Ciena to Acquire Nubis for $270M, Expands AI Data Center Interconnect Portfolio
Ciena agreed to acquire New Jersey–based Nubis Communications in an all-cash deal valued at $270 million. The move expands Ciena’s ...
Lumen Expands AI Backbone to 47M Fiber Miles by 2028
Lumen Technologies accelerated its multi-year network expansion, aiming to more than double the size of its U.S. intercity fiber backbone ...
ECOC25: Coherent’s Quad-Channel ICs for 400G, 800G, 1.6T Optical Transceivers
Coherent introduced a new family of quad-channel integrated circuits aimed at advancing next-generation optical transceivers for cloud, AI, and telecom ...
ECOC25: Open XR Optics Forum Adds 100G and BiDi Specs
Open XR Optics Forum has expanded its transceiver specification framework to include 100G modules and single-fiber bi-directional applications, extending the ...
Candle Submarine Cable to Deliver 24 Fiber Pairs Across Asia-Pacific by 2028
SoftBank, Meta, and regional partners are building a new 8,000 km submarine cable system called Candle to link Japan and ...
IREN Orders $674M in GPUs, Expands AI Cloud Business
IREN will double its AI Cloud capacity to 23,000 GPUs after procuring 12,400 additional units, including 7,100 NVIDIA B300s, 4,200 ...
Empower Closes $140M Financing Round for its FinFast Technology
Empower Semiconductor, a start-up based in San Jose, California, raised more than $140 million in Series D financing to expand ...
Ericsson Wins $1.13B VodafoneThree Deal to Build UK 5G Standalone
Ericsson signed an SEK 12.5 billion ($1.13 billion USD) agreement with VodafoneThree to build the majority of the UK operator’s ...
Aeluma Raises $25.4M in Oversubscribed Public Offering
Aeluma closed an oversubscribed public offering of 1.96 million shares at $13.00 per share, generating $25.4 million in gross proceeds. ...
Huawei Unveils Next-Gen Ascend Chips, SuperPoDs, and UnifiedBus Interconnect
Huawei used its flagship HUAWEI CONNECT 2025 event in Shanghai to outline a sweeping roadmap for AI computing, anchored by ...
Huawei Launches Xinghe AI Fabric, 128×800GE Switch
At its Huawei CONNECT 2025 event in Shanghai, Huawei unveiled Xinghe AI Fabric 2.0, a full upgrade of its AI ...
Huawei Debuts Wi-Fi 7, 50G PON, and Fiber Sensing
Huawei used its Optical Summit at HUAWEI CONNECT 2025 in Shanghai to launch the F5G Advanced (F5G-A) product series and ...
U.S. Launches Speed to Power Initiative to Fuel AI
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the Speed to Power initiative to accelerate large-scale grid infrastructure projects needed ...
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