News and BusinessUS-based ADTRAN has announced it is to acquire German metro and carrier ethernet firm ADVA, in an all-stock transaction which values ADVA at around US$930 million (€789) based on a price of €14.98 euros a share. The deal is subject to approval by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Bundesanstalt fuer Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin), which expected […]
News and BusinessNokia says it has been selected by Netherlands operator DELTA Fiber to provide a next-generation optical transport network, based on 400G wavelengths, to handle the operator’s increased traffic and further expansion of its FTTH rollout. The high-capacity network will offer customers enhanced service quality and speeds. It adds that 400Gbps speeds and higher wavelengths enable […]
News and BusinessUK power distribution company Western Power Distribution’s (WPD) telecoms division is deploying Infinera’s XTM Series metro optical platform for its high-capacity network, enabling delivery of next-generation high-speed services to its customers across South West England. WPD Telecoms is currently rolling out new optical infrastructure to build an advanced 100G/200G optical transport network, positioning the company […]
News and BusinessBrazilian operator Softdados has deployed Infinera’s GX Series Compact Modular Platform and XTM Series across its metro and long-haul networks to increase network capacity to meet the growing needs of ISPs in Brazil. Infinera’s solutions enable Softdados – a company of Softcomp Conectividade Group – to significantly enhance the capabilities of its network and offer […]
Technologies and ProductsRibbon Communications, which recently with ECI Telecom Group, has added two new products to its to its Apollo 9900 Optical Transport Network (OTN) switching portfolio, the Apollo 9901X platform and the MIO700 blade. The new solutions extend OTN switching from core to metro networks cost-efficiently. The company says it’s 9901X access OTN switch provides the […]
News and BusinessADVA has launched what it claims is the industry’s most compact demarcation and aggregation technology, bringing “cost-effective” MEF 3.0-certified 100Gbps services to the network edge. The ADVA FSP 150-XG400 Series enables businesses and mobile network operators (MNOs) to easily scale their metro networks and tackle booming bandwidth demand, says ADVA. Specifically engineered to deliver MEF […]
News and BusinessUnited Fiber & Data (UFD), a privately owned telecommunications services provider, has announced its new optical wavelength service offerings. The enhancements are a direct response to rising customer demand for scalable, cost-effective and high-bandwidth network solutions. UFD chose to deploy the EKINOPS 600G FlexRate™ solution to provide customers access to connectivity options ranging from 10G […]
Applications and ResearchADVA is leading a research project aimed at significantly expanding the capacity of optical metro and core networks. Funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the OptiCON project is exploring technologies that will enable fibre infrastructure to carry ten times more throughput than today. ADVA says that with Internet traffic growing on […]
News and BusinessTo further target digital business growth in Europe, CenturyLink, Inc. has built new metro networks in Madrid, Spain and Marseille, France. The company is also connecting an additional 90 datacentres to its network in a number of core markets. These strategic expansions, in key hubs of business and commerce in Europe, are designed to deliver […]
Applications and Research28 months into its 3-year run, representatives of the 21 partner organisations met in Pisa in October 2019, to plan the final stages of the Metro-Haul project, hosted by consortium members Ericsson Telecomunicazioni and Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario Per Le Telecomunicazioni (CNIT). The project has just had its second-year project review where the work so far […]
Technologies and ProductsMiddle-East ISP BOnline has deployed ADVA’s FSP 3000 platform to support a high-availability, future-proof network in Kuwait. Delivering high-capacity connectivity to enterprises, government institutions and finance companies, the new metro and backbone infrastructure features 100Gbps capabilities. ADVA’s solution supports a seamless transition from BOnline’s legacy technology, and with its modular design it also ensures “massive […]
News and BusinessJuniper Networks has announced a major refresh to its metro, edge and core solutions to accelerate service providers’ 5G transformation. 5G networks offer providers an opportunity to increase revenues through new services that simply weren’t possible before, said Juniper, including “near-zero latency” applications around IoT, AR/VR and connected cars. However, with these services comes exponential […]
Technologies and ProductsHuawei launched its Metro Fabric solution and the CX6600, a programmable, new generation, Metro Fabric-oriented router during the recent MPLS+SDN+NFV World Congress 2018. The solution is designed to help operators build data centre (DC)-centric metro networks characterised by network transport layer and service layer decoupling, elastic scale out, and fast service provisioning. In addition, this […]
News and BusinessCST Global, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sivers IMA Holdings AB and the UK’s leading, independent, III-V opto-electronic, semiconductor foundry has confirmed its silicon photonic laser production has increased by a significant 500% year on year. Euan Livingston, VP Sales and Marketing at CST Global commented, “CST Global supplies lasers for use in silicon waveguides. These […]
Applications and ResearchECI, a global provider of ELASTIC Network solutions, for service providers, critical infrastructures, and data centre operators, recently showcase new Neptune packet capabilities at MPLS + SDN + NFV World Congress in Paris at the end of March. These capabilities are particularly important to the future evolution of metro networks, the company stated. Jimmy Mizrahi, […]