The price is right, or is it?
Mark Lutkowitz on future 400ZR pricing, its impact on certain key vendors and the outlook for 400ZR+ and 800ZR
Mark Lutkowitz on future 400ZR pricing, its impact on certain key vendors and the outlook for 400ZR+ and 800ZR
Keely Portway examines the latest 400ZR implementation agreement and asks, what does it mean for test and measurement?
Verizon Media has successfully validated an upgrade from 100GbE QSFP28 optics, to 400GbE QSFP-DD over the same production open line system.
Pluggable modules, expanded wavelength ranges and new system architectures seek to meet bandwidth needs, finds Andy Extance
Inphi and NeoPhotonics have completed an interoperability demonstration of OIF 400ZR-compliant coherent transceivers, operating over 120km of fibre.
NeoPhotonics has completed experimental verification of the transmission of 400Gb/s data over data centre interconnect (DCI) ZR distances in a 75GHz spaced dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) channel.
The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) has published its Implementation Agreement (IA) for a 400ZR coherent optical interface.
Inphi is now sampling the new Canopus coherent digital signal processor (DSP), which it calls the industry’s first merchant 7nm coherent DSP.
The Optical Internetworking Forum’s (OIF) latest Technical and MA&E Committees Meeting in Montreal, Canada resulted in the launch of two new projects.
A new implementation agreement for low-power consumption will see small modules push technological barriers, finds Andy Extance
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Leading industry lights talk to Keely Portway about the challenges and opportunities faced by the optical communications supply chain in the last 12 months, and predict what could lie ahead
Mark Lutkowitz on future 400ZR pricing, its impact on certain key vendors and the outlook for 400ZR+ and 800ZR
While the Covid-19 crisis clearly impacted infrastructure deployment in Europe in 2020, it also undoubtedly reinforced operators’ mid-term FTTH ambitions
The all-important multi-vendor interoperability can only be achieved via industry collaboration, finds Keely Portway
2020 has shown standards are key to building the networks of tomorrow, and that’s something to be excited about, argues Bernd Hesse
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