News and BusinessCiena and NTT Com will deploy a single-wave 800G line speed solution for Datacentre Interconnect (DCI) using Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme® optical platform, it has been announced. To accommodate the rapid growth of 5G, gaming and cloud services, NTT Com will upgrade its DCI network to be more programmable, resilient and high-capacity. “Since its inception, […]
News and BusinessOrient Link (OLL) and NEC have signed an agreement to begin work on the 8,100-km MIST submarine cable system which will link Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and India. The network will have a design capacity of more than 216 Tbps and is scheduled for completion in 3Q22. OLL is a strategic joint venture company led […]
News and BusinessNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Intel Corporation (Intel) and Sony Corporation (Sony) are creating a new industry forum, the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) global forum. The organisation’s objective is to accelerate the adoption of a new communication infrastructure that will bring together an all-photonics network infrastructure, including silicon photonics, edge computing and […]
News and BusinessNTT Communications is in pole position to lead the cloud telecoms space in the APAC market, says analyst GlobalData. NTT’s software-defined capabilities, enhanced portfolio through integration with sister companies, and its wide optical fibre network and data centre coverage has given the provider the “edge” to lead the regional cloud telecoms market, says GlobalData. Major […]
News and BusinessNTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) is expanding its optical tier-1 Global IP Network with a new point-of-presence (PoP) in Toronto, Canada. The expansion, it says, will enable the company to further scale its offerings to internet service providers, content-oriented companies and cloud and hosting providers in the “highly strategic Canadian market”. The PoP will also […]
Applications and ResearchThe Broadband Forum and NTT have successfully demonstrated how Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) can be applied to Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) to eliminate the need for operators to rebuild an OLT from the preliminary stage of development. This will, for example, negate the need to remake the PON chip, which […]
News and BusinessRagingWire Data Centers, a data center provider in the USA, and its parent company NTT Communications, the information and communications technology solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, have announced that NTT Com has exercised its option to purchase the remaining shares of RagingWire and acquire 100% ownership of the company. As part […]