Technology

Scientists from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Max-Planck-Gesellschaft are working together on processes for manufacturing preforms for hollow-structure fibres with new geometrical shapes.

Two quantum technologies from South Korean provider, SK Telecom (SKT) are set to be approved as international standards.

US provider, AT&T has reached 20Gb/s symmetric speeds in its production network using 25GS-PON technology.

Zayo has launched the Zeus subsea route connecting the UK and continental Europe via access points in Lowestoft, UK, and Zandvoort, Netherlands.

The Open XR Forum has published its first approved specification for enhanced network management of pluggable coherent optical technology.

Sony Corporation of America (SCA), has formed a new company, Sony Space Communications Corporation (SSC), to conduct space optical communications.

U.S. metro dark fibre provider, Bandwidth Infrastructure Group (Bandwidth IG) has expanded its infrastructure to the Greater Portland, Oregon, area.

A team of scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have successfully demonstrated a new technique that can transform undersea power and telecom cables into arrays of environmental sensors.

Micro-trenching technology and XGS-PON platform will allow for faster deployment.

Nokia has completed a network trial with Telecom Italia (TIM), demonstrating 600G transmission over a 1008km live link in the latter’s terrestrial backbone network in Italy.