Optical

AT&T Business has launched Express Waves, a new high-capacity optical service delivering up to 400G per wavelength between key metro locations across its long-haul Wavelength network. The service enables rapid activation—within...

At last month's Optica + APC Photonic-Enabled Cloud Computing (PECC) Summit, Andy Bechtolsheim, Chief Architect and Chairman of Arista Networks, closed the event with a characteristically data-driven argument for why pluggable optics...

EXA Infrastructure has partnered with FiberSense to deploy its DigitalAsset™ monitoring and protection service across EXA’s core fiber network in Italy. The collaboration marks a significant step in proactive fiber...

NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS and NTT Com Asia launched an “APN InterLink” service in Hong Kong offering ultra-low-latency photonic interconnectivity for financial institutions. The service is based on NTT’s All-Photonic Network...

Coherent Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to divest its materials processing tools division to Bystronic, a global provider of sheet metal processing technology. The deal supports Coherent’s plan to...

Microchip Technology launched a new portfolio of Optical Ethernet PHY transceivers supporting speeds up to 25 Gbps and offering integrated IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) and Media Access Control...

Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (AOI) announced a major expansion of its Sugar Land, Texas headquarters to establish what it says will be the largest domestic production capacity for AI-focused data center...

Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR) introduced a new generation of polarization-maintaining optical fiber designed to advance high-performance fiber laser systems, particularly narrow-linewidth and single-frequency 1550 nm amplifiers used in long-range LIDAR,...

At last week's Optica Photonic-Enabled Cloud Computing (PECC) Summit, Bilal Riaz, Senior Director of Product Line Management at Ciena, presented the company’s vision for building energy-efficient AI infrastructure through advanced interconnect...

At last week's Optica Photonic-Enabled Cloud Computing (PECC) Summit, Peter Winzer, co-founder of Nubis Communications and now Senior Vice President at Ciena, outlined a practical roadmap for scaling AI infrastructure through co-packaged...

At last week's Optica Photonic-Enabled Cloud Computing (PECC) Summit, Darius Bunandar, Founder and Chief Scientist at Lightmatter, described how 3D photonic integration will redefine the architecture of AI and high-performance computing...

Tejas Networks has been selected by PowerGrid Teleservices (PowerTel), a subsidiary of Power Grid Corporation of India, to deploy a next-generation SDN-based DWDM network across India. The project will upgrade...

At the Optica Photonic-Enabled Cloud Computing (PECC) Summit, Matt Sysak, CTO of Lumentum, outlined the company’s technology roadmap for enabling the next wave of AI and machine learning network scaling....