Applications and ResearchECI, a global provider of ELASTIC Network® solutions, and SURF, the Dutch National Research and Education Network, has announced a successful trial of the vendor’s TM1200 1.2T dual channel, programmable blade. The companies established a 1,650km link connecting SURF’s main facility in Amsterdam with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research’s (CERN) communication centre in Geneva. […]
News and BusinessThe Southern Cross Cable Network (SCCN) Asia-Pacific to US subsea cable project has received official approval and full construction will now start. The Southern Cross NEXT project has achieved CIF (Contract in Force) permission. The Australia/New Zealand to Los Angeles link has the backing of leading telcos and is set to be ready to use […]
News and BusinessDataBank has closed the acquisition of Indianapolis-based LightBound, a colocation, internet, voice, network and cloud services provider. The deal has led to an expanded data centre portfolio and expanding connectivity player Everstream enlarging its connectivity footprint in the US Midwest. The transaction expands DataBank’s growing portfolio of edge data centres in secondary markets with the […]
News and BusinessHurricane Electric has added a new point-of-presence (PoP) at the Lamda Hellix data centre campus on the outskirts of Athens, Greece. The country has faced an economic meltdown but Hurricane says its deployment will aid digital transformation in the Athens market. This is Hurricane Electric’s first PoP in Greece, and will provide enterprises and residential […]
News and BusinessGermany’s DE-CIX internet exchange has increased its presence outside Frankfurt by taking more space at EdgeConneX’s edge data centre in Munich, Bavaria. The EDCMUC01 facility will see DE-CIX upgrade its equipment at the site to handle a capacity of over 1 terabyte, to “future-proof” its ability to handle consistently growing volumes of network traffic, said […]
Technologies and ProductsNokia has introduced the 1830 Time-sensitive Packet Switch (TPS) family of time-sensitive networking (TSN) switches, which reduce the cost and complexity of Cloud RAN deployments by enabling packet-based transport for mobile fronthaul. The new family of switches transparently supports a mix of existing and new radio interface protocols, unifying mobile transport for 4G and 5G […]
Applications and ResearchDutch research centre QuTech and Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT (“ILT”), based in Aachen, Germany, have together launched “ICON”, which is an R&D project with the aim of transporting quantum information long distances over glass fibres – paving the way for the quantum Internet. ICON, which stands for International Cooperation and Networking, is an […]
Applications and ResearchNJFX, an intercontinental cable landing station (CLS) based in New Jersey, US, offering Tier 3 carrier-neutral data centre capabilities, and Telxius, Telefónica’s communications infrastructure firm, have announced significant developments at their CLS sites: NJFX is now the location of the first CLS-to-CLS terrestrial interconnection, connecting NJFX in Wall, NJ to Telxius’s facility at the CLS in Virginia Beach, VA. […]
Technologies and ProductsZTE Corporation has launched a 2U compact Optical Line Terminal (OLT) based on TITAN platform. The ZXA10 C620 features powerful uplink aggregation capability to ensure non-blocking and high-bandwidth transmission of services, alleviating the load on the upper-layer network and effectively saving uplink fibres. The ZXA10 C620 provides a series of access modes, including GPON, XG(S)-PON, […]
Technologies and ProductsAccess network product vendor Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AOI), has announced interoperability between AOI’s 400G QSFP-DD SR8 and 400G QSFP-DD DR4 transceivers with Celestica’s industry-leading Silverstone DX400 400G switch platform. “As the 400G ecosystem matures, AOI continues to expand the interoperability of our 400G transceiver portfolio with Celestica’s 400G Ethernet switch. AOI is proud to partner […]
Applications and ResearchSmart City Networks, a leading US-based provider of technology services dedicated to the convention and exhibition sector, has completed what it calls “an enhanced fibre optics project”, installed at the San Diego Convention Centre (SDCC). The upgraded network now gives clients – operators, exhibitors and attendees – the opportunity to have greater bandwidth while working on site. […]
News and BusinessA new report predicts that in 2019 the availability of German broadband Gigabit-capable connections YoY will grow by 73% to 19 million. As components of this, the number of subscribers passed by FTTB/FFTH connections will expand by 20% to 4.4 million, while the number of Gigabit-capable ports on cable HFC networks (DOCSIS 3.1) will almost […]