Zayo upgrades its fiber network in Vancouver
Zayo announced a significant expansion to its infrastructure in Vancouver, British Columbia with two key projects: a network upgrade to 100G and an increase in the fiber capacity to its...
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II-VI again raises its bid for Coherent
II-VI increased its offer to acquire Coherent Inc. to top the revised proposal from Lumentum on March 17th. Under the terms of the revised II-VI proposal, Coherent’s shareholders would receive...
II-VI opens industrial laser lab in Suzhou, China
II-VI opened a new applications laboratory in Suzhou, China, to support the growing industrial laser market in the region. II-VI said its new applications laboratory provides close customer support on state-of-the-art...
Confluence-1 cable to link U.S. East coast with 500 Tbps capacity
Confluence Networks, a Florida-based developer of undersea fibre-optic communications systems, announced an equity investment from Mastec that will enable it to complete development and construction of Confluence-1, the first undersea...
Windstream and Colt test 400G open line system interoperability
Windstream Wholesale and Colt Technology Services recently conducted a 400G managed spectrum trial over an open line system.During the trial, leveraged the Windstream Flex grid open line system between Chicago...
Telxius’ Mistral cable lands in Peru
Telxius confirmed that its South Pacific Submarine Cable (SPSC) or ‘Mistral’ cable has landed in Peru.The Mistral project, carried out jointly by Claro and Telxius and supplied by Subcom, has...
Lumentum again raises its bid for Coherent to $6.9 billion
Lumentum Holdings delivered a higher acquisition offer to Coherent's Board of Directors. The new cash and stock offer is valued at $6.9 billion. Under the terms of the revised proposal, Coherent...
UK completes 5G spectrum auction
Ofcom, the official telecoms regulator for the UK,, completed an auction of 200 MHz of spectrum split across two bands:80 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band. These airwaves...
FCC to auction 3.45-3.55 GHz for 5G
The FCC adopted rules to reallocate 100 megahertz of spectrum in the 3.45 GHz band for flexible use wireless services. The FCC's action also establishes a framework for the 3.45...
FCC seeks input on O-RAN
The FCC has opened a formal discussion on the opportunities and potential challenges presented by open and virtualized radio access networks, and how the FCC might leverage these concepts to...
DE-CIX interconnects with Vapor IO’s Kinetic Edge platform
DE-CIX has established interconnections with Vapor IO’s Kinetic Edge platform. The interconnections give edge applications global reach via thousands of networks that interconnect through DE-CIX Dallas and DE-CIX Chicago, as well...
FCC to revoke licenses for China Unicom Americas, Pacific Networks, and ComNet.
The FCC has begun revocation proceedings against China Unicom Americas, Pacific Networks, and ComNet on national security grounds. The process could prohibit these carriers from continued operation in the U.S. Commissioner...
Crehan: 100GbE shipments surpass 10GbE
Total shipments of 100 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) data center switch ports increased more than 20% during full-year 2020, according to a recent report from Crehan Research Inc. The robust increase,...
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