Zayo carries 800G wavelength over 1,044km
Zayo has deployed the world’s longest known terrestrial 800G optical wavelength in a commercial network — 1,044.51 km along a fiber route stretching from Springville, Utah to Reno, Nevada. The...
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OE Solutions announces 100G digital coherent optical modules
OE Solutions announced new 100G Digital Coherent Optical (DCO) transceiver modules targeted at access network applications. The C-band tunable DWDM modules, which will be available in both QSFP-DD and QSFP28...
Verizon wins nearly $1 billion in new DoD contracts
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) awarded Verizon Public Sector three Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) task order awards worth $966.5 million. Under the Pentagon task order valued at $515.3 million, Verizon...
FCC revokes licenses of China-based Pacific Networks
The FCC revoked the license of Pacific Networks Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, ComNet (USA) LLC, to provide domestic interstate and international telecommunications services within the United States. The FCC...
Türkiye Wealth Fund acquires 55% stake in Türk Telekom
Türk Telekom announced the sale of the 55% stake owned by LYY Telekomünikasyon to Türkiye Wealth Fund (TVF), was signed between the parties (TVF and LYY). The deal was valued...
NTT and Schneider Electric partner on private 5G
NTT is collaborating with Schneider Electric on Private 5G (P5G) solutions for manufacturing applications.In early 2022, the P5G platform will be piloted at Schneider’s Lexington Smart Factory, the first of...
What’s hot at OFC22? Flexi Circuit Fiber Shuffle
Tom Mitcheltree, Manager, Application Engineering, US Conec, provides an overview of a new white paper with Optec describing a next gen, flexi circuit fiber shuffle for high-density switches. https://youtu.be/p-V3COt78LU
What’s hot at OFC22? US Conec on Optical Interconnects
Different options for optical connecting from the faceplate of a switch are now available. Tom Mitcheltree, Manager, Application Engineering, US Conec, provides a look. https://youtu.be/fUJJyouFxZQ
Juniper extends Apstra software to the edge
Juniper Networks is extending its Apstra software platform to edge data centers with collapsed fabric topologies. The latest release of Apstra software also enables tighter Zero Trust security with new...
What’s hot at OFC22? Ayar Labs on Optical I/O
There is a lot of discussion about optical I/O and the challenge of getting photonics integrated much closer to compute units, says Mark Wade, co-founder and CTO, Ayar Labs.Last year,...
What’s hot at OFC22? Broadcom on Co-packaged optics
The demonstrations and discussions at OFC22 reveal a significant interest in co-packaging, says Rebecca Schaevitz, Product Line Manager & Principal Engineer, Broadcom. We're seeing the first results and now the debate...
Vodafone tests 5G standalone network slicing with Ericsson
Ericsson and Vodafone completed a 5G standalone (SA) network slicing trial in a joint lab demonstration.The lab trial, which is the first of its kind for a communications service provider...
SiTime samples Elite X Super-TCXO for precise timing at the network edge
SiTime has begun sampling its Elite X Super-TCXO, a precision timing device based on its silicon MEMS technology and designed for edge networks such as data centers, 5G front haul,...
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