A team of researchers from RMIT, Monash and Swinburne universities in Australia, has achieved a data speed of 44.2Tb/s from a single light source.
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The test was carried out on a 75km optical fibre loop between RMIT and Monash University in Melbourne
Microsoft has signed a definitive agreement to acquire virtualized network software provider, Metaswitch Networks.
A look at how the kind of full-fibre infrastructure that will be essential to support 5G can be realised in line with roll-out targets
News
02 July 2020
Payment and fleet services firm, Radius Payment Solutions has launched Radius Connect, a converged technology, mobile and fixed line telecommunications provider to UK businesses.
02 July 2020
European IT systems supplier, S&T AG has signed contracts for the acquisition of the Iskratel Group.
01 July 2020
A new start-up fibre cable manufacturer, Emcab, has commenced operations in Germany thanks to a partnership between Emtelle and Incab.
26 June 2020
Infinera, in partnership with network operator, Windstream, has completed a live network trial that achieved 800Gb/s single-wavelength transmission over 730km.
26 June 2020
The Covid-19 ward in the UK’s Royal Liverpool Hospital had a new paging system installed to help recovering patients gain independence.
25 June 2020
National Broadband Ireland (NBI) has selected Nokia to deploy a nationwide FTTH network solution in the Republic of Ireland.
Analysis & opinion
06 July 2020
Geoff Bennett evaluates how 50 years of innovation in optical communications has more recently helped to bring light from the shadow of Covid-19
23 June 2020
Guillaume Baral outlines some of the significant benefits of adopting a more agile, modular approach to product development for fibre networks
22 June 2020
There is a massive commercial opportunity that fibre network providers are leaving in the ground, says Stuart Large
Features
12 May 2020
Keely Portway evaluates some of the latest trends when it comes to multimode fibre, and looks at why it is currently something of an industry bright spot
05 May 2020
A look at how the kind of full-fibre infrastructure that will be essential to support 5G can be realised in line with roll-out targets
05 May 2020
A round-up of the impact of Covid-19 on the optical communications industry from a number of leading analyst firms
04 May 2020
Progress is being made on entanglement methods that can work in mainstream telecom wavelengths, in conventional networks, finds Andy Extance
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Product News
06 July 2020
Anritsu Corporation has released an FEC symbol capture function and bathtub test capability for its 116-Gb/s PAM4 error detector (ED) MU196040B.
03 July 2020
II‐VI has extended its WaveShaper programmable optical processors product line for operation in the optical communications S- and extended L-bands.
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25 June 2020
CommScope engineers and manufactures a complete line of fibre cable assemblies, which include fibre distribution assemblies, patch cords, pigtails, MPO cable assemblies, drop cable assemblies, reference test assemblies and more.
25 June 2020
ProLabs has released its latest portfolio of transceiver solutions that allows data centres to achieve reliable 100Gb/s speeds.
25 June 2020
Iskratel has launched an XGS-PON Optical Line Terminal (OLT) blade for its broadband-access product SI3000 Lumia, offering a multitude of access technologies.
20 May 2020
Waystream has launched the MS8000 series of access-switches for fibre networks, with up to 10Gb/s port speed.
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13 May 2020
TENIO closures from CommScope feature modular building blocks and combine proven fiber management hardware with a new sealing system to simplify training and reduce inventory.
13 May 2020
Sticklers Fiber Optic Cleaners is offering an alternative to IPA for cleaning fibre optic network connections.
Press releases
The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has named Anita Döhler as new CEO and board director.
County Broadband, an Essex-based provider rolling full-fibre networks across rural East Anglia, is celebrating its first-ever national recognition after being shortlisted in the Best Rural ISP (Internet Service Provider) category at the ISPA Awards 2020, run by the Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK).
Openreach has appointed Andrew Barron as a non-executive member of its board, effective from 1 June.
Ideal Networks has launched a survey for users of its LanTEK IV cable certifier with a view helping cable installers maximise productivity.
The Ofcom board has announced Jonathan Oxley will be interim chief executive.
Events
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23 September 2020 to 24 September 2020
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The Winter edition of Fibre Systems dispelled some myths when it comes to multimode fibre, and looked at the opportunities it currently presents to the data centre market.
Keely Portway takes a look at the market for test and measurement equipment in the current climate, and some of the latest tools available
A look at how the kind of full-fibre infrastructure that will be essential to support 5G can be realised in line with roll-out targets
The Covid-19 pandemic has and continues to affect every-day life throughout the world. In the optical communications industry, the first obvious signs were when events began to postpone, cancel and reschedule.
After more than a decade’s work, the prospect of full quantum networks exploiting entangled photons is drawing closer. That’s thanks to the work of researchers like Hee Su Park from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS).
Five industry experts from the Broadband Forum talk top broadband trends
Keely Portway on how the optical communications industry has come together to counteract fake 5G news
Niall Looney summarises his business experience to date in dealing with the current Covid-19 pandemic, from a network design consultancy’s point-of-view
