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Arelion completes multi-vendor, multi-layer field trial
21 October 2022
The trial is the latest step in converging the provider’s IP and optical networking layers.
Acacia Communications
Acacia adds to coherent pluggables with two new modules
4 March 2022
Acacia, now part of Cisco has announced two new additions to its portfolio of 400G coherent pluggable solutions.
Collaboration created to aid 400G pluggable transition
8 October 2021
Microchip Technology and Acacia have teamed up to help enable the market transition to 400G pluggable coherent optics for data centre routing, switching and metro optical transport network (OTN) platforms.
Single carrier 1.2T multi-haul pluggable module launched
24 September 2021
Acacia has revealed its 1.2T faceplate pluggable coherent module, which highlights an 'eighth generation' coherent interconnect module family, powered by the Jannu 5nm CMOS digital signal processor (DSP) ASIC.
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TV stars
5 May 2021
Cable television network operators are readying themselves for customers to pull fibre deeper into their networks, finds Andy Extance
400G ZR+ successfully trialled over more than 1,000km
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.
Hand-in-hand
1 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
Update: Acacia Communications and Cisco reach agreement on proposed merger
15 January 2021
Cisco and Acacia Communications have now reached an agreement regarding their proposed merger, with an amendment to the original agreement
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Acacia samples 100G coherent DWDM pluggable solution for edge and access
7 October 2020
Acacia Communications is sampling a new 100G coherent dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) pluggable solution.
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