News and BusinessInfinera says it has successfully completed a live network trial with Poland’s Hawe Telekom using Infinera’s ICE6 800G coherent solution. In the trial, Infinera delivered 600G, 700G, and 800G transmissions on Hawe Telekom’s national and international routes over the existing optical line system. The trial, conducted on Hawe Telekom’s Warsaw-Poznan-Frankfurt route, means Hawe Telekom will […]
Technical FeaturesMaking fibre optic communications sustainable is vital to reducing the industry’s contribution to the reduction of global carbon emissions. The opportunities for carbon reduction across the industry are myriad, including supply chain management to component development and the switch to renewable energy, to name but a few. Peter Dykes looks at three examples of […]
News and BusinessSTL says it has secured a deal worth INR 250 crore with an unnamed Indian telecoms operator, to set up a high-performance, modern communication network. STL, which is already modernising the operator’s network, says the deal further strengthens its decade-long arrangement with the operator. With this multi-year deal, STL will provide specialised optical fibres and […]
News and BusinessUkrainian telecom operator JSC Ukrtelecom and Iskratel have partnered to expand the country’s fibre-optic network to bridge the digital divide. Worth around A €12 million (US$14 million), the deal is aimed at improving broadband in Ukraine, over the next three years. The network-expansion programme, financed by Ukrtelecom, Iskratel and financial partners, will provide more than […]
News and BusinessFibre-based communications provider Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., says it is planning to deploy thirty-one high-capacity, 400G-enabled long haul routes across North America and Western Europe. The company says the availability of 400G client-side wave capabilities will allow it to deliver multi-terabit capacity across its underlying global network, enabling higher transmission rates, reduced cost per bit, […]
News and BusinessNokia has announced that Australian fibre and network solutions provider Vocus, has deployed Nokia’s solution to set up the 200G optical links covering more than 4,100 km between Brisbane and Darwin. Nokia’s 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) has also been used to upgrade Vocus’ optical network between Adelaide, Brisbane and Darwin to deliver 200G with […]
News and BusinessUS-based renewable energy group Sentry says it is to offer fibre optic installations to customers outside of the energy market. The organisation’s new Fibre Optic division expands Sentry’s fibre optic services to telecommunications companies throughout the United States and into Canada. Sentry’s new Fibre Optic division is led by Dan Tibbitts (pictured), who brings 27 […]
News and BusinessIskratel, is to provide active and passive telecommunications equipment for the construction of an ultra-fast fibre-optic (XGS-PON and GPON) broadband network in 210 municipalities as part of the RUNE (Rural Network) project, with its partners Rune Enia in Slovenia and Rune Crow in Croatia. As part of the three-year project, 233,000 households in 165 Slovenian […]
News and BusinessDeutsche Telekom (DT) has selected ADTRAN’s SDX OLT solutions for deployment as part of its new Access 4.0 network, as well deploying it in its existing architectures along with ADTRAN’s SDN-enabled management system, Mosaic Cloud Platform. The goal of DT’s Access 4.0 program is to create an open, programmable, easily extensible and highly scalable access […]
News and BusinessAs part of preparations for the next national cycle of fixed market analyses (2020 to 2023), French regulator Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP) is considering broadband sector changes, and has launched a new public consultative process. ARCEP is now embarking on a further stage of the review process of the […]
Technologies and ProductsBGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev, Israel, has introduced what it says is the first all-optical “stealth” encryption technology. This is reckoned to be significantly more secure and private for highly-sensitive cloud computing and datacentre network transmission. “Today, information is still encrypted using digital techniques, although most data are transmitted over distance […]