OIF Sets its Sights on 448G per Lane Data Rate
OIF is driving forward the next wave of innovation in AI and high-speed data transmission with the launch of three projects aimed at meeting the industry’s most pressing challenges. These...
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Coherent Intros CW Lasers for 800G and 1.6T Optical Transceivers
Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR) introduced a new series of high-efficiency continuous wave (CW) distributed feedback (DFB) lasers, targeting the growing demand for advanced silicon photonics transceiver modules. These lasers, built...
Intel Shows its Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI) Chiplet at Hot Chips
At Hot Chips 2024, Intel presented a series of advancements across AI and compute technologies, including showcasing its integrated optical compute interconnect (OCI) chiplet which is designed to meet the...
DoD Approves Corning’s Software-Defined Optical LAN Portfolio
The U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) has issued an approval and certification of Corning's Everon Software-Defined Local Area Network (SD-LAN) portfolio. Recognized as an Assured Services Local Area Network (ASLAN)...
Nokia Builds Optical Transport for Austria’s illwerke vkw
Nokia has been selected by illwerke vkw AG, a leading energy service provider and telecom operator in Vorarlberg, Austria, to deploy a cutting-edge optical transport network. This modern infrastructure will...
NTT Achieves Breakthrough in Controlling Light Using Solid-State Crystals
NTT has made a significant advancement in the field of optical technology by successfully controlling both the polarization and wavefront of light during high harmonic generation, a process of wavelength...
Dell’Oro: Optical Transport Equipment Market Drops 19% in Q2
The Optical Transport equipment market declined 19 percent year-over-year in 2Q 2024 due to an ongoing market correction caused by excess customer inventory, delays in new project starts in Asia Pacific,...
Taiwan’s HOMEPLUS picks Nokia’s 25G PON
Nokia has announced that HOMEPLUS will deploy its 25G Passive Optical Network (PON) fiber solution, making it the first broadband provider in Taiwan to offer 25Gb/s symmetrical broadband speeds. This...
Nokia to Enhance TM’s Optical Network for Hyperscaler Connectivity
Nokia has been selected by Telekom Malaysia (TM) to enhance its international optical Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) network. This upgrade aims to address the growing demand for hyperscaler connectivity...
NTT Demos High-Accuracy Optical Fiber Monitoring
NTT demonstrated a new optical fiber monitoring technology that significantly advances the development of all-photonics networks. This technology allows for the visualization of end-to-end fiber-optic links without the need for...
Bhutan Telecom Enhances Network with Ciena’s Coherent Routing
Bhutan Telecom is deploying Ciena’s coherent routing solutions to address increasing traffic demands and improve network performance. With the integration of Ciena’s 5164, 8110, and 8114 routers, Bhutan Telecom aims...
Mitsubishi Electric Samples 200Gbps PIN-PD Chip for 800 Gbps and 1.6Tbps
Mitsubishi Electric will begin shipping samples in October of its new 200Gbps PIN-photodiode (PD) chip for use in next-generation optical transceivers to support 800Gbps and 1.6Tbps. The addition of the...
InfoRR and 4WNet pick Padtec for 800-km DWDM Network in Northern Brazil
InfoRR and 4WNet, two internet providers based in Roraima, Brazil, have chosen Padtec’s DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) technology to build a new high-availability optical network connecting the cities of...
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