Lightwave OFC 2016 Video Show Daily, Day 2

Mar 23rd, 2016
In the our second OFC 2016 Video Show Daily, Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy reports on new PAM4 electronics, highlights discussions about open line systems, and reveals that a technology from the Bubble Era is getting a second chance...
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Broadcom reacquires optical transceiver assets from Foxconn
Avago sold the assets in 2015, shortly before the company merged with Broadcom through acquisition.
Nov 15th, 2019
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Ribbon Communications to acquire ECI Telecom
Ribbon says the deal, which it hopes to close during the first quarter of 2020, will expand its product portfolio and position the company to participate in the 5G mobile market.
Nov 14th, 2019
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NTT Electronics offers TIP Goldstone open source OS for disaggregated coherent transponders
The open source platform, contributed to the NOS Software Project within TIP’s Open Optical and Packet Transport project group, helps enable rapid integration of elements in disaggregated optical systems, the company says.
Nov 14th, 2019
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Broadcom sampling BCM68650 10G PON OLT MAC family
The MAC can support up to 16 XGS-PON, NG-PON2, or 10G-EPON interfaces, making it suited to high-density OLT line card designs.
Nov 14th, 2019
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Fiber community gathers next week at 5G ‘flex point’
A CRU International analyst describes “a flex point” for the community, which awaits extensive 5G mobile network roll outs as a potential remedy for two years of cabled fiber market declines.
Nov 13th, 2019
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Spectranet to deploy GPON FTTH with Nokia in Nigeria
The FTTH rollout will complement Spectranet’s wireless broadband capabilities, which have been available since 2013.
Nov 12th, 2019
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Horizon completes Phase 1 of Columbus fiber network deployment
The expansion includes connections to major business parks and commercial locations as well as seven data centers.
Nov 12th, 2019
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Netnod adds 400GbE ports to two internet exchanges
Netnod says the addition of the 400GbE ports comes as demand for 100GbE ports has increased approximately 25% annually since 2016.
Nov 12th, 2019
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Equinix building third IBX data center in Warsaw
WA3 will have 475 cabinets and more than 1400 square meters (15,200 square feet) of colocation data center space in its first phase.
Nov 12th, 2019
QTS plans to expand its Atlanta-Metro Mega Data Center Campus.
QTS expanding metro Atlanta data center campus
The data center services provider plans to add a new facility with more than 250,000 square feet of leasable capacity and 72 critical MW of incremental power capacity.
Nov 12th, 2019
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Entry deadline for 2020 Lightwave Innovation Reviews is November 15
The Lightwave Innovation Reviews recognizes excellence in a product or technology applicable to optical networks.
Nov 11th, 2019
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Telefónica rolls out Telecom Infra Project’s Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway
The DCSG project, announced last year, developed specifications for an open, disaggregated platform for cell site gateway requirements.
Nov 11th, 2019
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Vodafone to extend FTTP footprint via Openreach fiber network
The deal will see Vodafone extend the reach of its Gigafast Broadband service offering, beginning with Birmingham, Bristol, and Liverpool next spring.
Nov 11th, 2019
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Inphi to buy eSilicon for custom electro-optics
eSilicon provides complex FinFET ASICs, market-specific IP platforms, and 2.5D packaging products. The deal does not include eSilicon’s embedded memory IP (SRAM, TCAM, and multi-port memory compiler) and interface IP (HBM and HBI) lines.
Nov 11th, 2019