News and BusinessDWDM SoC transceiver maker EFFECT Photonics has closed the first round of its Series C funding, co-led by Smile Invest and existing investor Innovation Industries Fund, 12 months after launching its Manta full photonic integration coherent PIC. Other investors include Photon Delta, btov Partners, Brabant Development Agency (BOM) and individual investors. James Regan, EFFECT’s […]
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 ProductsEFFECT Photonics, which manufactures highly integrated optical communications products based on its DWDM optical System-on-Chip technology, has shown its 10Gbps 40km DWDM Narrow Tuneable SFP+ module at virtual ECOC 2020. Designed to operate from 1Gbps to 11.3Gbps, it is hot pluggable, has narrow band tunability, and is compatible with multiple network applications and transmission formats […]
Technologies and ProductsPrecision OT, is claiming a breakthrough in delivering 100G DWDM to the edge of modern access networks. The company has unveiled its new PAM4 Access Reach (P4AR™) transceiver, which it claims is the only commercial 100G DWDM, QSFP28 switch pluggable product that does not require dispersion compensation modules (DCM) for transmission up to 40km. With […]
Technologies and ProductsAcacia Communications is sampling a new 100G coherent DWDM pluggable solution designed to help service providers, carriers and cable operators meet growing bandwidth demands in edge and access networks. Offered in the QSFP-DD form factor, the module was designed to provide a scalable traffic aggregation solution, as well as an upgrade path to migrate from […]
Applications and ResearchNeoPhotonics has completed experimental verification of the transmission of 400Gbps data over data centre interconnect (DCI) ZR distances in a 75 GHz spaced DWDM channel. The company says it achieved two milestones using its interoperable pluggable 400ZR coherent modules and its specially designed athermal arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) multiplexers (MUX) and de-multiplexers (DMUX). First, data […]
Technologies and ProductsFibre optical connectivity specialists Pro Optix has launched two new series of Wavelength Division Multiplexers (WDM) called the Pro MINI high-density series and the Pro NANO ultra-high-density series. The company claims these products represent a world first solution with density at 300% and 600% greater than traditional multiplexer solutions. It says the new next generation […]
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 ProductsADVA has introduced its G.metro solution, a turnkey offering that cost-effectively helps mobile and enterprise networks boost access capacity while at the same time saving vital fibre resources. The technology, which features small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) DWDM transceivers, a complete suite of compact filters, and in-service fibre and wavelength monitoring, offers an easy way to […]
Technologies and ProductsData interconnect vendor Inphi Corporation has announced it is sampling its new Canopus™ coherent Digital Signal Processor (DSP), which it claims is the industry’s first merchant 7nm coherent DSP. Canopus provides low power and high density QSFP-DD, OSFP and CFP2-DCO coherent pluggable modules for cloud and telecom customers. Inphi says Canopus makes high density IP […]
News and BusinessAccording to a new market forecast by telecoms and networks analyst Dell’Oro Group, coherent DWDM revenue is forecast to reach US$16 billion by 2023. This revenue growth will be driven by 200+ Gbps wavelength shipments, it says. “The 100 Gbps growth cycle is behind us,” said Jimmy Yu, Vice President at Dell’Oro (pictured). “This doesn’t […]
Technologies and ProductsTelia Carrier has expanded its North American network with the addition of two new diverse and “latency-optimised” DWDM routes between New Jersey and Northern Virginia. This includes metro expansions with additional points-of-presence (PoPs) in the Secaucus area to serve New Jersey and the greater New York area. The build-out addresses growing demand for high-capacity services […]
Applications and ResearchThe Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable Double Density (QSFP-DD) Multi Source Agreement (MSA) group has announced the release of an updated Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS) revision 4.0 for the QSFP-DD form factor. To continue to address the evolving industry needs for an improved high-density, high-speed networking solution, 65 companies came together in support of […]
Technologies and ProductsGerman fibre and copper connectivity solutions specialist Pan Dacom Direkt has announced the general release of the latest variant of the SPEED-MUX family. The SPEED-MUX-200G-CFP2 is equipped with 1xCFP2 slot for transmission of 200 Gbps via one DWDM-wavelength The new muxponder is a compact 200 Gbps multi-protocol multiplexer card. It is equipped with 6 QSFP […]
Applications and ResearchBifrost Communications says it is in the process of doubling the 25 Gbps distance to 20 km for DWDM C- band and L-band systems. The company, which is a university spin-off from the Technical University of Denmark’s Department of Photonics Engineering, expects that optical components vendors and system integrators will be interested in partnering to […]
Applications and ResearchAcacia Communications has announced the first 400G single carrier DWDM transmission on the 6,600 km Marea submarine cable between Virginia Beach, USA, and Bilbao, Spain. The field demonstration was conducted by Acacia in collaboration with Microsoft and Facebook, and helped to demonstrate that improvements in capacity and spectral efficiency can enable increased utilisation of deployed […]
Technologies and ProductsIntegrates both OTDR and OSA functionality for monitoring optical infrastructure. PacketLight Networks, a developer of DWDM and optical fibre networking solutions, has introduced the PL-1000D fibre optic diagnostic solution, which is intended to consistently monitor signal quality and any network faults in a single device. Delivering non-intrusive network visibility, the PL-1000D offers carriers, dark fibre […]
Technologies and ProductsCanada-based ATX networks has launched the first product in its GigaWave digital optical gateway platform at ANGACOM. Designed to provide cable operators with a powerful, futureproof and protocol-agnostic solution that enables them to expand the capacity of fibre access links between headends/hubs and outside plant facilities, the Digital Link Extender 40 (DLX40) enables MSOs to […]
Technical FeaturesOne of the major problems currently facing network operators is how to get more bandwidth from existing fibre. Simply adding more fibre is costly, energy-hungry and time-consuming, so operators are looking to optical systems manufacturers such as II-VI to come up with ever-more efficient designs, writes Dr. Sanjai Parthasarathi and Sara Gabba. Network convergence is […]
News and BusinessCoriant has won a contract from ESpanix, the largest and oldest Spanish neutral internet exchange, to supply its Groove G30 network disaggregation platform as the foundation for a high-speed optical backbone network connecting the exchange’s major data center sites across Madrid. Coriant says the solution will enable ESpanix to cost-efficiently deliver 100G interconnect services, while […]