News and BusinessA new report from LightCounting, 2021 Access Optics Report and Forecast, says that sales of PON optics will exceed US$3 billion, and sales of grey and WDM transceivers for fronthaul will account for another US$2.9 billion from 2022-2026, with the balance being for backhaul and midhaul applications. It adds that the market for optics for […]
News and BusinessEmtelle, has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to supply FTTx infrastructure for regional UK broadband provider Upp. The contract runs until the end of March 2026. Emtelle will work closely with Upp to support the provider’s plans to deploy a full-fibre network to one million premises across the East of England.by 2025. Upp is using […]
News and BusinessEkinops has been chosen by IKOULA, French Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider of dedicated servers, outsourced cloud computing, web and cloud hosting services, to upgrade its backbone network between data centres to support the growth in customer traffic. Ekinops is delivering the PM 200FRS02 200G FlexRate™ coherent line card for IKOULA to upgrade its existing Ekinops chassis […]
News and BusinessTelecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cable operators in the region, has deployed Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent optical technology to maximise capacity along the Mediterranean segment of the operator’s Middle East North Africa (MENA) submarine cable system and Egypt’s mesh network. The MENA submarine cable is an […]
News and BusinessADVA has announced that UK operator KCOM is harnessing its FSP 3000 open optical transport technology to meet soaring data demand. The new infrastructure enables the communication and IT service provider to deliver highly reliable, ultra-fast connectivity to more residential and business customers across its Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire footprint. Using ADVA’s QuadFlex™ line card, […]
News and BusinessCityFibre, the UK’s largest independent wholesale full fibre platform, has announced the successful deployment of its first 800 Gbps backbone wavelength in partnership with network technology solutions vendor, Ciena. CityFibre says this is a key milestone on its path to building a full fibre digital infrastructure that will reach up to 8 million premises in […]
News and BusinessIt seems there is a special ‘day’ for celebrating almost anything these days and the US fibre optics industry has it’s own. UCL Swift North America (NA), a developer and manufacturer of fusion splice-on connectors, test equipment and related prep tools industry, will be celebrating National Ribbon Splicing Day on December 12, 2021. The company […]
Technologies and ProductsLumentum has expanded its multi-junction vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)-based offerings to include high-performance 1D and 2D addressable arrays for advanced automotive, consumer and industrial LiDAR and 3D sensing applications. Lumentum says its VCSEL arrays enable a more compact, reliable, robust, and fully solid-state LiDAR solution with no moving parts. The high-power multi-junction addressable VCSEL arrays […]