News and BusinessAccording to a research report available from MarketsandMarkets, the global photonics market is projected to grow from US$520.0 billion in 2017 to US$780.4 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 7.0 % during the forecast period. The B2B research company says the growth of this market is driven by the increased demand from applications such […]
Applications and ResearchA new project to scale-up novel compound semiconductor device fabrication processes has received European funding through the Avenues of Commercialisation for Nano and Micro Technologies (ACNM) initiative. The project, which should result in a number of new fabrication processes being developed, will be a collaboration between Swansea University, Compound Semiconductor Centre (CSC) and Blantyre, Scotland-based […]
Applications and ResearchA collaboration between the Sydney Nano Institute and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) has for the first time manipulated a light wave, or photonic information, on a silicon chip that retains its overall ‘shape’. The Sydney-Singapore team has for the first time observed ‘soliton’ dynamics on an Ultra-Silicon-Rich Nitride (USRN) device fabricated in […]
Technologies and ProductsAt this years’s ECOC exhibition, to be held in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, from 23rd-25th September, laser and motion control solutions specialist Aerotech will be showing its automated dual system for optical alignment. Demonstrations will show how optic fibre components with two 3-axes alignment levels and firmware-based alignment algorithms can be aligned with sub-micrometre precision. […]
News and BusinessAccording to figures released by the UK’s Photonics Leadership Group (PLG), companies manufacturing and delivering services based on photonics technology in the UK produce £13.5 billion in output every year, contribute £5.3 billion of gross added value to the UK economy annually and employ 69,000 people in the UK at a productivity of £76,400 per […]
News and BusinessDuring its June 2019 General Assembly, the FTTH Council Europe formally adopted its working programme and announced the results of the annual election of its President, Board members and Working Committee Chairs. Following May’s European elections, a new Parliament soon to be entering office, and a new College of European Commissioners to be appointed in […]
Technologies and ProductsInfinera, a global supplier of innovative networking solutions, has announced that Sparkle is deploying Infinera’s XT-3600 for its Nibble Network, a new ultra-long-haul photonic backbone connecting Sicily with major points of presence and data centres in Europe. Sparkle describes itself as “the first international service provider in Italy”. It has, earlier this month, June, 2019, […]
Technologies and ProductsOpenreach has selected OFS to deliver products that enable gigabit optical networking deployment into existing buildings with an almost invisible fibre. This is part of Openreach’s announced rollout of faster, more reliable and future-proof Fibre-to-the-Premises broadband to reach 4 million premises by March 2021. A major part of this target is to deliver effectively to […]
News and BusinessTelecom Italia has signed a non-disclosure agreement with state lender CDP and the utility firm Enel to begin talks on ways of integrating its fibre optic network with smaller rival Open Fiber. The talks will include a possible merger between the two fibre providers. “In relation to continuous press rumours,” said TIM, “the company confirms […]
News and BusinessInterxion, the provider of carrier and cloud-neutral colocation data centre services, has signed an agreement with Aqua Comms, the operator of subsea fibre-optic networks interconnecting the US and Europe. The deal enables the interconnection to the America Europe Connect-2 (AEC-2) subsea cable system from Interxion’s data centre in Copenhagen. AEC-2 is Aqua Comms’s portion of […]
Product FocusData centers need 400GE speed and faster memory to support 5G applications. DDR5 promises data rates up to 6.0 GT/s, effectively doubling the data rate of DDR4. DDR5 reduces footprint and improves power efficiency, but these improvements introduce new design and test challenges for chip designers and device manufacturers. Keysight’s white paper, DDR5 – Full Speed […]
News and BusinessA new report from analytics company CRISIL warns that India’s would-be 5G service providers are facing a serious shortfall in their access to fibre capacity for backhaul infrastructure. The report suggests that Indian telcos may need investments of up to around Rs 1 lakh crore (equivalent to over US$14.4 billion) simply to lay fibre networks […]
Applications and ResearchThe China Engineering and Consulting Association (CEDA) recently released China’s first Passive Optical LAN (POL) Engineering Technical Standard. The initiative is aimed at standardising and promoting POL deployment in smart buildings and campuses, and helping design institutes and integrators to improve design capabilities, construction quality, and delivery efficiencies. As a member of the CEDA, China’s […]
Technologies and ProductsHuber + Suhner Polatis, a manufacturer of optical matrix switches, has released several new ranges of network components specified for diverse switching applications. These so-named “Pure Optical Switches” are available from distributor Laser Components. Fibre optic matrix switches are key components for data transmission in fibre optic networks and test environments. Their fields of application […]