optical transport

Lumenisity makes hollow core fiber for data centers and ISPs Microsoft has acquired U.K.-based Lumenisity, a start-up that makes hollow core fiber (HCF) solutions, primarily for data centers and internet …

Cisco vision of network automation focused on visibility, intelligent data insights, and action Editor’s note: For the first installment in this two-part series, click here to read, “Cisco on Routed …

Enhancements to Routed Optical Networking solutions can lower power consumption up to 45%, Cisco says I’ve been covering 5G as a broad subject area for about six years and change. …

Cisco sees 100% of 5G revenues flowing to CSPs from enterprise Service providers, their traditional infrastructure vendors and, increasingly, hyperscalers, are working independently and collaboratively to capture new 5G revenues …

Sumita Gupta Sharma, head of Transmission Networks at Arelion (formerly Telia Carrier) speaks to the company’s name change and ambitions around disaggregating its optical networks. She also describes the need for more direct optical routes around the globe.

For those consumers who waited until the last possible minute to upgrade their home Internet connections, finally moving up to high-speed broadband was likely a revelation. Everything got faster, certainly, …

LG Uplus using Nokia SDN for 5G transport automation In discussions around operator 5G capex, the radio access and core networks get most of the mindshare. However, in tandem with …

ReefShark 5G chipsets focused on enabling massive MIMO and promise throughput of 84 Gbps per module Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2018, Nokia today made major announcements to its 5G …

The new fiber system will also connect with the SEA-US optical submarine cable system. NEC signed an agreement with RTI Connectivity to supply a high-capacity fiber optic submarine cable for …

The Asia Pacific Gateway has connectivity points with two major international submarine cable systems NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business owned by Japanese group …

Design specifications for the ‘white box’ transponder and router contributed to Facebook Telecom Infra Project Building on its Open Compute Project initiative to provide the larger data center ecosystem with open …

Nokia will deploy an optical transport network, dense wavelength division multiplexing backbone for China Mobile Nokia has been awarded more than 30% of China Mobile’s project to construct a 100G optical …

The first 400G fiber route will link Denmark and Frankfurt As carriers around the world work to meet consumer and business demand for high-speed connectivity, transport providers and fiber network …

Merger puts pressure on Ericsson to step up its wired and optical portfolio With the recent $16.5 billion merger of Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent, telecom industry watchers are speculating that Ericsson …

New Alcatel-Lucent optical transport platforms for deployment in dense metros In the race to keep up with growing demand for data from enterprises and individuals, Alcatel-Lucent has created new optical …