Intel has agreed to acquire Ethernet switch silicon and software specialist for the data centre, Barefoot Networks.
The recent ANGA COM event saw three companies announce a new collaboration, designed to help operators speed up fibre installation.
UK alternative provider, CityFibre is bringing its gigabit speed full fibre network to businesses in Cheltenham.
Ekinops has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the OTN-Switch platform developed by Brazil-based Padtec.
Thai operator, Interlink Telecom has selected the Viavi T-Berd/MTS-4000 V2 optical test platform to support the building of its fibre optic network.
Philip Jansen has announced plans for the company to increase its FTTP ambition to 15 million UK premises passed.
Verizon has chosen Infinera as a supplier of automation technology to help enable the migration of its time-division multiplexing (TDM) network to a new Ethernet-based network.
Fastweb will now be able to use some FTTH connections built by Open Fiber.
Scott Modha takes a look at how the right technique goes a long way, and network operators could benefit from simplified microduct network deployments
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy has called on the government to develop a rural strategy in order to help realise the potential of rural economies.
Daniel Schall’s experiments in 2009 quickly demonstrated to him and his colleagues ‘that the optical properties of graphene were absolutely unique’.
Multimode fibre has long been the mainstay of data centre networks due to its ability to provide an economical system for high-speed connections between servers, switches and storage.
A look at building future-ready terrestrial networks with hybrid optical fibre cables, with Sergei Makovejs and Matthew Guinan
Jay Tourigny discusses the challenges of cleaning high-density fibre connections in giant data centres and how they can be overcome
PIC your test to deliver reliable optical component performance in a next-generation world, says François Couny
The UK’s nationwide rail network should be a strategic component of digital Britain, says Mark Weller
Raf Meersman offers three routes to 5G that could ensure less capital and operational expenditure for operators, for all of which, convergence is key
