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OFC, in collaboration with the operator of California’s research and education network CENIC, is launching OFCnet, a live high-speed fiber path connecting CENIC’s facility in San Diego to the San Diego Convention Center, where OFC is being held 06-10 March 2022. The OFCnet gateway, with up to 34Tbps of bandwidth, will enable academia and industry […]
Nokia will showcase Coherent Routing at the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) conference being held this week in San Diego, California. Coherent Routing integrates a range of pluggable Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) coherent router optics, application-optimized optical line systems, and cross-domain IP and optical management coordination and automation in a complete, flexible solution. The live demo […]
Nokia announced a series of upgrades for its next-generation packet optical transport network (P-OTN) solutions needed by CSPs offering wholesale services. Upgrades to Nokia’s 1830 PSS-x solutions include a doubling of switching capacity up to a market-leading 48 Tbps, new wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) uplinks based on Nokia’s fifth-generation Photonic Service Engines (PSE-V) and expanding […]
At this week’s OFC event in San Diego, Ranovus will demonstrated its Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) 2.0 integration featuing a Xilinx Versal ACAP its own Ranovus Odin 800Gbps optical engine. The integration eliminates the need for the retimer, resulting in 75% smaller footprint and 40% cost and power consumption savings in the Optical Interconnect. RANOVUS’ Odin […]
Credo Technology Group announced the availability of its second generation Seagull optical digital signal processors (DSPs). These products are based on Credo’s first-generation Seagull platform, with the addition of integrated VCSEL and EML drivers. The new products include the single channel Seagull 51, dual channel Seagull 111, and quad channel Seagull 201 PAM4 DSPs. Seagull […]
At this week’s OFC, MaxLinear and Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations (SEDI) will showcase the first public demonstration of the FOTON 400G-DR4 QSFP-DD reference platform. This platform incorporates the MaxLinear Keystone 5nm 400G DSP and SEDI’s latest 100G/lane EMLs (Electro-Absorption Modulated Lasers) and photodetectors (PD). FOTON provides best-in-class performance and power consumption and a proven path […]
Marvell Technology reported revenue of $1.343 billion for its fourth fiscal quarter, ended January 29, 2022, exceeding the midpoint of the company’s guidance provided on December 2, 2021. The figure was up 11% sequentially and 68% year over year, including the acquisitions of Inphi and Innovium. GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal […]
GSMA confirmed that attendance at MWC Barcelona last week topped 61,000 from almost 200 countries. Over 61,000 unique people attended in person Around 500,000 unique virtual and daily viewers on MWC22 and partner platforms Representation from almost 200 countries and territories Over 1,900 exhibitors, sponsors, and partners Over 1,000 speakers, 97% in person and 36% […]
The Board of OneWeb has voted to suspend all launches from Baikonur. This follows a standoff with the Russian space agency Roscosmos. OneWeb’s next launch had been expected this week from Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket. OneWeb launches 34 satellites, bringing constellation to 428 Sunday, February 13, 2022 OneWeb, Satellite OneWeb confirmed the successful deployment of […]
Windstream Wholesale will transform its optical network infrastructure using an innovative Node-on-a-Blade jointly pioneered by Infinera and Windstream. The companies describe Node-on-a-Blade as the next evolution of ROADM-based solutions that will provide a more advanced and cost-effective approach to optical networking enabling deployment across a wider variety of network locations. Advanced capabilities include a coherent […]
NeoPhotonics has used its Indium Phosphide-based Coherent Receiver and Coherent Modulators, coupled with its Ultra-Narrow Linewidth Tunable Lasers or Distributed Feedback Lasers, to demonstrate 120Gbaud operation in applications ranging from 800G LR transmission to 400G long haul transmission. The next-generation DSP baud rate will be based on 120+ Gbaud, and potential applications include 800LR (≤10km), […]
Verizon Business will integrate Celona’s wireless private networking solution. The strategic partnership will focus on leveraging the power of Verizon’s On Site LTE and 5G network with Celona’s c5G LAN products. The joint offer will deliver an enterprise-friendly approach to private networks that is designed to meet growing demand for the reliable wireless performance, coverage […]
A new Terabit Bidirectional (BiDi) Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) group has been established to develop interoperable 800 Gb/s and 1.6 Tb/s optical interface specifications for parallel multimode fiber (MMF). The goal is to provide an upgrade path for the parallel MMF based 400 Gb/s BiDi to 800 Gb/s and 1.6 Tb/s. BiDi technology has already proven […]
