Hengtong Optic-Electric has agreed to purchase Global Marine Group’s (a HC2 Holdings company) 49 per cent stake in Huawei Marine Networks.
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A new report from the Commons environment, food and rural affairs select committee warns that the ongoing digital divide between urban and rural areas continues to marginalise communities.
Keely Portway takes a look at the next generation of bend-improved fibres, and how they can be best used to future-proof networks
News
14 November 2019
High-speed semi-conductor provider, Inphi has signed a definitive agreement to acquire eSilicon for $216 million.
14 November 2019
UK wholesale provider, Nextgenaccess has agreed an exclusive 20-year concession from HS1 for the deployment of full fibre infrastructure.
12 November 2019
Vodafone has struck a deal with Openreach, allowing it to expand its Gigafast broadband roll-out in the UK.
12 November 2019
Nigerian internet service provider (ISP), Spectranet has chosen Nokia to help bring high-speed access to customers in Lagos and Abuja.
11 November 2019
The installation of an optical fibre submarine cable spanning the south Pacific has been approved at a crucial meeting of regional telecommunications leaders.
11 November 2019
Macquarie Telecom has chosen to partner with Microsoft in the delivery VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud services through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
Analysis & opinion
11 October 2019
Steve Roberts takes a look at the continued importance of fibre-based networks to enterprise in a 5G world
21 August 2019
Fibre Systems speaks to a lead design engineer and a fibre planner to find out about the day-to-day challenges they face on the front line
14 August 2019
Ray O’Connor argues that wireless and fibre should be considered complementary, rather than in competition
Features
21 August 2019
Keely Portway looks at the latest developments in submarine networks, and the issues and trends shaping the market
20 August 2019
There are many challenges to overcome to provide quick and efficient characterisation of photonic integrated circuits, finds Andy Extance
14 August 2019
Keely Portway takes a look at the next generation of bend-improved fibres, and how they can be best used to future-proof networks
15 May 2019
A new implementation agreement for low-power consumption will see small modules push technological barriers, finds Andy Extance
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Product News
08 October 2019
Now available from Nokia is the Quillion family of chipsets that are designed to power next-generation massive scale access networks.
08 October 2019
Sumix Corporation has introduced Huber+Suhner’s ODC and Q-ODC inspection tips for the Sumix Manta-W+ fibre microscope.
27 September 2019
VeEX announced a number of new products at the recent ECOC exhibition, including the OX-MPO-12 optical switch.
26 September 2019
Infinera took to the show floor at the recent ECOC exhibition to reveal XR optics, a point-to-multipoint coherent optical sub-carrier aggregation technology.
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Finisar’s pluggable, tunable DWDM optical transceivers enabled with Flextune™ are a great way to lower your network infrastructure CapEx by transmitting multiple data streams on a single fiber optics link.
Press releases
A pair of technicians from Openreach, the access network division of BT Group have been presented with the UK Fibre Ninja award by Viavi Solutions.
MicroCare has announced the promotion and expansion of its MicroCare Asia team.
Lindsay Broadband has announced the addition of David Burns as the director of sales, Western U.S.
Zzoomm has selected Henley-on-Thames to be the first town for its new full-fibre network and expects to start building later in the summer.
Craig Cherubini of Locktel has won the ‘Fibre Ninja of the Month’ award for June 2019 from Viavi Solutions for his 'outstanding services' to fibre optic broadband installation.
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Steve Roberts takes a look at the continued importance of fibre-based networks to enterprise in a 5G world
Ed Forrest looks at the impact of primary and secondary contamination on fibre optic connection surfaces
Fibre Systems speaks to a lead design engineer and a fibre planner to find out about the day-to-day challenges they face on the front line
Keely Portway looks at the latest developments in submarine networks, and the issues and trends shaping the market
There are many challenges to overcome to provide quick and efficient characterisation of photonic integrated circuits, finds Andy Extance
Keely Portway takes a look at the next generation of bend-improved fibres, and how they can be best used to future-proof networks
Ray O’Connor argues that wireless and fibre should be considered complementary, rather than in competition
Mattias Fridström and Parthiban Kandappan put software-driven, real-time optical layer performance awareness to the test
The right combination of training and tools will help to future-proof fibre reliability, says Jay Tourigny
Creating an invisible network is the next step in connectivity, so it is important to put quality, rather than speed at the heart of broadband experience, says Robin Mersh
