Capacity conundrum
10 September 2014
With providers facing the challenges of keeping up with internet traffic growth, terabit-scale systems are on the rise, Robert Roe writes
Fibre Systems Autumn 2014
The long and the short of it
10 September 2014
Architects of the largest data centres have set optical engineers a challenge: to create cheaper 100 Gigabit interfaces that span up to 2km. Roy Rubenstein reports
Testing times
10 September 2014
Test and measurement equipment will be a key focus for exhibitors and delegates at ECOC 2014 in September. With many products to choose from, Robert Roe investigates how providers of test and measurement equipment stand out from the crowd
90 years and counting
10 September 2014
JDSU has a proud history – and a keen eye on the future. Tim Gillett meets Russell Taws and Brandon Collings
Aurora2 helps researchers create future internet
10 September 2014
Michelle Pauli, a writer for Jisc, examines a dark fibre project that will enable researchers to explore the future internet
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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
