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Telstra, Ericsson, Ciena partner to deliver a wavelength switched network for Australia

By Peter Dykes

Australian operator Telstra, in collaboration with Ericsson and Ciena have announced enhancements to Telstra’s Next Generation Optical Network which will support automated increased resiliency and cost savings for Telstra’s inter-capital network. Through the deployment of Layer Zero (Wavelength) Control Plane feature, Telstra’s network will become more flexible, programmable, and adaptive. This deployment will help Telstra […]

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II-VI to buy wavelength switch developer CoAdna for $85m

By Matthew Peach

Complementary 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. […]