News and BusinessThe Independent Networks Co-operative Association’s (INCA) Annual Conference promises to shed light on government fibre policy, says INCA CEO Malcolm Corbett, following the government’s pledge to invest five billion pounds towards rural gigabit broadband. The announcement, which was made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the end of September, outlined the Government’s plans for […]
News and BusinessCiena has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Centina, a provider of service assurance analytics and network performance management solutions. Centina’s technology and engineering expertise will be integrated into Blue Planet, a division of Ciena. The acquisition of Centina is intended to accelerate Blue Planet’s software strategy of providing closed-loop, intelligent automation solutions […]
Technologies and ProductsOf the many new products on show at ECOC 2019, some of the smallest ones can be the most significant. A prime example is Rapstrap, which has launched what it claims is a revolutionary cable tie. Building on the experience gained with the original rapstrap – now known as the Classic, the company has developed […]
Technologies and ProductsNokia has set a capacity record during the world’s first field trial of single-carrier terabit-per-second data transmission on a deployed fibre network. The trial successfully transmitted a record 50.8 terabits per second using multiple wavelengths, each with a net information rate of 1.3 terabits per second, over a 93-km fibre route of Etisalat’s wavelength division […]
Applications and ResearchThe University of Southampton’s Optoelectronic Research Centre (ORC), based in the Zepler Institute of Photonics and Nanoelectronics (UK), has announced significant breakthroughs in hollow-core fibre (HCF) technology. It presented its “record results” in sessions at the ECOC 2019 conference in Dublin. Hollow-core fibres are optical fibres where the conventional glass in the core is replaced […]
Technologies and ProductsUS Conec, a provider of passive components for high-density optical interconnects, has shown its new MXC® Single Port Blind Mate connector at ECOC 2019. The connector is optimised for use with the PRIZM® MT expanded beam ferrules and enables high density fibre links in true optical backplane architectures. While utilising the same external cable MXC® […]
Technologies and ProductsSwitzerland-based Albis Optoelectronics, which designs, develops and manufactures high-speed InP and GaAs photodiodes has debuted its new high power, highly linear microwave photodetector, designed for direct optical-to-electrical conversion of RF-modulated optical signals at 20 GHz. The small, rugged and hermetic PQW package makes the detector suitable for installation in systems operated under severe environmental conditions. […]
Technologies and ProductsHUBER+SUHNER has debuted its LISA Double Access solution for the first time at ECOC 2019, as part of its fibre connectivity portfolio. The high-density and modular cross-connect fibre management system solution provides a maximum of 3,600 ports per rack making it crucial to the support of high-density applications and critical to future-proofing the industry. With […]
Technologies and ProductsInfinera has launched what could turn out to be a game-changing technology for optical transport network infrastructure. Called XR Optics, Infinera says it is the industry’s first point-to-multipoint coherent optical subcarrier aggregation technology optimised for hub-and-spoke traffic patterns. Rob Shore, Infinera’s SVP Marketing told Optical Connections, “If you think about the way traffic flows in […]
Technologies and ProductsViavi Solutions has announced a slate of new test automation, measurement and monitoring solutions it will feature at ECOC 2019 in Dublin, Ireland, September 23rd -25th. “Fibre is the backbone of all networks in use today, regardless of whether the access technology is FTTH, cable, 5G or Ethernet. VIAVI powers the performance of those networks […]
MagazineIn our bumper 60-page Autumn issue we pick out some of the event highlights and look in-depth at one of the biggest issues facing the industry at present – datacentre connectivity. It’s not just about connectivity within the datacentre anymore; the prospect of 5G and IoT rollouts is spawning datacentres of all sizes, from hyperscale […]
News and BusinessIn its second interim update to the last annual Connected Nations report, published in December 2018, UK regulator Ofcom tracks communications providers’ progress in increasing the availability of communications services for people and businesses. Based on mobile coverage and fixed broadband availability as of May 2019, Ofcom found that the number of properties able to […]
Product FocusNeoPhotonics Corporation has announced the introduction and initial shipments of new Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG) multiplexers and de-multiplexers for high capacity, high baud rate, coherent transmission systems. The new AWGs are based on NeoPhotonics high volume, high reliability Planar Lightwave Circuit platform and offer channel spacings from 75 GHz to 150 GHz and channel counts […]
Technologies and ProductsInfinera has announced that OTEGLOBE deployed Infinera’s industry-leading fourth-generation Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE4) technology to double the capacity on its international subsea network on the subsea links between Greece and Italy that form an essential part of OTEGLOBE’s European network. Infinera’s ICE4 technology delivered the terabit capacity and reach OTEGLOBE required for its unrepeatered subsea […]