News and BusinessThe FTTH Council Europe’s latest Fibre Market Panorama finds that the total number of homes passed with FTTH/B in the wider definition of European countries (EU39) by September 2019 reached nearly 172 million homes compared to 160 million in 2018 with 19 countries now counting more than 2 million homes passed. EU39 coverage of both […]
News and BusinessSlovenia-based European ICT provider Iskratel, PJSC Ukrtelecom and SID Bank, have signed an agreement to build a GPON fibre-optic Internet network to connect the rural areas of Ukraine. The two-year network construction project, which has had a total investment of almost UAH200 million (US$7.5 million), will connect more than 200 localities in 13 Ukrainian regions, […]
Technologies and ProductsPrecision OT, a provider of optical transceivers and related active/passive optical components, has launched a new line of SFP GPON transceivers and a full line of GPON splitters. The company says these new GPON products will support service providers as they continue working to deliver next generation access services to bandwidth-hungry subscribers, and make it […]
Technologies and ProductsFujikura Europe has launched a new range of 90R mass fusion splicers designed to significantly reduce overall working time for engineers and help bring forward network improvements, increase capacity and reduce network congestion, as . Fujikura’s new technology is key for network operators and engineers looking to speed up work on the network. The new […]
News and BusinessCiena has appointed Mary Yang (pictured) as senior vice president and chief strategy officer. Yang will have responsibility for driving Ciena’s overall corporate strategy as well as execution of corporate development activities, including mergers and acquisitions and related integrations. Reporting to President and CEO Gary B. Smith, Yang will serve as an integral member of […]
News and BusinessProgress toward the delivery of ultrafast broadband to all parts of the UK must continue despite the current COVID-19 lockdown conditions, The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), the trade body for independent network providers said in a statement. Announcing that its upcoming programme of events, workshops and roadshows will be moving online, INCA said that […]
Technologies and ProductsOptoTest has launched the OP940-CSW, a compact insertion loss (IL) and return loss (RL) test system which features the speed and accuracy of the switched OP940 in a new form factor that the company says improves the test process, and is OptoTest’s latest advancement in MPO/MTP® testing. The OP940-CSW is an internally switched IL and […]
Sweden-based InCoax is to trial its In:xtnd product, based on the MoCA (Multimedia over Coaxial Access) 2.5 platform, with an unnamed US fibre network operator in order to evaluate the product’s technical fit into the operator’s fibre network architecture. The US fibre operator, which is present in more than 10 US metropolitan areas nationwide, has […]
Technologies and ProductsWindstream Wholesale, a provider of advanced network communications, and Infinera are claiming a first with the successful demonstration of 400GbE client-side services with commercially available 400GbE-LR8 QSFP-DD compact pluggable interfaces. The trial leveraged Infinera’s commercially available 2 x 600G/Wavelength muxponder on its Groove (GX) G30 Compact Modular Platform with the CHM-2T sled, which enabled the […]
News and BusinessThe Ethernet Technology Consortium, formerly called the 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium, has released its 800 GbE specification developed to meet increasing performance demands of data centre networks. Originally established to develop 25, 50 and 100 Gbps Ethernet specifications, the Consortium has changed its name in order to reflect a new focus on higher-speed Ethernet technologies […]
Technologies and ProductsFibre optical connectivity specialists Pro Optix has launched two new series of Wavelength Division Multiplexers (WDM) called the Pro MINI high-density series and the Pro NANO ultra-high-density series. The company claims these products represent a world first solution with density at 300% and 600% greater than traditional multiplexer solutions. It says the new next generation […]