News and BusinessFibre access specialist Adtran says Finnish altnet Fibernet, is using the Adtran 10G Fiber Access Platform to build an XGS-PON fibre network that will connect 50,000 customers in its first phase. Fibernet is leveraging its innovative fibre trenching technology to quickly build a fibre network and is using Adtran’s reliable 10G solutions to deploy competitive, […]
News and BusinessGTS Telecom, an information technology and communications service provider in Romania and member of Deutsche Telekom AG, has selected Ciena to upgrade its network from 10G to 100G across the country. Designed with future needs in mind, the network gives GTS Telecom the ability to migrate the countrywide network to 200G, 400G, and even 800G […]
News and BusinessNokia says Indian operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) will use its DWDM solution in the access layer to upgrade its network to 5G for meeting future service capacity and reliability needs. The new compact and scalable DWDM solution will allow Vi to optimise fibre resources while ensuring 100G capacity with future upgrade capability of the network […]
News and BusinessPrysmian Group, says it will work with Australian operator Telstra, to build a state-of-the-art, inter-capital fibre network in Australia. The multi-year national fibre network project will see Telstra build a new “state-of-the-art inter-city dual fibre path” that adds up to 20,000 route km of new fibre optic terrestrial cable, boosting inter-capital capacity, as well as […]
News and BusinessInfinera says the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) Consortium, owner of one of the largest consortium cable systems in the world, has selected Infinera’s ICE6 coherent 800G solution to increase its submarine network capacity and provide diverse, resilient connectivity across European, Asian, African, and Middle Eastern markets. AAE-1’s submarine upgrade will more than double the current capacity, providing […]
Technologies and ProductsHUBER+SUHNER says its new FTTH modular connectivity solution is the first on the market to enable subscribers to partially install their own fibre. Known as RESA, the new solution is designed for rural/suburban residential and commercial areas. It is an easy installation alternative for both carriers and end customers. RESA is designed to reduce the […]
Applications and ResearchResearchers at Bangor University’s Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Centre say they have found a cost-effective way to improve the performance of networks which supply mobile services and broadband to our homes and businesses. In the process, they have set a new world record for using DSP to transform complicated, non-linear, low-speed optical transmission systems into […]
News and BusinessInfinera says it has the successfully delivered 800G optical transmission with Infinera’s ICE6 technology across GlobalConnect Carrier’s live, international long-haul network using GlobalConnect’s existing third-party line system. The development lays the foundation for modernising GlobalConnect’s northern Europe-wide network, which offers a full suite of carrier services with more than 100,000 kilometres of fibre and 3,300 […]