The H2020 research project PASSION adopts a disruptive approach to develop innovative photonic devices as well an optical fibre network infrastructure for the future metropolitan area network...
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UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom has confirmed how it plans to regulate the wholesale telecoms markets for the next five years and beyond.
As the pandemic underlines the value of the internet more than ever, its underlying technology is making one of its biggest transitions for years.
News
21 April 2021
Optical transceiver manufacturer, InnoLight Technology and test and measurement vendor, Spirent Communications have successfully validated 800G optical transceiver interoperability.
21 April 2021
UK cable operator, Virgin Media has successfully conducted trials of its DOCSIS 3.1 network in Southampton and Manchester.
(Left) Ben Wu, director – consumer & mass market, HGC; (right) Andrew Kwok, chief executive officer, HGC, pictured at the project's opening ceremony
20 April 2021
Hong Kong operator, HGC Global Communications (HGC) has committed to extending its optical fibre network to Lung Kwu Tan in Tuen Mun via service provider arm, HGC Broadband.
19 April 2021
Argentina's incumbent, Arsat is expanding its Federal Fibre Optic Network (Refefo) to reach underserved parts of the Tierra del Fuego province.
15 April 2021
UK access network infrastructure provider, Openreach has selected a key partner to provide optical cable solutions for its new full fibre broadband network.
14 April 2021
Bandwidth infrastructure firm, euNetworks has deployed a new business network in London, based on hollow core fibre technology.
Analysis & opinion
19 April 2021
Emma Atkins asks how we, as an industry help to close the gap in the education, attraction and retention of women in fibre
12 April 2021
Neil Bessant ponders whether advances in technology could change the skills requirements for network engineers
28 January 2021
Looking into the future of telecommunications, it could be argued that AI and telcos will effectively transform each other, explains Raf Meersman
Features
03 February 2021
Enabling on-board and co-packaged optics requires photonic integrated circuits and silicon photonics, but the exact format is yet to be established, finds Andy Extance
02 February 2021
The rise of the data centre has arguably driven much of the demand for greater bandwidth and higher data rates. What does it mean for the components market?
01 February 2021
How will the next generation of optical networks provide the capacity to support unwavering increases in traffic, and does one solution really ‘fit all’? Keely Portway finds out
29 January 2021
Could indium phosphide photonic integration be key to the ongoing development of high-performance coherent optics?
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21 April 2021
Luxul has introduced three additions to its portfolio of managed L2/L3 Gigabit switches.
20 April 2021
Reichle & De-Massari (R&M) has produced a turnkey Point of Presence (PoP) cell for fibre optic networks.
20 April 2021
Fujikura has revealed a new speciality cleaver range.
12 April 2021
Micos Telcom has introduced UHD ORMP 1U and UHD ORMP 2U, the new ultra high density fibre optic patch panels.
07 April 2021
VeEX has introduced the general availability of its MTTplus-340 advanced multi-service test module.
31 March 2021
ADVA has launched its FSP 3000 data centre interconnect (DCI) open line system (OLS) specifically designed for 400ZR technologies.
16 March 2021
The Focis Lightning connector microscope from AFL provides a complete pass/fail analysis for a 12 or 24-fibre MPO connector and each individual fibre in 15 seconds.
16 March 2021
Viavi Solutions has expanded its fibre optic testing portfolio with additional new optical power meters, as well as fibre characterisation modules and an enhanced optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) solution.
Press releases
London ISP Community Fibre has announced the appointment of Lord Barwell to the board as a special advisor.
Nokia has announced that it will reduce emissions by 50 per cent across both its own operations and products in use by 2030.
Indigo Telecom Group, a global provider of telecom and data centre network support services, has announced the appointment of Ian Duggan as CEO effective immediately.
Ideal Networks, a manufacturer of data cable, network, and CCTV test equipment, will be known as Trend Networks from the end of March.
BT Group has announced that Jan du Plessis will retire as chairman of the company this year, once a successor has been appointed.
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As the pandemic underlines the value of the internet more than ever, its underlying technology is making one of its biggest transitions for years.
The data centre market is a particularly wide-ranging one, with one of the driving forces in recent years the emergence of the hyperscale data centre or cloud service provider.
As the world struggles to settle into the ‘new normal’, today’s optical networks need to be flexible in their architecture blueprint, while adapting to new technologies to provide the kinds of new capacity and service options to meet accelerated demand for higher bandwidth.
To address the undeniable growing demand for higher bandwidth, optical vendors have been playing their role with the development of various coherent optical transceivers for different areas of the market, each with its own set of design considerations.
The demand for bandwidth has unarguably skyrocketed in recent years, thanks largely to the increased appetite for online gaming, content streaming and social-media use.
The importance of reliable connectivity has never been more recognised than it is now. While ambitious targets have been in place across the world for fibre deployment for some time, the ongoing pandemic has served to push it to the forefront.
Looking into the future of telecommunications, it could be argued that AI and telcos will effectively transform each other, explains Raf Meersman
How do we, as an industry, build better broadband for a post-pandemic world? The answer could be fixed, suggests Stefaan Vanhastel
Altnets could be the key to connecting rural areas in 2021, argues Michael Armitage
A glance at the current market for fifth-generation coherent optics, and some of the latest developments available
