The test was carried out on a 75km optical fibre loop between RMIT and Monash University in Melbourne
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.
Australia’s wholesale open-access broadband provider NBN Co is deploying Infinera’s Transcend software-defined networking (SDN) solution.
Australia’s broadband network operator NBN Co has started enabling DOCSIS 3.1 cable technology on its Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) network in a move to increase activations. The incumbent intends to focus on doubling the downstream capacity on the network, which is due for completion in 2020.
Fibre to the curb (FTTC) access technology has now been rolled out by the Australian National Broadband Network (NBN Co) to more than 1,000 homes and businesses in Coburg, North Melbourne in Victoria and Miranda, South Sydney in New South Wales.
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
