in part to the general economic downturn caused by the Corvid-19 pandemic. It says that just before the virus was discovered, demand for optical connectivity was very […]
Technologies and ProductsII‐VI Incorporated has announced the introduction of its high-speed indium phosphide (InP) electro-absorption modulated lasers (EML) for datacentres and 5G optical access infrastructure. The company says the upcoming combined demand for 400 Gbps transceivers in intra-datacentres and for 25 Gbps transceivers in fronthaul links to 5G antennas is rapidly driving a technology shift from directly […]
News and BusinessTampnet International Carrier has launched its newest point-of-presence in Copenhagen, adding two new, key low latency routes to Amsterdam and London. The company connects 30 key data centres that serve various industries and its new PoP is promising record data speeds. Tampnet says its Copenhagen PoP will be an important hub for low latency connectivity […]
News and BusinessGerman internet exchange DE-CIX has deployed a point-of-presence at the NJFX New Jersey cable landing station to further widen its US and international interconnectivity. NJFX offers a Tier 3 data centre campus to connect key carriers there. The new PoP will provide access for customers to exchange traffic so that their data can traverse directly […]
News and BusinessCenturyLink has connected maincubes’ FRA01 data centre in Frankfurt to its international fibre network backbone. maincubes’ customers now have access to CenturyLink’s 450,000 route miles global enterprise network across 60 countries and its portfolio of connectivity, cloud, security, voice and managed services. The partnership with CenturyLink will enable colocation customers to securely connect their systems […]
News and BusinessInphi says it has completed the acquisition of eSilicon, as announced on November 11, 2019, in a transaction valued at approximately US$216 million in both cash and the assumption of debt. Inphi says the deal further solidifies Inphi’s market leadership and scale in high-performance electro-optics. “We are pleased to complete the acquisition of eSilicon,” said […]
Technologies and ProductsReichle & De-Massari (R&M) has announced it has developed Traffic Access Points (TAP) modules for the high-density distribution platform Netscale 120. They facilitate the monitoring of fibre optic networks in datacentres. The new monitoring instrument can be completely integrated into the structured MPO and LC Duplex cabling. The TAP modules are situated like distribution trays […]
News and BusinessOptical connectivity provider IX Reach has signed a deal with Evoque Data Centres Solutions, a global data centre operator formed through the acquisition of AT&T’s colocation assets at the end of 2018. The alliance is designed to improve global connectivity for Evoque clients. Evoque and its enterprise customers will be able to form secure, reliable […]
News and BusinessDataBank has closed the acquisition of Indianapolis-based LightBound, a colocation, internet, voice, network and cloud services provider. The deal has led to an expanded data centre portfolio and expanding connectivity player Everstream enlarging its connectivity footprint in the US Midwest. The transaction expands DataBank’s growing portfolio of edge data centres in secondary markets with the […]
News and BusinessHurricane Electric has added a new point-of-presence (PoP) at the Lamda Hellix data centre campus on the outskirts of Athens, Greece. The country has faced an economic meltdown but Hurricane says its deployment will aid digital transformation in the Athens market. This is Hurricane Electric’s first PoP in Greece, and will provide enterprises and residential […]
News and BusinessGermany’s DE-CIX internet exchange has increased its presence outside Frankfurt by taking more space at EdgeConneX’s edge data centre in Munich, Bavaria. The EDCMUC01 facility will see DE-CIX upgrade its equipment at the site to handle a capacity of over 1 terabyte, to “future-proof” its ability to handle consistently growing volumes of network traffic, said […]
Technologies and ProductsHurricane Electric has added a new point of presence (PoP) at e-shelter’s data centre in the Spandau district of Berlin, Germany. e-shelter’s Berlin 1 Data Centre is the company’s second largest data centre in Germany and can be easily reached from the city centre. This PoP is Hurricane Electric’s second in Berlin and eleventh in […]
Applications and ResearchAt this year’s CIOE 2019, the Open Eye Consortium (Open Eye MSA) announced the availability of its 53 Gbps single-mode specification to its members, which defines the requirements for fully analogue PAM-4 solutions for 50G SFP, 100G DSFP, 100G SFP-DD, 200G QSFP, and 400G QSFP-DD and OSFP single-mode modules. The Open Eye MSA aims to […]
News and BusinessNTT Communications is in pole position to lead the cloud telecoms space in the APAC market, says analyst GlobalData. NTT’s software-defined capabilities, enhanced portfolio through integration with sister companies, and its wide optical fibre network and data centre coverage has given the provider the “edge” to lead the regional cloud telecoms market, says GlobalData. Major […]
News and BusinessNTT Communications (NTT Com) is expanding the fibre interconnectivity of its Nexcenter data centres in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan to enable client companies to connect with cloud and content services more flexibly. On a sequential basis from this month, NTT Com has begun directly connecting its infrastructure ecosystem with three major internet exchanges (IXs) in […]
Applications and ResearchLuxtera, a pioneer in silicon photonics developments, has partnered with TSMC for next-generation silicon photonics manufacturing. This cooperation enables key technologies for future cloud, mobile infrastructure, enterprise, and high-performance computing platforms. The companies are together developing what they are calling “an innovative silicon photonics technology platform” intended to more than double optical link performance while […]
News and BusinessLivingston, Scotland-based company Optoscribe, a global supplier of glass-based integrated photonic components, is pleased to announce it has opened a new facility to accommodate rapid growth and future expansion plans. The new 7,400 square foot building includes a Class 1,000 laser processing clean room and a Class 10,000 assembly, characterisation, test & assembly clean room. […]
Technologies and ProductsGigPeak, a developer of semiconductor ICs and software solutions for high-speed connectivity and high-quality video compression over the network and Cloud, showcased a range of new products at OFC 2017, demonstrating the massive growth in the datacentre and telecom markets – and how to deal with it. The company commented that its latest solutions could […]