Chinese professor pleads guilty in U.S. case involving CNEX, Huawei
Bo Mao, a visiting professor at the University of Texas, pled guilty to a single charge of making a false statement to the FBI. The case relates to the theft...
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Intel shows micro-ring modulators, all-silicon photodetectors, multi-lambda lasers
Intel showcased a number of advancements in the field of optical interconnects, advancing its long-term ambition to bring optical I/O directly into silicon packages. During a virtual Intel Labs day...
ONF’s Aether Edge Cloud selected for DARPA’s Pronto Project
The Open Networking Foundation's Aether 5G Connected Edge Cloud platform is being used as the software platform for Pronto, a project backed by $30 million in DARPA funding to develop...
DARPA backs Lasers for Universal Microscale Optical Systems program
DARPA is backing a new Lasers for Universal Microscale Optical Systems (LUMOS) program, which aims to bring high-performance lasers to advanced photonics platforms. Three LUMOS Technical Areas are cited:bringing high-performance lasers...
IEEE forms 802.3 Beyond 400Gb/s Ethernet Study Group
IEEE has formed a study group within the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group with an aim to standardize capabilities exceeding today’s maximum data rate of 400 Gbps.The first meeting of...
WSJ: U.S. considers a possible deal for Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou
The U.S. Department of Justice is in talks with Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer and deputy chairwoman of Huawei and daughter of founder Ren Zhengfei, about a possible deal...
NTT Ltd.’s Jason Goodall to retire in mid 2021
Jason Goodall, Global Chief Executive Officer of NTT Ltd., announced plans to retire at the end of June 2021 after 23 years in many senior leadership roles across the NTT...
OIF’s 2020 Transport SDN API Interoperability Demo
OIF completed a multi-vendor 2020 Transport SDN Application Programming Interface (API) interoperability demonstration aimed at validating the benefits of transport SDN for the 5G era.The ten-week long interoperability testing exercise,...
Inphi debuts its next-gen 400G DR4 silicon photonics platform
Inphi has begun sampling its next-generation 400G DR4 silicon photonics platform solution, which includes a silicon photonics integrated circuit (PIC), a flip chip transimpedance amplifier (TIA), and an analog controller.The...
Ayar Labs hits key milestone for chip-to-chip optical connectivity
Ayar Labs demonstrated its patented monolithic electronic/photonic solution on Globalfoundries' next-gen photonics solution based on its 45nm platform. The companies said this industry-first demonstration is a key milestone in providing chip-to-chip...
NeoPhotonics’ Class 60 coherent modulators/receivers for 100+ Gbaud
NeoPhotonics announced the addition of Class 60 versions of its Coherent Driver-Modulator (CDM) and Intradyne Coherent Receiver (Micro-ICR) to its suite of High Bandwidth Coherent components, addressing the next generation...
Viavi introduces test tool for last mile fiber deployment
Viavi Solutions introduced a new type of network test tool to speed and simplify last mile optical fiber activation and maintenance. The versatile VIAVI Optimeter combines the functionality of a broadband...
Vodafone Business announces AWS Wavelength edge service in London
Vodafone Business is the first company in Europe to enable an AWS Wavelength service for distributed Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC).In collaboration with AWS, Vodafone Business’ distributed MEC service will be...
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