optical
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What comes to mind when you think about Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
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Telstra Wholesale confirms the availability of 400Gbps wavelength services on intercapital routes in Australia.
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Ciena has unveiled WaveLogic 6, the latest iteration of the technology.
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Israeli telco Bezeq has selected Ribbon Communications (Ribbon) to build its new flexgrid 400G optical backbone network.
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Nokia and Orange have completed a network trial using the Nokia PSE-Vs, its fifth-generation super coherent optics.
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Bharti Airtel is to enhance its optical network capacity in key metropolitan markets with Tejas Networks.
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BT has completed 'the world’s first' trial of quantum key distribution (QKD), a type of ultra-secure communications, over hollow core fibre cable.
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Adtran and Adva have announced plans to merge, creating a fibre networking company with combined revenue of US$1.2 billion.
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Infinera is to deploy its Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) technology for Hatif Libya, a subsidiary of Libyan Telecommunication Holding Company (LPTIC).
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Spending on broadband access equipment is going up at 18% a year, says market research company Dell’Oro — the same company that a year ago said spending would be flat.
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Infinera believes the equipment industry has a US$1 billion opportunity to replace Huawei’s optical equipment between now and 2025.
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Infinera and NBN Co have completed a successful proof of concept of XR optics-based point-to-multipoint coherent optical technology.
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The global pandemic has accelerated the already massive demand for bandwidth as consumers intensified their use of streaming services and enterprises migrated to cloud collaboration platforms. This whitepaper outlines what strategies and technologies MNOs and telcos should consider to drive success in view of these latest capacity trends.
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Infinera and American Tower have completed the first point-to-multipoint coherent optical transmission in a carrier network environment in Latin America.
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Cataworx, a provider of business-to-business sales automation software, and Nokia have developed an integrated solution, which enables communication service providers to provide instant quotes for optical network connectivity services, with support for dynamic pricing, and empowering their customers to trigger service fulfilment through order orchestration.
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DZS, a provider of mobile transport, broadband access and enterprise networking solutions, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Optelian, an optical networking solution provider based in Canada.
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Former Nokia executive Sam Bucci has been appointed to a newly created role at Ribbon Communications Inc.
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New online live broadcasts, capabilities and technologies have opened up a huge market opportunity for carriers to seize, explained Gary Lu, president of network marketing & solution sales at Huawei, at the AirPON Commercial Release Conference.
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As a driver of collaboration within its cable landing station (CLS) ecosystem, NJFX now marks the spot of the first-ever CLS to CLS terrestrial interconnection after partnering with Telxius and Windstream Wholesale.
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OTEGLOBE has deployed Infinera’s Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE4) technology to double the capacity on its subsea cable between Greece and Italy.
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During ITU Telecom World 2019, Huawei hosted a forum on 5G + Gigabit, Connecting an Intelligent Future.
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Cisco and Superloop have teamed up on two deployments of up to 400G on the INDIGO West cable, from Singapore to Australia, and the INDIGO Central cable, from Perth to Sydney.
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Optical networking company Infinera has appointed Nancy Erba to be its new CFO from 26 August.
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Telecom vendor Ekinops has completed its €10 million acquisition of an optical transport network technology from Brazilian optical manufacturer Padtec.
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Cisco has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Acacia Communications as it seeks to strengthen its switching, routing and optical networking portfolio.
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Deutsche Telekom is to work with German electricity, gas and telecoms company EWE to build a €2bn wholesale fibre company in the north-west of the country.
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Kenya’s Safaricom is to upgrade its 100Gbps fibre backbone to 400Gbps, to cater for the increasing amount of video being transmitted over the network.
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Indonesian operator XL Axiata says is it building the first transport network in south-east Asia that is ready for 5G services.
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Ciena has launched its latest offering in coherent optics with WaveLogic 5, a technology that supports greater scale, programmability and intelligence from network edge to core.
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Operators providing the new 5G mobile services will need to connect their base stations with 25Gbps fibre, Nokia is saying in advance of Mobile World Congress.