Vodafone, Nokia successfully trial 100Gb/s PON technology
2 February 2021
Nokia and Vodafone have successfully trialled a new passive optical network (PON) technology capable of delivering speeds up to 100Gb/s on a single wavelength.
Fibre & 5G
5G: A glass act
9 November 2020
Why is 5G only wireless from the antenna to your pocket? Mike Zammit asks the question
Telefónica Deutschland automates network to adapt to rising traffic
21 September 2020
German service provider, Telefónica Deutschland is preparing its network to adapt to escalating data traffic and bandwidth demands.
Three chooses CityFibre for 5G fibre backhaul
7 September 2020
UK alternative fibre provider, CityFibre has been selected by Three to help connect an additional 1,300 mobile masts across 59 towns and cities under a multi-million pound contract.
Columbia sees one of ‘largest fibre builds’ in city’s history
19 August 2020
Bluebird Network is to add around 60mi of fibre to its backbone in Columbia, Missouri.
Verizon successfully trials 800G over 'extreme distances'
22 July 2020
U.S. operator, Verizon has completed a successful test in its live fibre network to move 800Gb/s of data on a single wavelength across extreme distances.
UK to phase out Huawei equipment from 5G and full-fibre networks
14 July 2020
UK mobile operators will be banned from buying Huawei equipment for use in 5G networks from the end of the year, the government has announced.
5G fuelled by full-fibre diet
5 May 2020
A look at how the kind of full-fibre infrastructure that will be essential to support 5G can be realised in line with roll-out targets
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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
