News and BusinessAccording to a newly published report by Dell’Oro Group, total global revenue for the broadband access equipment market increased to US$3.6 billion in 2Q 2021, up 7% year-on-year. Growth came from spending on both Cable and PON infrastructure. “Fibre buildouts for residential, business, and mobile transport applications show no signs of slowing,” noted Jeff Heynen, […]
News and BusinessNokia says it has broken new ground with Vodafone Turkey with a regional demonstration of a 1Tbps per channel coherent transmission over the operator’s live optical network. The companies proved a capacity increase of 150% over a single channel coherent transmission, and the ability to scale network capacity up to 70Tbps per fibre. The optical […]
News and BusinessAround one in four UK homes can now get faster full-fibre internet, as broadband companies have extended their networks at rapid pace during the pandemic, according to the latest figures from UK independent regulator Ofcom. New figures published in Ofcom’s Connected Nations summer update show that just underseven million (24%) of all UK homes can […]
Technologies and ProductsNeoPhotonics Corporation has announced a high output power version of its 400G Multi-Rate CFP2-DCO coherent pluggable transceiver with 0 dBm output power and designed to operate in metro, regional and long haul ROADM based optical networks. The module is based on NeoPhotonics vertically integrated Indium Phosphide technology platform, including its ultra-pure Nano tunable laser and […]
News and BusinessEkinops says it has been selected by Slovak Telekom, a Deutsche Telekom Group member, to deliver an enhanced and future-proof network access solution. Slovak Telekom is upgrading its legacy symmetrical DSL network utilising Ekinops’ ONE521 router, a platform that combines a DSL modem, a fibre port and LTE as an option. Slovak Telekom can now […]
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 BusinessAccording to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group, disaggregated DWDM systems revenue outperformed the broader optical transport market in 2Q 2021, growing 36 % year-over-year while the total WDM market was nearly unchanged from the year-ago quarter. As a result of the strong quarter, the forecast for disaggregated DWDM systems was further raised. The […]
Technologies and ProductsFrance-based APEX Technologies, which develops and manufactures high-performance test equipment for fibre optic telecommunications research, will be launching three new products at ECOC 2021. These include an external cavity tuneable laser source, an amplified spontaneous emission source and a polarimeter. The AP405XA is a high-performance external cavity Littman tuneable laser source combining wide tuning range, […]