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Transmission
Cisco builds Internet for the Future approach on silicon, optics, and software
The company underscored its intention to continue to innovate within the silicon, optics, and software arenas and bring these innovations to market along diverse avenues from the chip to systems level.
Data Center Interconnectivity
Windstream Wholesale scores largest wavelengths deal in company history
Data Center
CERN deploys Juniper Networks switches for data center networking
Market Research
Data center switch sales growth slows significantly in 3Q19: Dell'Oro
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Data Center
Mid-Atlantic Crossroads taps Zayo’s zColo for Ashburn colocation services
Data Center Interconnectivity
conova deploys ADVA open line system for data center interconnect
Data Center
Netnod adds 400GbE ports to two internet exchanges
Data Center
Equinix building third IBX data center in Warsaw
Data Center
QTS expanding metro Atlanta data center campus
Mergers & Acquisitions
Digital Realty to acquire Interxion in colocation/data center services consolidation
Data Center
France-IX to deploy Nokia 7750-SR-s IP routers
Data Center Interconnectivity
Zayo lands 5-Tbps wavelength deal
The customer will use the capacity for data center interconnect. Zayo says the award is the largest in its history.
Components
Sumitomo Electric, Senko unveil AirMT noncontact multi-fiber optical connector technology
The AirMT offers an alternative to physical contact multi-fiber optical connectivity such as MPO connectors.
High-Speed Networks
Crosslake Fibre fiber-optic network from Toronto to New York enters service
The diverse, low-latency network connects Toronto’s largest carrier hotels, Equinix TR2 at 45 Parliament Street and 151 Front Street West, to Equinix NY4 in Secaucus, NJ. It also contains extensions to other points-of-presence in both cities.
Market Research
There are now more than 500 hyperscale data centers worldwide: Synergy Research
The number has tripled since the beginning of 2013, with the builds in the Europe/Middle East/Asia (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific regions showing the most current growth.
High-Speed Networks
Internet2 to upgrade fiber backbone with Ciena’s 800-Gbps WaveLogic 5
The upgrade will enable Internet2 to deploy 800-Gbps wavelengths in metro locations and support 400 Gigabit Etherent interconnect over native 400G wavelengths.
Data Center
L-com offers 50/125 OM3, OM4, and OM5 multimode fiber cables
Options for the new assemblies include OFNR or low-smoke zero-halogen (LSZH) jackets; connector pins or no pins; choice of OM3, OM4, and OM5 multimode fiber; and fiber counts of 8, 12, and 24 channels, says the company.
Data Center
China Mobile International expands mCloud Platform connectivity
China Mobile International Ltd. (CMI) says it has expanded its mCloud cloud-network integration platform via wider cloud connections and inclusion of more cloud service providers. mCloud also now enables e-payment as well.
Data Center
Cologix will expand to third data denter in Dallas
The 13,200-square-foot DAL3 will use Cologix's existing meet-me room (MMR) and offer diverse fiber paths from customer cabinet/cage space to the MMR.
Data Center
Hurricane Electric establishes PoP at Lamda Hellix Athens data center
The PoP is Hurricane Electric’s first in Greece.
Data Center Interconnectivity
iNNOVO Cloud picks Smartoptics Open Line System for data center interconnect
Working with local integrator Xantaro Deutschland and Smartoptics, iNNOVO Cloud decided to implement the Smartoptics DCP-M40 Open Line System with pluggable QSFP28 PAM4 transceivers.
Mergers & Acquisitions
STL buys IDS Group for European data center design and deployment
STL has obtained ownership of 80% of IDS Group initially. The remaining 20% will be acquired based on an earn-out model “over the next few years,” the company says.
Components
CS Consortium forms to promote use of data center 400G fiber-optic connector
The CS high-density fiber-optic connector was developed to meet the needs of data center 400-Gbps connectivity applications.
Transmission
QSFP-DD800 MSA Group targets 800-Gbps pluggable transceivers
As the name implies, the MSA plans to create specifications for 800-Gbps module and connector systems leveraging existing work on the QSFP-DD format.
Transport
NeoPhotonics shipping multiplexers, demultiplexers for data center interconnect
The AWG mux/demux line, which comprises multiple designs optimized for specific system requirements, supports channel spacings from 75 GHz to 150 GHz and channel counts from 40 to 64 channels.
