Technologies and ProductsInphi Corporation and Verizon Media have successfully validated a seamless upgrade from 100GbE QSFP28 optics, using Inphi’s COLORZ®, to 400GbE QSFP-DD over the same production Open Line System, using Inphi’s COLORZ® II. The demonstration consisted of adding a 400ZR from an Arista 400G switch into a 100GHz DWDM channel without affecting any of the existing […]
News and BusinessCoherent optical communication and photonics test and measurement company Coherent Solutions, has changed its name to Quantifi Photonics, as it looks to target new markets and develop new test solutions across a broader range of applications and industries. It says more customers are demanding fully-integrated and turn-key test systems as optical technologies find their way […]
News and BusinessNearly nine out of ten (88.7%) of the UK’s challenger broadband network providers support the creation of a common platform through which they could provide wholesale services to third-party content providers, according to a new survey. The creation of a common wholesale platform is an important step forward in enabling independent operators to attract service […]
News and BusinessKT Corporation (KT), South Korea’s largest telecommunications company, formerly known as Korea Telecom, deployed the Infinera 7300 Series Multi-haul Transport Platform in its national backbone network to support a nationwide rollout of 5G services. KT selected the 7300 platform to provide a scalable core network solution optimized for the performance requirements of bandwidth-intensive end-user services […]
News and BusinessPIT Chile, a major Internet Exchange Point (IXP) for major CDNs including Facebook, Fastly, Google, Microsoft, and local Chilean ISPs businesses, has deployed PacketLight’s PL-2000T transponder to connect two of its data centres in Santiago, Chile. PIT Chile required a high capacity and high-speed solution capable of supporting a 200G protected DCI link between two […]
Technologies and ProductsPrysmian-owned Draka has upgraded its Universal Cabling Fibre offering from G.652.D fibre to the G.657.A1 profile. Draka says bend-insensitive fibre optic cables are a crucial part of the UK’s shift towards flexible and ultra-reliable fibre connectivity and this upgrade allows Draka to continue to make cables in ever increasing fibre counts including 432 fibre Cca, […]
Applications and ResearchAegiQ, a UK quantum photonics start-up, has won £1.4 million in funding from Innovate UK to develop secure quantum communications for fibre-optic and satellite-based applications. AegiQ will join a global pilot project to provide scalable, high-performing semiconductor technology for next generation telecoms. AegiQ has been awarded funding as part of a consortium of companies. It […]
News and BusinessNokia has announced it has been awarded a contract with Open Fiber, Italy’s wholesale infrastructure operator, to supply optical transport technology for the expansion of the provider’s FTTH Ultra-BroadBand (UBB) network nationwide. Nokia is supporting Open Fiber’s commitment to build a fully fibre optical UBB network to connect more than 6,000 municipalities in all the […]