Technologies and ProductsAs customer demand for high-capacity, low-latency data transport continues to grow, CenturyLink, expanding its US intercity network by 4.7 million miles of fibre, using Corning’s SMF-28® ULL fibre and SMF-28® Ultra fibre in a hybrid Corning® SST-UltraRibbon™ cable. With a silica core design, SMF-28 ULL fibre offers the lowest loss of any terrestrial-grade optical fibre […]
Technologies and ProductsSpecifically tailored for 5G, the 1022 will expand capacity in metro access sector. ECI, a global provider of Elastic Network solutions for service providers, critical infrastructures and data center operators, has launch its 1022 cell site router, the first of the company’s end-to-end portfolio tailored for 5G. Designed as a cell site router, the 1022 […]
News and BusinessEkinops, a supplier of telecommunications solutions for telecom operators, has completed the acquisition of the OTN-Switch (Optical Transport Network) platform developed by Padtec, an optical communications system manufacturer based in Brazil. OTN technology is used to switch data traffic over optical fibres, significantly optimizing network bandwidth utilization. The OTN technology will allow Ekinops to meet […]
News and BusinessSecond quarter trading up on previous quarter, but year on year quarter figures tumble. Adva, a provider of open networking solutions for the delivery of cloud and mobile services, has reported mixed financial results for its Q2 2019, which ended on June 30, 2019. Revenues for Q2 2019 increased by 3.9% to €133.2M from […]
MagazineGlobal growth in cloud computing is driving demand for higher-performance infrastructure. And to keep pace with demand, developers are transitioning to 400G technologies to enable compact, faster and lower cost-per-bit solutions, writes Antony Savvas. Continue reading the article in our magazine
MagazineThe length of time an optical transceiver spends plugged into a switch and the amount and importance of the data it carries means that reliability is paramount. Ellen Manning looks at the rigorous testing procedures put in place to ensure maximum reliability. Continue reading the full article in our magazine
News and BusinessAccording to a new market forecast by telecoms and networks analyst Dell’Oro Group, coherent DWDM revenue is forecast to reach US$16 billion by 2023. This revenue growth will be driven by 200+ Gbps wavelength shipments, it says. “The 100 Gbps growth cycle is behind us,” said Jimmy Yu, Vice President at Dell’Oro (pictured). “This doesn’t […]
Technologies and ProductsL-com, an Infinite Electronics brand and a manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, has introduced a new series of active optical cables (AOCs). These are designed to address high-speed datacentre and enterprise networking applications. L-com’s new AOCs are hot swappable, pluggable cable assemblies that support high-speed Ethernet, InfiniBand and Fibre Channel connectivity (10 Gbits/s […]
News and BusinessCloud and colo operator spending on optical communications hardware continued to spur market growth in the first quarter of 2019, according to the most recent Optical Customer Markets Report from research firm Cignal AI. Spending in these sectors increased over 50% in North America, offsetting declines in other regions, with Ciena continuing to lead all sales to cloud […]
Applications and ResearchHurricane Electric, the international fibre connectivity provider, has expanded its global IPv6-native internet backbone to Scotland. It has added a point-of-presence at Pulsant’s data centre in Edinburgh. Pulsant is a hybrid IT and cloud hosting provider. The carrier neutral data centre has 75,000 square feet of space and over 30 telecoms carriers go through it. […]