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LightCounting: sales of Ethernet optical transceivers set new record
04 April 2022
Industry research firm LightCounting has released its High-Speed Ethernet Optics report for March 2022.
l-r: Jürgen Schuster (Corwese), Mayor Heinrich Jäckle, Silvia Kleinscheck (M-net) and Tobias Miessl (miecom network service)
M-net, miecom to build fibre network in Lauterbrunn, Heretsried
01 April 2022
Bavarian network provider, M-net is building a new fibre network in partnership with regional regional operator miecom in the Lauterbrunn district of the municipality of Heretsried, northwest of Augsburg.
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Xplornet infrastructure acquisition aids fibre network expansion
01 April 2022
Canadian rural broadband provider Xplornet Communications has purchased the fibre internet infrastructure of the Municipality of the County of Annapolis in Nova Scotia.
Cignal AI: 400ZR module shipments could triple this year
01 April 2022
Network component and equipment market research firm Cignal AI has released its Transport Applications Report for the fourth quarter of 2021.
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Deutsche Giga Access expands FTTH network
31 March 2022
Deutsche Giga Access (DGA), a regional wholesale access provider in Germany deploying a gigabit-capable FTTH network to a new area in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany.
l-r: Colin Hutchinson, chief financial officer at Fibrus, Angela McGowan director CBI in NI, and Dominc Kearns, Fibrus founder
Fibrus lands £220m funding for Northern Ireland fibre roll-out
31 March 2022
Northern Ireland's full fibre operator, Fibrus has secured funding worth £220m from a consortium of banks including the UK Infrastructure Bank, to fund fibre roll-out in Northern Ireland.
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EASSy submarine network gets capacity upgrade
29 March 2022
EASSy, a 10,000km submarine cable system spanning Africa’s east and south coasts, is undergoing an upgrade to increase capacity and performance in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Partnership provides high-speed internet boost in Nigeria
22 March 2022
West Africa’s solar-based ISP, Tizeti, has partnered with Microsoft to roll out unlimited high-speed internet infrastructure in Nigeria starting with Oyo State.
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Norway fibre route opens to continental Europe
22 March 2022
Arelion (formerly Telia Carrier) has completed its backbone route expansion in Norway.
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Zayo Group completes 1,044km 800G optical wave
17 March 2022
Zayo Group has successfully completed what is believed to be the world’s longest known terrestrial 800G optical wavelength in a commercial network, at 1,044.51km.
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Effect Photonics acquires DSP business from Viasat
09 March 2022
Effect Photonics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire coherent optical digital signal processing (DSP) and forward error correction (FEC) technology as well the associated engineering teams from Viasat.
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Keely Portway reports on a recent webinar about how the telecoms sector is addressing the current shortage in skills, from recruitment through to keeping great candidates once they are on board
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Keely Portway takes a look at the latest developments when it comes to FTTH deployment in Europe and what needs to be done to overcome the hurdles in the path of acceleration
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As pressure on networks continues to grow, photonic integrated circuits (PIC) are becoming more advanced to sustain the unprecedented rise in traffic, finds Abigail Williams
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A look at the market for optical line termination equipment and some of the products and solutions available
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Keely Portway rounds-up some of the industry's responses to the government’s connectivity mission in the recent Levelling Up white paper
The continued resource challenges faced by operators could be aided with advances in tools and technology, suggests Stéphane Chabot
