UK mobile operators will be banned from buying Huawei equipment for use in 5G networks from the end of the year, the government has announced.
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There is a massive commercial opportunity that fibre network providers are leaving in the ground, says Stuart Large
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
12 August 2020
Acacia Communications is sampling new 100G coherent pluggable solutions designed for optimisation in edge and access applications with unamplified links up to 120km.
12 August 2020
Rural service provider, TEC is to bring 10G services across the mid-south region of America.
11 August 2020
Advanced network communications provider, Windstream is to build a national converged optical network (NCON) in order to connect cities across its U.S. network to provide critical connectivity.
07 August 2020
II‐VI’s Waveshaper and WaveAnalyzer instruments were selected to field-test the live network trial of 800Gb/s transmission on a single channel for provider, Windstream.
05 August 2020
The Government of Canada investment is investing $8.5m in fibre to help residents of rural areas access high-speed internet.
30 July 2020
Equity firm, Warburg Pincus and investment management group, DTCP have agreed to acquire a majority stake in London’s Community Fibre.
Analysis & opinion
30 July 2020
PIA has proven its value in a project to build a carrier-independent dark fibre route between Bristol and South Wales in the UK. Mark Weller explains
22 July 2020
Koji Okamoto underlines the importance of rebooting test processes for the ‘new normal’
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
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
13 August 2020
Bristol Instruments has added a new product to its 338 optical wavelength meter series.
12 August 2020
VeEX has introduced the RTU-600 100G test module for the RTU-300 standalone platform.
11 August 2020
Precision OT has launched a line of 400G optical transceivers in the QSFP-DD form factor.
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15 July 2020
PacketLight Networks has released its PL-4000 product line of modular, cost-effective, 400G muxponder and transponders for data centre interconnect (DCI), high capacity metro, and long haul applications.
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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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
Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, Singapore
23 September 2020 to 24 September 2020
Latest issue
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
