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High-Speed Networks
Angola Cables trials Nokia PSE-3 chipset transmission across SACS, Monet submarine networks
Angola Cables owns and manages SACS, which runs between Fortaleza, Brazil, and Luanda, Angola. The service provider also is a member of the consortium behind Monet.
High-Speed Networks
Telxius achieves 550 Gbps/wavelength during BRUSA submarine network trial
Transmission
Cisco’s Peter Jones new Ethernet Alliance chairman
Transport
Precision OT adds muxes and demuxes to product range
Transport
Huawei, BT Ireland conduct 1.2-Tbps live network trial
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Transport
German OptiCON project seeks 10X increase in fiber network capacity
Transport
Etisalat, Huawei test OSN 9800 P32C optical cross-connect platform
Optical Tech
OIF resets board of directors, launches network operator survey on coherent optics
Optical Tech
An OIF Overview
Optical Tech
Driving Next Generation Network Solutions at OIF – A Network Operator’s Perspective
Optical Tech
Deadline for 2020 Lightwave Innovation Reviews extended to November 22
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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.
Transport
NTT, Intel, Sony found Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum
The organization will seek to develop technologies, frameworks, specifications, and reference designs for an all-photonic infrastructure that will meet future communications requirements.
Optical Tech
Initial entry deadline for 2020 Lightwave Innovation Reviews is October 25
Entries filed by the end of the day October 25 receive a $100 discount on the entry fee. The final deadline for submission to the 2020 Lightwave Innovation Reviews is November 15, 2019.
Transport
Nokia, Etisalat conduct single-carrier terabit optical transmission field trial
As part of the trial, Nokia and Etisalat transmitted a total of 50.8 Tbps via multiple wavelengths, each with a net information rate of 1.3 Tbps, over a 93-km fiber route.
Mergers & Acquisitions
China approves II-VI/Finisar deal, closing date set
II-VI Inc. has finally received approval from the State Administration for Market Regulation of the People’s Republic of China (SAMR) for the company’s planned acquisition of Finisar Corp. – with a small catch.
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.
Transmission
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.
Companies
Lumentum Board Chairman Martin A. Kaplan passes away
Kaplan also was chairman of Superconductor Technologies, a developer of superconducting wire. He was 81.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Opinions abound on Cisco’s planned purchase of Acacia Communications
Cisco’s announcement yesterday that it plans to acquire optical module and components vendor Acacia Communications may herald a significant shift in the optical communications market. It also raised several questions.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Cisco to buy Acacia Communications for optical transceiver, components play
The deal is expected to close in the second half of Cisco’s fiscal 2020, subject to the usual closing conditions – including approval by the Chinese Government.
Network Automation
ODTN Paves the Way toward Disaggregated Optical Networks
ONF is actively pursuing optical disaggregation for DCI. The service providers’ and members’ requirements, a use case overview, and implementation details are described in ONF’s Open Disaggregated Transport Network (ODTN) Reference Design.
Network Automation
IP Infusion qualifies Inphi COLORZ for OcNOS
Network software vendor IP Infusion says it has qualified Inphi’s (NYSE: IPHI) COLORZ 100 Gigabit Ethernet PAM4 optical transceivers for use with its OcNOS network operating system. The qualification enables use of the COLORZ transceivers in IP over DWDM.
DWDM & ROADM
ECI unveils 8x24CDCF ROADM for Apollo 9600 platform
ECI now offers an 8x24CDCF ROADM to provide additional contentionless capabilities for the company’s Apollo 9600 optical transport platform. The ROADM is based on what ECI describes as “wavelength switching technologies” superior to the multicast switches at the heart of conventional contentionless ROADMs, in that the ECI technologies enable higher density, better performance, and lower cost, the company asserts.
Transport
LiComm offers SFP+-EDFA pluggable amplifier
LiComm Co., Ltd. of South Korea has added an SFP+-EDFA to its line of pluggable amplifiers. The amplifier module fits into any powered SFP/SFP+ slot to provide C-Band amplification, the company says.
