Newsletter 26th May Archives - Optical Connections News

Technologies and Products

Semtech, Intel, collaborate on LiDAR

By Peter Dykes

Semtech Corporation and Intel are collaborating to develop optical semiconductor platforms for Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR). Semtech’s laser drivers and programmable transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) are being integrated into Intel RealSense LiDAR Camera L515, enabling the creation of power-efficient, high resolution consumer LiDAR. The collaboration between Intel RealSense technology and Semtech’s Signal Integrity Products Group […]

Technologies and Products

New XR Optics-powered coherent pluggable solutions from Infinera

By Peter Dykes

Infinera says it has expanded its portfolio of open optical networking solutions with a suite of coherent optical pluggables designed to address point-to-point and point-to-multipoint transport applications from the network edge to the core. Leveraging its XR Optics technology, Infinera says the new suite of vertically integrated ICE-XR pluggables will offer network operators the performance, […]

News and Business

Hawe, WINGAS set date for border crossing

By Peter Dykes

GAZPROM Germania subsidiary WINGAS has set June 2021 for putting the border section of its fibre optic network into service on the northern part of the Polish – German border. The section to be built by WINGAS is 40 km long, will be laid on German territory in the area of the Kołbaskowo-Pomellen border crossing […]

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HOTnet taps Infinera for long-haul transport network

By Peter Dykes

Infinera and Hokkaido Telecommunications Network Co., Ltd. (HOTnet) have announced the deployment of Infinera’s open optical networking solutions to enhance the performance of HOTnet’s high-speed fibre optic network. Leveraging open optical networking principles, HOTnet was able to deploy a broad range of Infinera’s suite over its existing optical infrastructure. This approach, says Infinera, enables HOTnet […]

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Two new subsea cable systems to support Indian data growth

By Peter Dykes

Indian 4G and mobile broadband digital service provider Reliance Jio Infocomm is constructing the largest international submarine cable system centred on India. Jio, in conjunction with global partners and submarine cable supplier SubCom, is currently deploying two next-generation cables to support the growth in data demand across the region. The India-Asia-Xpress (IAX) system will connect […]

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Infinera’s Australian XR Optics trial a success

By Peter Dykes

Infinera says that NBN Co, Australia’s wholesale open-access broadband provider completed a successful proof of concept of XR optics-based point-to-multipoint coherent optical technology. The trial demonstrated XR optics’ compatibility within the NBN Transit Network, a DWDM network spanning over 65,000 km across Australia. The company says the trial highlighted the ability of XR optics to […]

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Aqua Comms, Telia Carrier, Ciena successfully trial 400GbE Trans-Atlantic POP Service

By Peter Dykes

Aqua Comms DAC and Telia Carrier, have announced that they have successfully completed a trial with Ciena to offer 400GbE commercial services between New York and Frankfurt. The trial follows Aqua Comms’ upgrade of its two Trans-Atlantic submarine cable routes with Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme submarine network solution, which leverages WaveLogic 5 Extreme coherent optical technology. […]

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Swisscom taps Nokia for new optical transport network

By Peter Dykes

Nokia says it has been selected by Swisscom to transform the operator’s existing infrastructure to a fully automated and high-capacity optical transport network. Nokia is the sole supplier to build the end-to-end wavelength division multiplexing/optical transport network (WDM/OTN) nationwide, which will support Swisscom customers’ surging bandwidth demands driven by an increase in remote work and […]