News and BusinessEXA Infrastructure has deployed Infinera’s ICE6 800G coherent optical solution on the EXA Trans Adriatic Express (TAE) submarine cable system which links EXA’s current European footprint to Turkey via Albania and Greece. EXA selected Infinera’s ICE6-based solution to help meet the rapidly growing bandwidth demand on its TAE cable link. Infinera’s ICE6 optical engines provide […]
News and BusinessIt has been announced this week that Africa telecommunications and managed services provider SEACOM’s Equiano subsea cable has gone live with equipment partner Infinera, offering express connectivity from Cape Town, South Africa, to Lisbon, Portugal. The cable now forms part of SEACOM’s subsea cable ecosystem surrounding Africa, which is supported by a continent-wide IP-MPLS network […]
News and BusinessInfinera is reportedly exploring options that include a sale of the company, according Reuters news agency. Sourcing “a person familiar with the matter”, Reuters says the San Jose, California-based company, which has a market value of US$1.6 billion, is working with investment bank Centerview Partners on a sale process that will launch in a few […]
Technologies and ProductsSantec corporation has launched a three-in-one swept photonics analyser, the SPA-100. The device, in conjunction with Santec’s tuneable laser, uses optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR) technology to analyse compact fibre optic and photonic devices for insertion loss and return loss with a spatial resolution of better than 5um. The company says the wide sweeping range […]
Technologies and ProductsInfinera says Australia Japan Cable (AJC) is the first to trial Infinera’s advanced coherent algorithms for next-generation optical engines. The trial was conducted over a 7,289-km segment of the AJC cable system between Paddington, New South Wales, Australia and Tumon Bay, Guam. The trial delivered a 17% increase in total fibre pair capacity compared to […]
Technologies and ProductsJabil Inc has debuted an 800G Active Optical Cable (AOC) family aimed at optics-enabled network and data centre architectures while supporting the continuing surge of artificial AI, cloud, high-performance computing (HPC), and ML applications. Jabil says AOC addresses rising demand for low-cost, high-performance, short-distance interconnects. The AOC family is available in two configurations to offer […]
Technologies and ProductsSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. and US Conec, Ltd. Have signed a license agreement to jointly manufacture MMC connector and TMT ferrule components for next-generation, high-density, multi-fibre cabling solutions. US Conecʼs MMC connector combines a reduced footprint multi-fibre ferrule with a very small form factor (VSFF) connector footprint, which is 1/3 the size of the MPO […]
Technologies and ProductsThe need for greater data throughput over ever-longer distances is becoming a major driver behind developments in optical technology, leading many manufacturers to conduct trials over live networks in recent months. The latest company to push the boundaries of speed and distance is Acacia, now part of Cisco. At OFC, the company announced it had […]