Optical Connections
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Optical Connections provides news, updates, and analysis related to fiber optic technology and its applications in various industries, including telecommunications, data centers, and enterprise networks. The blog covers topics, including new products and services, industry trends, research and development, and emerging technologies.
Optical Connections
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African network provider Paratus Group, has deployed Infinera’s GX Series and FlexILS on the provider’s recently completed 1,890-km Paratus express fibre link between Johannesburg and Europe, via Botswana to Swakopmund, where it connects with the Equiano subsea cable from Namibia ..read more
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200,000 homes across the Balearic Islands will soon have access to ultra-fast fibre connectivity thanks to a new project between Slovenia’s Kontron and Fibwi worth €5 million. 100,000 homes across Mallorca will be among the first to be connected. Fibwi ..read more
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Salumanus has launched the SRD 5, an upgraded iteration of its Smart Recode Device. The device is designed to reconfigure optical modules to work with most network devices on the market. The company says this latest version enhances the functionalities ..read more
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Toshiba Europe Ltd. and Single Quantum B.V. have collaborated to validate and test long-distance deployments of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology. Following extended validation testing of Toshiba’s QKD technology and Single Quantum’s superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs), the companies ..read more
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Nokia has announced its first Buy America compliant products have rolled off the Sanmina manufacturing line, providing BEAD applicants with the broadband technology needed for critical infrastructure projects that will help close the digital divide. After announcing its plans in ..read more
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Adtran and the UK’s BT Group have conducted Europe’s first successful field trial of optical transport in a live research network, using Adtran’s Coherent 100ZR pluggable transceiver. Achieving high levels of spectral efficiency and low power consumption, the trial demonstrated ..read more
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Emtelle, a provider of blown fibre, cabling and ducted solutions, has announced the strategic acquisition of Ridgemount Technologies, a manufacturer of fibre optic cable connectors. Emtelle says this acquisition not only celebrates a decade of collaboration and achievements but also ..read more
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Nokia’s research arm Nokia Bell Labs and Vodafone’s Fixed Access Centre of Excellence recently performed the world’s first demonstration of L4S running over PON in Vodafone’s lab in Newbury, U.K. The demonstration was performed on an end-to-end fixed access network ..read more
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Lumentum Holdings Inc. has announced what it says are significant performance enhancements to its 800ZR+ transceivers, enabling the modules to serve a wider range of applications, including expanded use in metro and regional networks through the ability to interface directly ..read more
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Intel has developed a 4Tbps bidirectional, fully integrated Optical Compute Interconnect (OCI) chiplet (pictured) based on its in-house Silicon Photonics technology, to address the AI infrastructure’s tremendous need for bandwidth and to enable future scalability. This OCI chiplet or tile ..read more