Canadian province draws on dark fibre in difficult times
18 May 2020
The government of the Canadian province of Manitoba is to make use of its unused ‘vast’ fibre optic network.
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Vocus’s Stuff Fibre acquisition demonstrates ‘opportunities for growth’ during uncertainty
15 May 2020
New Zealand provider Vocus has entered an agreement to acquire Stuff Fibre from parent company Stuff Ltd.
ECOC postponed until December
13 May 2020
The management committee behind industry conference and exhibition, ECOC has taken the decision to postpone the 2020 event from September to December due to the current situation regarding Covid-19.
New Sticklers connector cleaner counters Covid-19 IPA shortage
13 May 2020
Sticklers Fiber Optic Cleaners is offering an alternative to IPA for cleaning fibre optic network connections.
Optical comms market emerging first and fighting fit from Covid-19
11 May 2020
LightCounting's updated forecast for the optical communications market provides (tentatively) positive and reassuring reading.
A deep impact?
5 May 2020
A round-up of the impact of Covid-19 on the optical communications industry from a number of leading analyst firms
Fujikura launches 90R mass fusion splicers to help manage lock-down network surge
1 May 2020
Fujikura Europe has launched a range of 90R mass fusion splicers designed to significantly reduce overall working time for engineers.
What's fixed got to do with it?
24 April 2020
Five industry experts from the Broadband Forum talk top broadband trends
UK altnets increase coverage by 50 per cent, 12m premises passed
9 April 2020
A recent INCA survey has revealed that the UK’s independent network providers (altnets) increased their full-fibre coverage by 50 per cent in 2019.
On the house for staying at home
7 April 2020
Five free online courses for fibre professionals to access during the covid-19 lockdown.
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As the pandemic underlines the value of the internet more than ever, its underlying technology is making one of its biggest transitions for years.
The data centre market is a particularly wide-ranging one, with one of the driving forces in recent years the emergence of the hyperscale data centre or cloud service provider.
As the world struggles to settle into the ‘new normal’, today’s optical networks need to be flexible in their architecture blueprint, while adapting to new technologies to provide the kinds of new capacity and service options to meet accelerated demand for higher bandwidth.
To address the undeniable growing demand for higher bandwidth, optical vendors have been playing their role with the development of various coherent optical transceivers for different areas of the market, each with its own set of design considerations.
The demand for bandwidth has unarguably skyrocketed in recent years, thanks largely to the increased appetite for online gaming, content streaming and social-media use.
The importance of reliable connectivity has never been more recognised than it is now. While ambitious targets have been in place across the world for fibre deployment for some time, the ongoing pandemic has served to push it to the forefront.
Looking into the future of telecommunications, it could be argued that AI and telcos will effectively transform each other, explains Raf Meersman
How do we, as an industry, build better broadband for a post-pandemic world? The answer could be fixed, suggests Stefaan Vanhastel
Altnets could be the key to connecting rural areas in 2021, argues Michael Armitage
A glance at the current market for fifth-generation coherent optics, and some of the latest developments available
