In advance
8 June 2018
Vanesa Diaz discusses building advanced cable TV networks for gigabit services
The plans for an economic recovery will undoubtedly need vast levels of public and private investment.
Opinion
The final frontier
24 May 2018
Duncan Ellis shares his views about the increased focus on automation from network operators, and how the physical layer has so far stubbornly resisted the move
Salvaging Google Fiber's achievements
3 February 2017
Google wanted to revolutionise the roll-out of fibre, and it still could, writes Benoît Felten
Long-distance vision
10 June 2015
Ian Davis explains how ultra-low loss and large effective area designs for optical fibre can enhance the operation of long-haul optical transmission in modern optical networks
Blurred boundaries
10 June 2015
How should the metro network be described? Jon Baldry considers how optical systems vendors are responding to the changing requirements in the metro market
Could new innovations in copper technology stunt fibre’s growth?
19 June 2014
With most of the industry focusing on fibre and high-bandwidth microwave systems, Max Penfold, sales manager at UTEL, reveals why copper’s new secret weapon could stunt fibre’s growth
Events
Latest issue
Leading industry lights talk to Keely Portway about the challenges and opportunities faced by the optical communications supply chain in the last 12 months, and predict what could lie ahead
Mark Lutkowitz on future 400ZR pricing, its impact on certain key vendors and the outlook for 400ZR+ and 800ZR
While the Covid-19 crisis clearly impacted infrastructure deployment in Europe in 2020, it also undoubtedly reinforced operators’ mid-term FTTH ambitions
The all-important multi-vendor interoperability can only be achieved via industry collaboration, finds Keely Portway
2020 has shown standards are key to building the networks of tomorrow, and that’s something to be excited about, argues Bernd Hesse
Keely Portway counts down some of the most-viewed and industry-shaping news stories of 2020
Large webscale internet content providers have undoubtedly been the wielders of power in recent years. The only thing greater for them, has been their hunger for data.
