Nokia hits record single carrier bit rate of 1.52 Tbps over 80 km
Researchers at Nokia Bell Labs achieved a world record for the highest single carrier bit rate at 1.52 Terabits per second (Tbps) over 80 km of standard single mode fiber....
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Fujitsu’s TransLambda delivers 3X optical capacity in C-band
Fujitsu Network Communications unveiled TransLambda technology, an ultra-high capacity, wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) multiband transmission system (MTS) that substantially expands the transmission capacity of optical fiber networks without deploying new L-...
Ciena and Arista conduct 400GE interoperability test
Ciena and Arista recently completed an interoperability test of their respective 400GE transport solution and high density native 400GE router. The interoperability test leveraged Ciena’s Waveserver 5, powered by WaveLogic...
Ciena posts Q1 sales of $833M, up 7% yoy
Ciena reported revenue of $832.9 million for the first quarter of its fiscal 2020, as compared to $778.5 million for the fiscal first quarter 2019. Ciena's GAAP net income for...
Infinera and Corning carry 800G wavelength over 800km
Infinera has demonstrated the ability to carry an 800 Gbps wavelength across 800km on Corning’s TXF optical fiber. The achievement leveraged Infinera’s sixth-generation Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE6) technology in a...
Comcast carries 600G wavelength over 1600km with Ciena
Comcast carried a 600Gbps single wavelength with live commercial traffic across more than 800km between core peering locations in Newark, New Jersey, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Comcast also looped back the...
Ciena pulls out of OFC 2020
Citing concerns about the COVID-19 coronavirus, Ciena has withdrawn from the upcoming Capacity Middle East 2020 event, scheduled to take place March 2-5 in Dubai, and the upcoming OFC 2020...
Ciena adds to its 5G portfolio
Ciena added several new products and capabilities in its 5G Network Solutions portfolio including the introduction of new, open and programmable routers that enable soft and hard slicing with Segment...
Further MWC cancellations: AT&T, Ciena, Cisco, Facebook, Intel
A10 Networks AT&T Ciena Cisco F5 Networks Facebook iconnectiv Intel McAfee Mediatek Open-Xchange Royole (foldable screen technology) Spirent Sprint Vivo MWC20 cancellation updates Monday, February 10, 2020 #MWC20 Accedian: “After careful consideration,...
Pakistan Telecommunication upgrades backbone to 200G with Nokia
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) upgraded its 100G optical transport network to 200G using Nokia's 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS). The capacity expansion has been carried out in the major...
Dell’Oro: Optical Transport Market 5-Yr Forecast
Coherent port shipments on DWDM systems are forecast to reach 1.3 million by 2024, according to a recent report from Dell'Oro Group. A major share of these port shipments will...
2020 SPIE Startup Challenge draws 42 companies
Forty-two photonics business startups from 14 countries will participate in the 2020 SPIE Startup Challenge semi-finals held during SPIE Photonics West on 4 February. Forty-two photonics business startups from 14...
Ultra-fast Optical Mesh for Terrestrial, Airborne and Space Applications
BridgeComm is working with Boeing HorizonX on optical wireless communications (OWC) for one-to-many connectivity at 10-100+ Gbps. The two companies are collaboratively on OWC that provides bi-directional, ultra-high-speed mesh connectivity...
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