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Connecting continents
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Spectral efficiency matters
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Gemma Church evaluates why spectral efficiency is an important but often overlooked performance criterion
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PIC in the mix
3 March 2022
As pressure on telecommunications networks continue to grow, photonic integrated circuits (PIC) are becoming more advanced for optical communications to sustain the unprecedented rise in traffic, finds Abigail Williams
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Member representatives from global network operators and network solutions providers addressed innovations in coherent pluggables, including network use cases for XR optics from BT, TIM and Telefónica.
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Cignal AI: 400ZR module shipments could triple this year
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Network component and equipment market research firm Cignal AI has released its Transport Applications Report for the fourth quarter of 2021.
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Zayo Group completes 1,044km 800G optical wave
17 March 2022
Zayo Group has successfully completed what is believed to be the world’s longest known terrestrial 800G optical wavelength in a commercial network, at 1,044.51km.
ICE-XR pluggables and open optical automation solutions available
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Infinera has announced availability dates for its ICE-XR suite of intelligent coherent optical pluggable solutions.
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A look at some of the challenges faced by submarine network operators, and the ways in which they can maximise performance, whatever their cable system
A look at the market for access equipment and some of the products and solutions available
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Abigail Williams offers a market update on fibre network deployments in the Middle East And North Africa (MENA) region
Zeusconnects Lowestoft in the UK to Zandvoort in the Netherlands (credit: Zayo)
Can subsea cables cope with a world in flux? Alice Jensen finds out
Richard Thorpe, chief delivery officer at CityFibre
Richard Thorpe advises how a partnership approach can ease the procurement process for altnets.
According to Liam Taylor, the answer lies in the detail
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Railway networks not only make for great people and freight transport networks, they also make for great optical transport networks. Jonathan Homa explains what the railway industry needs to consider when building out optical transport links.
