A team of researchers from NICT in Japan has set a new world record for internet speed at 319Tb/s.
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Internet speed record of 319Tb/s reached
19 July 2021
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New 25G PON technology trialled in UK
16 July 2021
UK operator Openreach has conducted the UK’s first trials of a new 25G PON technology from Nokia.
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Midco commits $500m to 10Gb/s network expansion
14 July 2021
South Dakota cable provider, Midco is investing $500m in its ‘Fiber Forward’ initiative, which will use its fibre network and technology to bring 10Gb/s speeds to customers in the region.
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Temporal compression system developed to speed-up signal processing
08 July 2021
A team of researchers has developed a temporal compression system that allows an equivalent increase in the number of bits transmitted by light in a fibre network.
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Seaborn upgrades subsea networks with coherent technology
07 July 2021
Seaborn Networks is expanding its shared spectrum services in the Americas.
Collaboration creates fibre network connecting Africa
06 July 2021
Liquid Technologies has partnered with Facebook to build a long-haul and metro fibre network in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Optical communications professionals - we want to hear from you!
02 July 2021
Fibre Systems is looking for manufacturers/vendors, planners, installers, integrators, operators and academics to help shape the topics we cover.
Partnership provides German B2B fibre infrastructure platform
29 June 2021
NGN and Eurofiber have formed a long-term partnership for the German market.
Openreach CommScope investment to aid UK fibre rollout
22 June 2021
UK operator Openreach is investing in CommScope to provide new technology that will help to boost its full-fibre rollout.
United Group invests in DWDM solution for Croatia network build
22 June 2021
United Group expects to invest more than €500m over the next five years to extend its optical fibre networks into new areas and upgrade existing ones.
Researchers make breakthrough in building future quantum internet
14 June 2021
A team of researchers at The Cambridge Research Laboratory of Toshiba Europe have demonstrated quantum communications over 600km of optical fibres.
Altice enters UK market with 12% BT stake
10 June 2021
Global operator Altice has acquired a 12 per cent stake in UK incumbent BT Group, which will be held by the newly established Altice UK arm of the business.
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To some, optical communication product buyers’ expectation that prices continually fall may seem a strange and unnecessary pressure on vendors. However, it’s a daily fact of life for the industry.
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The submarine cable industry is still a very healthy one, with figures from Research and Markets predicting that it will reach $30.8bn by 2026.
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The drive toward 5G and beyond has been a key factor in the demand for higher bandwidth and more reliable networks. This has, in turn, brought about a greater appetite for intelligent infrastructure supported by automation.
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Arguably one of the biggest topics in optical communications in the past two years has been fifth-generation coherent optics, with a raft of trials and demonstrations, highlighting 800G wavelength achievements taking place.
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Fibre deployment is currently taking place at pace throughout the world. According to the latest study from research firm, Global Industry Analysts (GIA), the global FTTH/B market is predicted to reach S31.3bn by 2026.
Fibre networks have allowed 5G trials to take place across areas of South Africa such as Port Elizabeth (MD_Photography/Shutterstock.com)
Kithinji Muriungi of KamsHub presented at this year’s OFC, focusing on how fibre technology in Africa might look in 2030
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