Friday 5 video for 5.1.15 | Lightwave

Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy discusses 10G EPON's new life, the hottest M&A niche in optical communications, and who might play a major role in Verizon's SDN plans in this week's Friday 5 video

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Activist investment firm Elliott Management targets AT&T

The activist investment firm released a letter to AT&T management on September 9 in which it revealed it has acquired $3.2 billion in AT&T stock (about 1% of the company’s market capitalization) and now wants management to make a few changes.

The study assumes different deployment prices for different scenarios.

Fiber Broadband Association study estimates price tag for passing 90% of U.S. households by 2029

The study notes that fiber homes passed in the U.S. at the end of last year numbered 39.2 million, with current momentum expected to drive that figure to 65.1 million by 2025 – approximately 50% of U.S. households.

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Achieving Multi-Vendor Interoperability in Ethernet: Behold the Plugfest!

It is the Ethernet Alliance’s interoperability test event—the “plugfest”—where the technology’s global reputation for seamless, multi-vendor interoperability is definitively earned.

Company representatives line up at the 800G Pluggable MSA Launch Event at CIOE.

800G Pluggable MSA targets PAM4-based 8x100G, 4x200G transmission for data center networks

The MSA’s specification will support 8x100G and 4x200G optical transmission, with the latter a focus of development within the group.

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Cox jumps onto Vertical System Group’s Mid-Year 2019 U.S. Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard

The mid-year 2019 edition of the Leaderboard shows CenturyLink again in the top position within a market that saw a 5% increase in port installation for the first six months of the year.

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Equinix taps IX Reach for peering in London and Paris

Equinix has selected IX Reach as its exclusive beta partner for reseller ports on the Equinix Internet Exchange in London and Paris.

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365 Data Centers buys NYI-NJ data center via new funding

The purchase was funded in part by a portion of what the company termed “a significant equity investment” made recently by New York-based investment firm Turning Rock Partners.

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NBN Co deploys Infinera Transcend network automation platform across Australian transit network

The optical network technology provider says NBN Co will use Transcend to enable dynamic service rerouting capabilities across its 60,000-km fiber-optic transit network.

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Xplornet plans fiber-optic network build in rural parts of Eastern Ontario

Xplornet says it plans to provide more than 80,000 rural homes and businesses in rural parts of Eastern Ontario with access to better broadband services, thanks to a more than 600-km fiber network roll out.

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ADVA offers FSP 150-XG118Pro multi-layer 5G cell site gateway

The unit is designed to enable network operators to host virtual network functions (VNFs) at the network edge while supporting the transition from 4G LTE to 5G mobile networks.

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Bluebird Network closes sale to Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, expands fiber network

The deal immediately expands Bluebird Network’s fiber footprint in the Midwest, thanks to a tie up with REIT Uniti Group Inc.

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Emtelle to supply tubes, fiber cables for Deutsche Glasfaser FTTH deployment

The fiber cabling technology company, which has listed Deutsche Glasfaser as a customer since 2012, asserts it won the contract in competition with two other vendors.

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Vast Broadband buys NTS with help from new funding

The purchase expands Vast’s residential and business services customer list by more than 20,000.

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Semtech offers XGS-PON OLT chipset

The company is showing of the GN7153B combo chip and the GN7055B multi-rate burst mode transimpedance amplifier (TIA) for XGS-PON optical line terminals (OLTs) at CIOE 2019.