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ProLabs unveils Active Solutions portfolio to advance fibre infrastructure ahead of 5G rollout

By Peter Dykes

ProLabs has debuted its EON-OMP-2 optical platform, which it says offers a full portfolio of Active Solutions for the telecommunications industry. The company says these solutions enable operators to maximise their fibre optics infrastructure, thereby increasing efficiency, and enhancing existing network capabilities. ProLab’s portfolio of solutions includes optical transport elements, including transponders, muxponders and media […]

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Multimode and singlemode fibres: Comparing 400G access types

By Ambroise Thirion

400G is now under release over multiple form-factors: QSDFP-DD, OSFP and CFP8. While the short-term deployment is on the access side, and mainly for intra-DC application, other applications such as DCI and transmission are also going on the 400G direction. As we are now getting familiar with the form-factors and the PAM4 modulation, it is […]

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The QSFP28 100G FR single laser, a competitor to the CWDM4?

By Ambroise Thirion

Thanks to the 400G technology, a new QSFP28 100G module type is coming. The QSFP28 100GBASE-FR, also called QSFP28 100G single lambda, will be a single laser and a single receiver of 100Gbps instead of being 4x25Gbps (4x lasers and 4x receivers). Back to the regular QSFP28 4x25Gbps The QSFP28 100Gbps is a parallel optic, […]

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From 50Gbps PAM4 to 100Gbps PAM4

By Ambroise Thirion

What’s the difference between 400GBASE-LR8 and 400GBASE-LR4? Both QSFP-DD and OSFP transceivers can transmit at 400Gbps using 8 lanes of 50Gbps PAM4 or 4 lanes at 100Gbps PAM4. But what’s the real difference behind 50Gbps PAM4 and 100Gbps PAM4? How do we achieve this transition? Pre-requirements Modulation For all optical transceivers transmitting up […]

News and Business

ProLabs Presents 400G Roadmap At LINX 103

By John Williamson

The road to 200G and 400G is set to become clearer after the London Internet Exchange (LINX 103) event in London at which Ambroise Thirion, Technology Solutions Specialist at ProLabs presented the company’s roadmap towards achieving 400G. The past few years has seen ProLabs, specialist in compatible optical transceivers, support its customers in datacentres with bitrates of 25G, 50G […]

The EON-121 is a low power, small footprint 100G transponder

Technologies and Products

Release your 100G potential with ProLabs!

By Optical Connections News Team

ProLabs offers a full suite of compatibility product for network connectivity. With a suite of 100G solutions, Prolabs is able to offer customers complete control over infrastructure development and the ability to increase distance reach and bandwidth while reducing power consumption. The new range of 100G Green transceivers are designed to help reduce power consumption by greater than […]

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ProLabs powers efficient connectivity with SiOB technology

By Optical Connections News Team

The ProLabs Green transceiver is a 100Gbps optical pluggable transceiver compliant with IEEE 802.3bm 100GBase-SR4 CAUI-4 and QSFP28 MSA. It supports short reach 100M optical link with very low power consumption typically less than 2 watts, significantly reducing data centre operating expense. Using SiOB technology – a free-space optical interconnect technology utilising a silicon-based 45° […]

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ProLabs launches new Green transceivers at ECOC 2017

By Matthew Peach

From 100Mb to 100G, ProLabs has a portfolio of over 8,000 optical transceivers. ProLabs, a developer of optical network infrastructure, will be at this year’s ECOC Exhibition in Gothenburg, Sweden, where it will showcase its full portfolio of connectivity solutions, including an innovative new product line. Launching at ECOC will be ProLabs’ line of new […]

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ProLabs to present high density CWDM transceivers

By Optical Connections News Team

The increasing requirement for new services to be deployed in a prompt, flexible and cost effective manner has driven the need for a new approach in fibre optic services and compatible optical networking solutions provider, ProLabs, provide an extensive range of high-quality products including optical and copper transceivers, direct attach cables (DAC), active optical cables […]

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ProLabs first to market with 10GBase-T copper transceiver

By Optical Connections News Team

ProLabs is the first to market with compatible 10GBASE-T SFP+ transceiver modules, which gives equipment designers and data center professionals a new option to solve the challenges posed by network and bandwidth growth. Virtualisation of servers, networking and desktops is being pushed out to the edge, driving the need for 10G bandwidth. As 10GBASE network […]