As GPON rolls out, equipment interoperability issues abound. Will certification ease today’s rising test and measurement costs. Rebecca Pool finds out
The jury is still out on the significance of silicon photonics-based products in the optical component industry, writes Roy Rubenstein
Siân Harris investigates the increasing role that fibre plays in mobile backhaul
A recent study has predicted fast growth in data traffic on metropolitan access and aggregation networks. Transmode’s chief technical officer Sten Nordell offers a perspective on the situation. By Tim Gillett
Coriant has been going great guns since its spin-out from Nokia Siemens Networks. Tim Gillett reports
Cloud data centres bring valuable services that many of us are progressively accepting into our daily lives – and in doing so, push optical communication’s limits. ‘The premier league cloud data centres have this tremendous appetite for more bandwidth,’ comments And
Anthony Clarkson examines the opportunities that could be presented to networks by ‘dark fibre’
Dr Danish Rafique offers a strategic blueprint for the optical networking sector
With 5G promising enhanced speeds, new services and new revenue-generating opportunities for service providers, the industry is in a race to unleash the 5G era.
There has never been a better time to be in optical communications. Major communication trends impact everyone’s lives, such as UHD video, cloud services, big data and the move of mobile internet from LTE to 5G.
