Lumentum to acquire Oclaro for $1.8 billion
Lumentum agreed to acquire Oclaro for approximately $1.8 billion in cash and stock. Under the deal, Oclaro stockholders will be entitled to receive $5.60 in cash and 0.0636 of a...
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Infinera’s ICE5 optical engine to drive 2.4 Tb/s capacity, 600G wavelengths
Infinera unveiled its ICE5 Infinite Capacity Engine for powering its next generation of optical transmission systems. The company said its ICE5 unlocks unprecedented capacity, reach, spectral and power efficiency for...
Broadcom’s Terabit Monterey Chip extends Ethernet to LTE and 5G Radios
Broadcom introduced a terabit-class Ethernet switching chip designed for high-capacity cellular fronthaul networks. The Broadcom Monterey Ethernet switch (BCM56670) targets Ethernet-based 5G radios and while also supporting existing CPRI-based radios....
GTT acquires Accelerated Connections, expanding across Canada
GTT Communications has acquired Accelerated Connections (ACI), a Toronto-headquartered provider of managed networking, voice-over-IP (VoIP) and colocation services, serving large distributed Canadian enterprises. Financial terms were not disclosed at this...
Renesas ships 25 Gbps Directly Modulated Laser Diodes for base stations
Renesas Electronics announced commercial availability of directly modulated laser (DML) diodes that deliver 25 Gbps x four wavelengths as the light source in 100 Gbps optical transceivers. The devices are...
Source Photonics debuts 400G client transceivers #OFC2018
Source Photonics introduced a range of 400G client transceivers including the 400G QSFP-DD FR8/LR8 module for data center applications and the 400G CFP8 FR8/LR8 module for telecom applications. Sampling is...
MACOM’s silicon photonics enables CWDM4, DR1 and FR4 L-PICs
MACOM introduced a CWDM4 transmitter optical sub-assembly as a part of its L-PIC (Laser-integrated Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuit) solution for 100Gbps CWDM4. The combined solution integrates four high-performance 25Gbps CWDM...
Molex intros 100G PAM-4 Based 25G/50G/100G/400G
Molex introduced a portfolio of 100G and 400G products based on its 100G PAM-4 optical platform, including multi-Rate 25G/50G/100G PAM-4 DWDM QSFP28, 100G FR QSFP28, 400G DR4 and 400G FR4...
The tower companies will let us know when 5G rollouts get real
Network densification is a key premise of 5G architecture. Once the rollouts of 5G networks begin in earnest, we should expect to see many more cell sites in urban areas across...
Corning’s RocketRibbon cable packs 3,456 fibers
Corning unveiled a new "RocketRibbon" extreme-density fiber cable for data center and carrier environments. RocketRibbon cables deliver up to 3,456 fibers in the same diameter as existing central and stranded...
Reliance JIO and Cisco collaborate on Multi-Access Edge Computing
Cisco and Reliance Jio are collaborating in multi-access edge computing. The companies are developing a use case to optimize and enhance video experience over the network by building a mobile...
VPIphotonics updates Design Suite for coherent M-QAM and PAM-M
VPIphotonics announced the latest release of its VPIphotonics Design Suite for optical components and transmission systems. Version 9.9 comes with enhancements of the user interface and tools operation, as well...
IDT develops 64G Linear Driver for Coherent Optical
Integrated Device Technology introduced a 64 Gbaud quad-channel linear optical modulator driver in a 14mm x 9.1mm Surface Mount Technology (SMT) package for 400G/600G coherent applications. The device can be...
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