News and BusinessExpenditures by North American cloud and colocation operators on optical and packet transport equipment declined 20 percent year over year in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20), while incumbent operator spending increased 2 percent, according to the 3Q20 Transport Customer Markets Report from market research firm Cignal AI. “Equipment suppliers to cloud operators report that […]
News and BusinessThe adoption of coherent pluggable optics will accelerate in 2021 as new technologies reach the market, according to the latest Transport Applications Report from networking component and equipment market research firm Cignal AI. It says fourth-generation coherent will extend beyond 400ZR to include higher performance solutions generally referred to as 400ZR+ and lower speed 100Gbps […]
News and BusinessRecent North American optical sales were up more than 25% for 4Q19 and 10% for all of 2019 according to the most recent Transport Hardware Report from research firm Cignal AI. The North American packet market for access and aggregation switching devices also grew strongly in the fourth quarter as demand for edge and core […]
Applications and ResearchTelefónica, Huawei and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in ground-breaking field trial Telefónica, Huawei and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have demonstrated the application of quantum cryptography on commercial optical networks. The ground-breaking field trial, the first one worldwide, also showcased operational integration by means of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies. According to the Spanish telco, […]
News and BusinessComplementary product portfolio for ROADMs; business to become part of II-VI’s Photonics segment. Optical solutions developer II‐VI is to buy CoAdna Holdings, based in Sunnyvale, CA, in a deal valued at approximately $85 million. CoAdna produces the smart photonic components, modules and systems destined for next-generation optical networks to enable the fast-growing high-speed broadband applications. […]