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Looking East
30 June 2022
Abigail Williams provides a market update on fibre network deployments in the Asia Pacific region
NBN Co
Key developments of 2021
2 December 2021
Some of the most-viewed and industry-shaping stories of 2021
XR Optics successfully trialled with Australian provider
12 May 2021
Australia’s wholesale open-access broadband provider, NBN Co, has completed a successful proof of concept trial of Infinera’s XR optics-based point-to-multipoint coherent optical technology.
The test was carried out on a 75km optical fibre loop between RMIT and Monash University in Melbourne
Australian research team records 44.2Tb/s over single optical chip
1 June 2020
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.
NBN Co selects Infinera platform for open-access broadband enhancement
10 September 2019
Australia’s wholesale open-access broadband provider NBN Co is deploying Infinera’s Transcend software-defined networking (SDN) solution.
DOCSIS 3.1 enabled on Australian NBN HFC network in focus on capacity growth
13 August 2018
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.
NBN Co goes live with FTTC technology in two Australian suburbs as CEO steps down
9 April 2018
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.
Events
Amsterdam
18 October 2022 to 20 October 2022
Latest issue
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A look at some of the challenges faced by submarine network operators, and the ways in which they can maximise performance, whatever their cable system
A look at the market for access equipment and some of the products and solutions available
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Abigail Williams offers a market update on fibre network deployments in the Middle East And North Africa (MENA) region
Zeusconnects Lowestoft in the UK to Zandvoort in the Netherlands (credit: Zayo)
Can subsea cables cope with a world in flux? Alice Jensen finds out
Richard Thorpe, chief delivery officer at CityFibre
Richard Thorpe advises how a partnership approach can ease the procurement process for altnets.
According to Liam Taylor, the answer lies in the detail
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Railway networks not only make for great people and freight transport networks, they also make for great optical transport networks. Jonathan Homa explains what the railway industry needs to consider when building out optical transport links.
