Luna Innovations demonstrated its new, high resolution, portable reflectometer at OFC.
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Component and connectivity solution provider, Go!Foton announced the launch of a new platform for AI-capable intelligent management of optical networks at the OFC Conference and Exhibition.
Component, module, and subsystem vendor, II‐VI introduced a new pluggable optical line subsystem (POLS) platform on its booth at OFC.
With its DAFFI series DataPixel has expanded its product range by three low-cost fibre and connector interferometers.
Technology platform, Pickr has developed an in-app feature that allows fibre contractors to self-form specialist delivery teams to work direct for major suppliers.
The latest evolution of fusion splicer has been launched by Fujikura with its new 90S.
Optoscribe has launched OptoArray, its new range of precision fibre alignment structures.
Anritsu has released its latest PAM4 error detector, which supports 116Gb/s bit error rate tests.
The RL1 automated return loss meter from JGR Optics is ready to ship.
Now available from Nokia is the Quillion family of chipsets that are designed to power next-generation massive scale access networks.
Sumix Corporation has introduced Huber+Suhner’s ODC and Q-ODC inspection tips for the Sumix Manta-W+ fibre microscope.
VeEX announced a number of new products at the recent ECOC exhibition, including the OX-MPO-12 optical switch.
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As the pandemic underlines the value of the internet more than ever, its underlying technology is making one of its biggest transitions for years.
The data centre market is a particularly wide-ranging one, with one of the driving forces in recent years the emergence of the hyperscale data centre or cloud service provider.
As the world struggles to settle into the ‘new normal’, today’s optical networks need to be flexible in their architecture blueprint, while adapting to new technologies to provide the kinds of new capacity and service options to meet accelerated demand for higher bandwidth.
To address the undeniable growing demand for higher bandwidth, optical vendors have been playing their role with the development of various coherent optical transceivers for different areas of the market, each with its own set of design considerations.
The demand for bandwidth has unarguably skyrocketed in recent years, thanks largely to the increased appetite for online gaming, content streaming and social-media use.
The importance of reliable connectivity has never been more recognised than it is now. While ambitious targets have been in place across the world for fibre deployment for some time, the ongoing pandemic has served to push it to the forefront.
Looking into the future of telecommunications, it could be argued that AI and telcos will effectively transform each other, explains Raf Meersman
How do we, as an industry, build better broadband for a post-pandemic world? The answer could be fixed, suggests Stefaan Vanhastel
Altnets could be the key to connecting rural areas in 2021, argues Michael Armitage
A glance at the current market for fifth-generation coherent optics, and some of the latest developments available