News and BusinessSpanish wholesale network provider Xarxa Oberta de Catalunya, has deployed Infinera’s XTM Series to meet the growing broadband demands of government networks across the Catalonia region in Spain. With Infinera’s XTM packet-optical solution, Xarxa Oberta can provide government networks up to 400 GbE services on its fibre optic network. Xarxa Oberta also tested Infinera’s ICE6 […]
News and BusinessThe US National Science Foundation (NSF) has released a comprehensive desktop study (DTS) assessing the feasibility of connecting NSF’s McMurdo Station in Antarctic, to either Australia or New Zealand via a subsea fibre cable through the South Pacific region. The study includes data on the Southern Ocean’s properties, marine life, seabed geology, climate conditions, national/international […]
News and BusinessUK connectivity provider Neos Networks, one of the UK’s leading connectivity providers, has announced a major upgrade of its Managed Dedicated Internet Access (Managed DIA) service to provide capacities up to 10Gbps as standard. Previously available up to 1Gbps, the upgrade provides a fully managed, enterprise-grade fibre solution for UK organisations grappling with ever-increasing bandwidth […]
Applications and ResearchAccording to a recent article in Optics.org, a project at Swiss research centre École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has developed a hybrid device that could enhance a number of high-precision laser applications. First published in Light Science & Applications, the research improves the performance of semiconductor lasers while enabling the generation of shorter wavelengths, […]
News and BusinessAccording to a new report on High-speed Cables, LPO and CPO, from LightCounting, sales of high-speed cables are projected to more than double over the next five years, reaching US$2.8 billion by 2028. Active Electronic Cables (AECs) will gradually gain market share at the expense of Active Optical Cables (AOCs) and passive Direct Attached Copper […]
News and BusinessCiena in collaboration with KT, has successfully completed the construction of South Korea’s first nationwide 600G transmission network. This project by the South Korean telecommunications company is an initiative to proactively address the rapidly increasing data traffic related to AI, cloud, and 5G, and to prepare for future services such as 6G. The transmission network, […]
News and BusinessConsulting and project management firm Pioneer Consulting, has been selected to provide initial engineering and design services for the FISH in SEAK submarine cable system (Fibre Internet Serving Homes in Southeast Alaska), an early-stage submarine cable which complements the FISH in AK project (Fibre Internet Serving Homes in Alaska), which was announced in March 2023. […]
News and BusinessNokia and Windstream have successfully trialled 800GE service transmission on a single 800 Gbps wavelength over a 1,386-kilometer link across Windstream’s live network. Utilising Nokia FP5 IP service routing platforms with 800GE interfaces and Nokia optical transport platforms with 6th generation super coherent Photonic Service Engine (PSE-6s) technology, the companies say the demonstration is the […]