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Netomnia, a provider of full fibre broadband infrastructure based in the UK, secured £295 million in new funding led by DigitalBridge Investment Management. DigitalBridge’s equity investment will come alongside follow-on commitments from existing shareholders Soho Square Capital LLP and Advencap Limited. Netomnia has achieved more than 130,000 premises passed since rollout commenced in 2020. “We […]
Nathan Tracy, Vice President of Marketing for the OIF, gives a multivendor demonstration of OIF’s 3.2T Module project and external laser project (ELSFP). A variety of interoperable components that enable co-packaging are shown, along with a system implementation. https://youtu.be/qUidEpTG_aw
Google unveiled plans for Topaz, the first-ever fiber cable to connect Canada and Asia. The Topaz cable will house 16 fiber pairs, for a total capacity of 240 Terabits per second, and will feature Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) technology for flexibility in routing and advanced resilience. Notably, the eastern-end of Topaz will use the original […]
https://youtu.be/KCi49H_B_rk Tiger Ninomiya, Technology & Innovation Manager, SENKO Advanced Components, shows fiber optic connectors for the next era of terabit connectivity requiring multiple breakouts at the transceivers. The SENKO SN-MT can accommodate up to 3,465 fiber connections in a 1 rack unit (RU) patch panel. This next-generation multi-fiber connector carries a maximum of 16-fibers […]
Elisa Polystar has acquired FRINX s.r.o, a Slovak telecom network automation software supplier. Financial terms were not disclosed. FRINX is a privately owned software provider founded in Bratislava, Slovakia, in 2016. The company cites deployments with leading CSPs. The company has around 40 experts working in its projects. Elisa Polystar is a world-leading network automation […]
AT&T and Discovery completed their previously announced deal to coming the WarnerMedia business with Discovery. This creates a a premier standalone global media and entertainment company, Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., leaving AT&T to focus on its exclusively on its connectivity mission. “We are at the dawn of a new age of connectivity, and today marks […]
Radcom confirmed that AT&T Services has renewed its multi-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed. With this renewal, RADCOM will continue its relationship with AT&T, providing automated service assurance for its cloud network to ensure the network performance and service quality. http://www.radcom.com
Karl Gass provides an overview of the OIF’s 400ZR multivendor interoperability demonstration at OFC22 in San Diego, California. Two set-ups are tested: 400GE to Transport DWDM link – from an EXFO traffic generator/analyze via NeoPhotonics OSFP traversing a Cisco Open Line System to a Ciena Open Line system to a Cisco CFP-DCO in a […]
MaxLinear launched two 1000BASE-T Ethernet Switches (GSW125, GSW145) and a quad-port 2.5GBASE-T PHY (GPY245), expanding its Ethernet product portfolio to better serve harsh temperature environments. The GPY245 quad-port 2.5GBASE-T industrial PHY supports Low power consumption below 3.5W in 2.5GBASE-T mode An effective rBOM Industrial grade features like MACSec, PTP and SyncE Either 4 x 2.5G […]
Lightbits Labs, a start-up based in San Jose, California focused on NVMe over TCP (NVMe/TCP) software-defined storage, has appointed Charla Bunton-Johnson as its new Vice President of Global Alliances and Channel. Before joining Lightbits, Bunton-Johnson worked at Telos, NVIDIA, Symantec, and Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. In addition, Charla is a member of Chief, a private […]
Arrcus, a privately-held company that develops networking software for core-to-edge network infrastructure, reported an 80% YoY growth in books for Q1 2022. The company cited its largest seven-figure recurring revenue software subscription transaction with a leading financial services company. In addition, Arrcus announced two new executive appointments. Sanjay Kumar has been appointed vice president of […]
Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) has made a strategic investment in Prisma Photonics, a start-up based in Tel Aviv that is developing optical monitoring solutions. The PrismaPower is a fiber optics based electrical overhead powerline monitoring solution. As part of the collaboration with IEC, the Prisma Photonics system was deployed on IEC’s transmission grid. It identifies […]
Lumentum introduced its M Series multi-junction VCSEL arrays for next-generation automotive, industrial LiDAR, and 3D sensing applications.. Lumentum’s automotive qualified, high-performance M Series features peak powers suited for short- and long-range advanced mobility and industrial LiDAR applications. In addition to higher available power densities, extensive accelerated life testing of the multi-junction M Series has shown […]
