As the pandemic underlines the value of the internet more than ever, its underlying technology is making one of its biggest transitions for years.
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Three broadband cabinets and a mobile phone mast in the Chelmsford area of Essex, UK have been attacked by arsonists.
How do we, as an industry, build better broadband for a post-pandemic world? The answer could be fixed, suggests Stefaan Vanhastel
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25 February 2021
The UK’s Liverpool City region is to benefit from a full-fibre, gigabit-capable network following the announcement by Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram of a £30m partnership.
24 February 2021
Windstream Wholesale has completed a live network trial in which it successfully deployed 400Gb/s single-wavelength transmission over 1,027km across its long-haul network between Phoenix and Los Angeles.
23 February 2021
Investment firm KKR has entered into a $1bn agreement with Telefónica to create an open access wholesale company in Chile.
22 February 2021
Broadband Forum’s latest technical report has highlighted how fibre-based access could be provided using existing copper infrastructure instead of installing fibre to end-users’ premises.
18 February 2021
Ocean Networks (ONI) is to launch a submarine cable system linking Florida to Panama.
16 February 2021
A team of researchers from the University of Southampton in the UK and Université Laval in Canada, have successfully measured back-reflection in next generation hollow-core fibres.
Analysis & opinion
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
25 January 2021
Kevin Lenglé asks, is legacy multimode fibre ready for future bandwidth needs?
22 January 2021
How do we, as an industry, build better broadband for a post-pandemic world? The answer could be fixed, suggests Stefaan Vanhastel
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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23 February 2021
DZS has launched its Velocity portfolio of broadband access products, aimed to provide carriers with greater flexibility through the latest fibre access technologies and SDN-enabled operational models.
17 February 2021
With its Fitel S185ROF and S185PMROF models, Furukawa has completed its new series of cost-effective, user-friendly splicers for laboratory and production.
16 February 2021
A new, automated system from Arden Photonics has been developed to make measurement of fibre coatings simpler.
06 February 2021
ADVA has expanded its MicroMux series of pluggable devices with two new models.
05 February 2021
PacketLight Networks has released the PL-4000M muxponder.
02 February 2021
Alpine Optoelectronics is delivering beta samples of a new single-wavelength 100G DWDM QSFP28 transceiver based on its nCP4 silicon photonics optical engine.
02 February 2021
VeEX has launched a field-oriented high-precision multi-band, multi-constellation GNSS receiver module for its handheld test platforms.
13 January 2021
The Apex closure line from AFL is designed to improve usability, decrease installation time, increase network reliability, and increase density of fibre splices.
Press releases
Viavi Solutions has announced that its optical security and performance products (OSP) segment plans to establish a new manufacturing facility in Chandler, Arizona.
Spectrum, the Cardiff based broadband service provider, is continuing to expand its executive team with the appointments of Justin Leese as chief technical operations officer and Steve Cooper as chief delivery officer.
R&M has opened a new production plant in China.
Eddie Edwards, president and chief executive officer at CommScope has stepped down after 15 years of service.
Corning Incorporated has joined the optical communications industry in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the invention of low-loss optical fibre.
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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
