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The Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) exhibition took place from 7-9 March. Here is a round-up of just some of the technology and product announcements, demonstrations and industry news to expect at the event.

Some of the hottest topics from the OFC conference in San Diego

News

Professor Mahesh Marina (L) and Dr Mohamed Kassem (R)

21 March 2023

The university of Edinburgh spinout has developed novel spectrum aggregation technology that is designed to enable high-speed long-distance backhaul links without using traditional network technologies.

News

21 March 2023

In addition to improving connectivity in the countries in which it lands, the Equiano subsea cable is designed to have a positive economic impact in these countries.

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20 March 2023

The move brings the infrastructure investment firm’s EIFII fund investments to more than €800m.

20 March 2023

The financing comes from a group of six bank lenders and will help towards Netomnia’s fibre build acceleration in the UK.

Analysis & opinion

Analysis & opinion

06 February 2023

Some of the hottest topics from the OFC conference in San Diego

16 January 2023

Nesa Scopic advises on the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) fire safety standards for fibre cables, and how to choose the optimal cabling for the correct setting

09 January 2023

Mattias Fridström offers his take on the telecoms topics that are going to matter in the next 12 months

Features

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06 February 2023

What are the top trends, challenges and technologies driving data centre networks in 2023 and beyond?

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03 February 2023

How North and Latin America are faring when it comes to fibre deployment

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29 November 2022

The experts' view of the current state of play for FTTH deployment in Europe and America, and predictions for what should be done over the next 12 months to meet various governments’ ambitious targets

Fibre Systems TV

Tech Focus

We round up the latest high-capacity optics for coherent optical transmission in 2023.

A look at the market for FTTx/access network equipment and some of the products and solutions available.

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A look at the optical fibre cables market for communications networks and some of the products and solutions available

Products

02 March 2023

The latest launches are designed to aid digital transformation in labs and networks with test solutions for 800G, automated photonics, FTTx, and remote fibre testing & monitoring

01 March 2023

The ICE7 optical engine benefits operators by driving down cost, space, and power per bit, while supporting symbol rates of up to 148GBd

28 February 2023

Optical time delays, also known as fiber delay lines, are critical in today's advanced fiber optic communications networks for latency-driven applications.

27 February 2023

New from Huber+Suhner Polatis is the Polatis 576 all-optical circuit switch.

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22 February 2023

The new optical platform can top-level long-distance transmission capacity of 1.2Tb/s while delivering a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions.

Resources

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The optical technology and techniques that terrestrial network operators need to consider to achieve high-performance in challenging conditions

With fiber networks’ ability to create more sustainable connectivity and monetisation opportunities, how can operators take advantage of the benefits provided to ensure the future success their business? Ana Pesovic, marketing director at Nokia explains

Read this application note to find out how to address the challenging conditions found in many terrestrial networks.

Press releases

02 March 2023

The latest launches are designed to aid digital transformation in labs and networks with test solutions for 800G, automated photonics, FTTx, and remote fibre testing & monitoring

01 March 2023

The ICE7 optical engine benefits operators by driving down cost, space, and power per bit, while supporting symbol rates of up to 148GBd

28 February 2023

Optical time delays, also known as fiber delay lines, are critical in today's advanced fiber optic communications networks for latency-driven applications.