News and BusinessPrysmian Group has announced an extension to its partnership with Openreach, the UK’s largest digital network business, with a new three-year contract. Prysmian Group will support Openreach’s updated Full Fibre broadband build plan which will be fundamental to the UK Government achieving its target of delivering ‘gigabit capable broadband’ to 85% of the UK by […]
News and BusinessEmtelle, which manufactures blown fibre cable and ducted network solutions, has announced two new strategic appointments to its senior management team as it continues to strengthen its position within the FTTx industry. Emtelle has appointed Kerry Anderson as group chief financial officer and William Auld as Group supply chain director. Anderson is a chartered accountant […]
Technologies and ProductsSumitomo Electric is pleased to announce the introduction of the new FC-6+ series of benchtop cleavers, which will be released globally in the fourth quarter of 2021. Introduced in 2001, Sumitomo Electric has continued to develop the FC-6 design over the last 20 years. The FC-6+ is the latest step in this continuous journey, bringing […]
News and BusinessInfinera says Australian operator Telstra, has deployed Infinera’s coherent 800G solution across Telstra’s international network. The deployment following a trial using Infinera’s ICE6 800G coherent technology on its GX Series Compact Modular Platform over a dispersion-managed, 2,940 kilometre subsea cable between Hong Kong and Singapore. Infinera says with its ICE6 solution, Telstra can realize a […]
News and BusinessBulk Fiber Networks, which builds and operates fibre network infrastructure in the Nordics, the US and Europe, has begun a feasibility study in conjunction with submarine cable planning, engineering, and implementation firm WFN Strategies, for the prospective Leif Erikson cable project linking Norway and Canada. The Leif Erikson Cable System will consist of a 4,200km […]
News and BusinessViaLite says it is supplying mil-aero company Raytheon Technologies, with its GPS over Fibre Extension Kit for Microsemi GPS servers. The Kit provides mission critical GPS timing and synchronisation for systems requiring extremely accurate clock signals. ViaLite says standard transmission distances for the extension kit can be up to 10 km, while solutions are available […]
News and BusinessNEC Corporation, its subsidiary OCC Corporation and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Say they have completed the first trial of uncoupled 4-core submarine fibre cable and verified its transmission performance to meet the demands of global telecommunications networks. International data usage is expected to expand by 30-40% CAGR from 2020-2026 (*3), driven by factors such as […]
Technologies and ProductsFinisar Australia has introduced what it claims is the world’s first twin 1×48 wavelength-selective switch (WSS) for use in next-generation reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) communication networks. An extension of Finisar Australia’s twin liquid-crystal on silicon (LCoS) platform, the Flexgrid® 2x1x48 WSS features significantly more ports than previously available from earlier Finisar Australia switches or, […]