News and BusinessLatin American service provider América Móvil and infrastructure provider Telxius have announced the deployment of a new ultra-high-capacity subsea cable to link Guatemala and the United States, as part of the ongoing commitment of the two largest telecommunication groups in Latin America to improve global communications. Named AMX3 by América Móvil and Tikal by Telxius, […]
Technologies and ProductsQuantifi Photonics has debuted its Laser 2000 Series swept tuneable laser at Photonics West 2023, which can be operated as a step-tuned, swept-wavelength, or fixed-wavelength CW laser source. The Laser 2000 Series uses a high-quality grating paired with state-of-the-art micro-electromechanics for quick, voltage-controlled wavelength tuning and repeatability. It offers 0.01 dB power stability and a […]
News and BusinessCommunications Industry Researchers (CIR) has issued Next Generation Transceivers Markets: 2022-2028, a new report which predicts next-generation transceivers will generate US$15.9 billion by 2028 compared to US$850 Million in 2023 as 800G speeds and above move into the mainstream. It says that embedding new approaches–such as coherent optics, co-packaged optics, and more efficient designs—next generation […]
Technologies and ProductsPilot Photonics has demonstrated and announced the availability of a widely tuneable laser module at the SPIE Photonics West expo in San Fransico. The company says it is the only commercially available tuneable laser that offers the combination of nanosecond switching and narrow linewidth, solving a long-running challenge in the industry. Pilot Photonics’ laser is […]
News and BusinessCiena is involved in two major projects in Oceania using its 6500 Packet-Optical Platform. The first is a trial to provide Telstra Wholesale with 400GE client services on two diverse links between Sydney and Melbourne. The second is to increase the capacity of the Honotua international submarine cable to 300Gbps. Ciena has been working with […]
Applications and ResearchIn a new field trial, researchers have shown that a real-time coherent transceiver prototype can be used for continuous sensing over a 524km live network aerial fibre wound around high-voltage power cables suspended from outdoor poles. In the new work, the researchers used a field-programmable gate array coherent transceiver sensing prototype for continuous fibre sensing […]
Technologies and ProductsAdtran® Inc., has launched its SDX 6330 10Gbps, an open and disaggregated Combo PON fibre access platform, with integrated 400Gbps uplinks. The SDX 6330 is Adtran’s third generation of open and disaggregated OLT devices. With 48 ports of Combo PON in a compact and power-efficient design, Adtran says it sets a new benchmark for lowering […]
Technologies and ProductsEkinops has announced the availability of its new PM_400FR05-C2A pluggable module for the Ekinops360 WDM optical transport system. The company says the line card is the first coherent module from Ekinops based on 400G pluggable line interfaces, which offer lower cost, lower power coherent solutions compared to high-performance embedded optics. The PM_400FR05-C2A provides multiple client […]