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    San Jose, CA 95134
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    Friday 5 video for December 27, 2019

    It's been a quiet week -- so let's look back on the Top 5 stories for 2019! Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy counts down his choices. Can you guess what they are? (No...

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    SoftBank to deploy Cisco QSFP 100G ZR4 pluggable optical transceivers

    Use of the pluggable optics will enable Softbank to reduce network power consumption and carbon footprint for 100G links of up to 80 km.
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    Packet Transport

    Arelion conducts multivendor Routed Optical Networking field trials

    The trials used Acacia Communications Bright 400ZR+ QSFP-DD coherent modules and Cisco 8000 and NCS 5700 routers to create router-to-router communication links across a live fiber...
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    Packet Transport

    Cisco beefs up Routed Optical Networking portfolio

    The new hardware and software elements can enable reductions of up to 45% in power and up to 70% in real estate/space, the company asserts.
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    High-Speed Networks

    Earthlink Telecommunications converges IP and optical layers via Cisco 400G DCO modules

    Earthlink Telecommunications, which bills itself as the largest ISP in Iraq, has deployed Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) 400G Digital Coherent Optics (DCO) modules in its national long-...
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    5G Mobile

    Rakuten Mobile to supply enterprise 5G and IoT services via Cisco

    Cisco and Rakuten Mobile, Inc. say that the Japanese mobile services provider will employ Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) and Cisco Routed Optical Networking technology.
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    High-Speed Networks

    Colt to deploy OpenZR+ modules as part of 400G IQ Network upgrade effort

    The upgrades move Colt along the path towards a Routed Optical Networking architecture, Cisco says.
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    Mergers & Acquisitions

    Cisco closes Acacia Communications acquisition

    After more than a year and a half of waiting and a last-minute hiccup that almost foundered the deal, Cisco says it has finally closed its acquisition of Acacia Communications...
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    Mergers & Acquisitions

    Cisco, Acacia Communications renegotiate merger at higher price

    The two companies have forged a new agreement that increases what Cisco will pay for the developer of optical transceivers and coherent DSPs by almost 65%.
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    Acacia Communications fights Cisco claim with counterclaim in court

    At issue is whether a statement from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) that it had received information “sufficient to address the relevant competition...
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    Cisco garners temporary restraining order against Acacia Communications

    Acacia management is scheduled to conduct a call at 5 PM Eastern this afternoon to discuss “recent developments” as well as preliminary unaudited financial results for its fourth...

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    Cisco touts QSFP28 single-lambda 100G FR optical transceiver

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    Telia Carrier deploys Cisco NCS5500 series routers in fiber backbone for 400 Gigabit Ethernet capabilities

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    Slow ramp of 600G depresses compact modular systems sales in 2Q19: Cignal AI

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    Optical transport, mobile RAN equipment sales drive 12-month year-on-year revenue growth: Dell’Oro

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    2019 cloud data center capex to decline from 2018: Dell’Oro

    Dell’Oro Group has launched coverage of cloud data center capital expenditures (capex).
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    The 4600-km deployments will enable support of up to 400-Gbps wavelengths, the two companies have announced.
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    Sales of optical network systems to North American cloud and colo providers jumps 50%: Cignal AI

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    Cisco, Acacia Communications assure customers

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    QSFP-DD MSA releases Common Management Interface Specification 4.0 and Hardware Specification 5.0

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