News and BusinessNokia and Orange have announced a successful live trial of network tomography, which gives service providers near real-time visibility into conditions across a live optical transport network. The trial, which is a is a first of its kind, demonstrates how advanced optical network intelligence can help operators better understand, manage and optimize their transport networks […]
Technologies and ProductsSemiconductor developer Semtech has released an “industry-first” chipset for 10G passive optical network optical line terminal (OLT) applications. As network operators globally begin scaling to 50G PON deployments, equipment vendors need to support multiple generations of PON technology – GPON, XGS-PON and 50G PON, all within a space-constrained SFP-DD module form factor. 50G OLT systems […]
Applications and ResearchQuantum computing solutions provider Sparrow Quantum has reported that its deterministic photon source now delivers more than 500 million single photons per second into a single-mode fibre. According to the company, this is the highest single photon flux reported to date. The source operates at 1 GHz rate with more than 50% fibre efficiency, high […]
News and BusinessWholesale operator AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN) has announced that it has opened its own full fibre network to its Internet Service Provider (ISP) partners in the United Kingdom. Through its Aquila platform, the ISPs now have access to more than 370,000 consumer FTTP premises with symmetrical connectivity. “Our network was built for getting full fibre […]
Technologies and ProductsNetwork solutions provider ProLabs has launched two new QSFP-DD transceivers, which allow operators to extend the reach of their long-hail networks to 2,400km – the equivalent of travelling from London to Edinburgh five times. Both QSFP-DD 800G ZR LH and QSFP-DD 400G ZR ULH are purpose built for carriers, service providers, and large-scale backbone networks […]
News and BusinessOptical interconnect developer Quintessent has raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series A investment round to scale its products for data centres. The funding round, led by Cycle Capital, will be used to further mature Quintessent’s single-chip quantum dot-based DWDM comb laser, which is a new class of light source designed to simplify optical connectivity […]
News and BusinessTrymax Semiconductor Equipment, a specialist manufacturer of plasma- and UV-based solutions for the semiconductor and optoelectronics industries, has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million-dollar purchase order by Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI), reinforcing Trymax’s growing footprint in advanced semiconductor device manufacturing. AOI grows and fabricates its own chips and wafers in-house, using Indium Phosphide (InP) to build […]
News and BusinessZayo, a digital network infrastructure provider, has expanded its strategic supply agreement with Corning Incorporated, one of the world’s leading innovators in materials science and a major provider of fibre optic cable. The agreement secures a significant portion of the fibre Zayo has projected to need through the remainder of the decade, providing supply assurance […]