Hengtong Optic-Electric to acquire Huawei Marine Networks
5 November 2019
Hengtong Optic-Electric has agreed to purchase Global Marine Group’s (a HC2 Holdings company) 49 per cent stake in Huawei Marine Networks.
Mergers and Acquisitions
HellermannTyton strengthens connectivity range with gabo acquisition
15 October 2019
Network infrastructure solutions provider, HellermannTyton is to acquire German manufacturer of micro duct systems, gabo Systemtechnik (gabocom).
EQT Infrastructure to acquire German broadband provider
14 October 2019
Fibre structure investor, EQT Infrastructure is to acquire inexio.
Ciena acquires Centina for Blue Planet integration
3 October 2019
Ciena Corporation is to acquire network performance solution provider, Centina, incorporating the company’s technology and engineering expertise into its Blue Planet division.
Cisco to acquire Acacia Communications
9 July 2019
Cisco has announced its intent to acquire Acacia Communications.
Extreme’s Aerohive acquisition to add cloud management and edge capabilities
27 June 2019
Extreme Networks is to acquire Aerohive Networks.
Ekinops OTN acquisition to triple optical sales in five years
30 May 2019
Ekinops has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the OTN-Switch platform developed by Brazil-based Padtec.
Altice Europe closes sale of SFR FTTH stake
1 April 2019
Altice Europe has closed a transaction to sell a stake of 49.99 per cent in SFR FTTH, the operator’s fibre to the home business.
Kaiam’s UK and Europe operations acquired by Broadex Technologies
28 March 2019
Chinese transceiver supplier, Broadex Technologies has acquired the UK and Europe operations of Kaiam.
Mellanox acquired by Nvidia in $6.9 billion agreement
12 March 2019
Nvidia and Mellanox today announced that the companies have reached a definitive agreement under which the former will acquire the latter.
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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
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A glance at the current market for fifth-generation coherent optics, and some of the latest developments available
