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Data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions provider Digital Realty is to acquire a majority stake in African carrier-neutral data centre and interconnection solutions provider Teraco Data Environments.
Industry research firm LightCounting has released its Mega Datacenter Optics Report for 2021.
The Focis Lightning connector microscope from AFL provides a complete pass/fail analysis for a 12 or 24-fibre MPO connector and each individual fibre in 15 seconds.
The rise of the data centre has arguably driven much of the demand for greater bandwidth and higher data rates. What does it mean for the components market?
Modern fibers should be designed to optimize the performance of the newest and most advanced transmission systems. Such systems are power hungry, but it has now proven possible for the most sophisticated optical fibers to support actual power savings of the transmission equipment.
Internet exchange point (IXP), PIT Chile has deployed PacketLight’s PL-2000T transponder to connect two of its data centres in Santiago, Chile.
ProLabs has released its latest portfolio of transceiver solutions that allows data centres to achieve reliable 100Gb/s speeds.
Nokia has been selected by two China-based webscale giants, Tencent and Baidu, to provide data center interconnect (DCI) network solutions to support growing cloud operations.
While enterprise and data center networks have undergone a remarkable evolution over the past decade, multimode fiber (MMF) remains the most cost-effective short-reach solution on the market. Presenting the latest market trends for multimode fiber.
Jay Tourigny discusses the challenges of cleaning high-density fibre connections in giant data centres and how they can be overcome
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Regulations and standards are key to building the networks of tomorrow. Here, two industry experts offer their view on what to expect
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Interoperability is recognised to be the linchpin to open networking, but this can only be achieved via industry collaboration, finds Keely Portway
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Keely Portway looks at what the current semiconductor shortage could mean for telecoms in 2022
Mark Lutkowitz makes a comparison between solutions from two startups, demonstrated at ECOC 2021
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What does the future hold when it comes to developments in PON technology? Keely Portway finds out
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There is currently a shortage of skilled fibre professionals. How can we, as an industry, work towards addressing this? Keely Portway asks the question
Keely Portway takes a look at the state of play for FTTH deployment in Europe and America, and what needs to be done in the next 12 months to meet various governments’ ambitious targets
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Jeff Heynen explains why fibre deployment will show no signs of slowing in 2022
