PacketLight, Fujitsu synch up on 800G transport
PacketLight and Fujitsu Optical Components have successfully transported a mix of 100 GbE and 400 GbE data services over the 800 G wavelength using PacketLight’s PL-8000M 2x800G Muxponder and Fujitsu Optical Components’ 800G CFP2-DCO pluggable module.
As the first device in PacketLight’s 800G product family, the PL-8000M is ideal for carrier infrastructure, DCI connectivity, cloud providers, high-end enterprises, research/education campuses, and high-bandwidth AI connectivity infrastructure.
With a total capacity of 1.6 Tbps in a 1U chassis, the PL-800M is a modular solution for rolling out 400 GbE and 100 GbE services or increasing network capacity. Like other PacketLight equipment, it is ideal for building pay-as-you-grow architecture.
PacketLight said the CFP2-DCO module was the right fit to achieve the 800G transmission due to its high performance, reliability, and compatibility with PacketLight’s Layer-1 encryption solution, which ensures the secure transport of encrypted 100/400/800 GbE services.
PacketLight will formally introduce and conduct a live demo of the PL-8000M Muxponder, which is a Lightwave+BTR 2025 Innovation Awards honoree, at the 2025 OFC Conference in April (booth 3232).
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Sean is the Editor-in-Chief of Lightwave. He establishes and executes Lightwave's editorial strategy across its website, email newsletters, events, and other information products. Before coming to Lightwave in July 2023, he served as editor of Broadband Communities. Earlier, he served as senior editor of FierceTelecom and the editor of the former Telecommunications Magazine. He got his start in the optical industry in 1998 when he became the editor of enterprise and optical networks at Information Gatekeepers. He has a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and lives in Dracut, Mass, with his wife, two sons, and his cat, Dove.
