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Fujitsu, Orange, Tier 1 CSPs, partner for end-to-end optical service orchestration

By Peter Dykes

Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc has announced the first implementation of Multi-Domain Optical Network Services (MDONS) within the Open Networking Automation Platform (ONAP). Developed in collaboration with The Linux Foundation, Orange and other global service providers, Fujitsu’s open-source contribution extends ONAP orchestration into the optical space, allowing network operators to design, orchestrate and automate Optical Transport […]

Technologies and Products

Fujitsu debuts Open ROADM network design and planning tool

By Peter Dykes

Fujitsu Network Communications has launched what it claims is the industry’s first multi-vendor network design and planning tool for Open ROADM networks. The FUJITSU Network Virtuora® PD, an SDN-based application, optimises and simplifies planning, design, and testing of optical networks that conform to Open ROADM specifications. The company also announced that Virtuora PD has been […]

Technologies and Products

Acacia ramps up 400G Portfolio

By Peter Dykes

Acacia Communications has announced it is sampling multiple variants in its family of 400G pluggable optical transceiver modules including 400ZR, OpenZR+, and Open ROADM MSA. Acacia’s 400G pluggable module family features an expansive list of interoperability solutions in QSFP-DD, OSFP and CFP2-DCO pluggable form factors for cloud data centre interconnects (DCIs) and service provider networks. […]

Technical Features

Advancing Coherent Interoperability with OpenZR+

By Eugene Park

History has shown that adoption of optical transceiver/transponder solutions accelerates when implementable standardization and interoperability are established. Coherent optical technology, traditionally a closed-system technology with proprietary implementations, is evolving towards a similar path, which will help carriers and hyperscale data center network operators by ensuring multiple suppliers for their critical components. This article reviews recent […]