Optical

NTT Corporation and Hokkaido University have developed a revolutionary multi-core and multi-mode optical fiber design that boosts transmission capacity by a factor of 10. The breakthrough, presented at the European...

Arelion successfully completed a live field trial on its Chicago-to-Denver route using Cisco 400G Ultra Long Haul (ULH) QSFP-DD pluggable coherent optical modules and Cisco 8000 series routers powered by...

KT to Boost Data Speeds with KT plans to deploy Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) technology to meet rising customer demand for data transmission speeds exceeding 400GbE. In recent trials,...

NTT has demonstrated a record-breaking optical transmission capacity of 455 terabits per second (Tbps) in field conditions. This achievement utilized a 12-coupled-core fiber combined with large-scale multi-input multi-output (MIMO) signal...

Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR) has launched the first 100G ZR QSFP28 digital coherent optics (DCO) transceiver designed to operate over the industrial temperature range of -40°C to +85°C. The production...

Ciena Corporation reported $1.12 billion in revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter ending November 2, 2024, marking a slight decrease from $1.13 billion in Q4 2023. For the fiscal year,...

Ayar Labs secured $155 million in Series D funding to advance its optical I/O technology for AI infrastructure. The round, led by Advent Global Opportunities and Light Street Capital, included...

Diabolocom, a global provider of cloud-based contact center software and voice AI solutions, has selected Ribbon Communications' high-density Data Center Interconnect (DCI) solution. The technology enables Diabolocom to efficiently connect...

Marvell released a 1.6 Tbps transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and laser driver chipset, enabling 800 Gbps and 1.6 Tbps linear-drive pluggable optics (LPO) for short-reach compute fabric interconnects. The new chipset...

Marvell unveiled the Aquila DSP, the first coherent-lite DSP optimized for 1.6 Tbps O-band optical interconnects. Designed for data center campus connectivity spanning 2 to 20 km, the Aquila DSP...

IBM has introduced a new co-packaged optics (CPO) technology that integrates polymer optical waveguides (PWG) to replace electrical interconnects inside data centers. Designed to support the growing demands of generative...

Sparkle signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) to leverage submarine fibre optic cables for real-time seismic monitoring in the Mediterranean. This...

VIAVI Solutions confirmed its critical role in validating the world’s first 800GbE transatlantic service trial, originally announced in October by Windstream Wholesale and Nokia. Spanning 8,500 kilometers (5,280 miles) between...