Microscan, a leading fiber infrastructure and Pan India National Long Distance (NLD) service provider, is planning to deploy Ciena's (NYSE: CIEN) WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) coherent optical solution to improve the capacity, resiliency, flexibility, and operational efficiency of its optical transport network (OTN). ...
This collaboration between Centera and NewPhotonics enables the industry's first advanced DSP functioning alongside the NPG10201 octal channel 224Gbps per lane with integrated lasers built to deliver 1.6T OSFP solutions to Tier 1 hyperscalers....
iPronics launched world's first Optical Circuit Switch (OCS) product based on silicon photonics...
Nokia, Telia and the Finnish Defense Forces have successfully conducted the world's first seamless 5G standalone slice handover between multiple countries in a live network. This groundbreaking trial, carried out in Finland in March, represents a significant milestone in advancing critical 5G capabilities for ...
Adtran today announced that Highland Broadband has transformed internet connectivity in Halkirk, Scotland, a village previously identified as the UK's slowest broadband location in a 2023 study by Broadband Genie. Built on Adtran's open, intelligent XGS-PON fiber access technology, the new network delivers Giga...
Adtran today announced its partnership with 6WIND to deliver scalable virtual broadband network gateway (vBNG) and virtual carrier-grade NAT (vCGNAT) solutions, giving service providers a more agile and cost-effective way to manage subscriber authentication, routing and traffic handling. By integrating 6WIND's vBNG...
Adtran today announced that Colt Technology Services has successfully completed a quantum-secured encryption trial across its metro and long-haul optical wave networks using Adtran FSP 3000 technology. The trial assessed the performance of both post-quantum cryptography (PQC) and quantum key distribution (QKD) to safeg...
Over 40 fiber suppliers increased domestic manufacturing to comply with the BEAD program's 'Buy America' rules. However, prolonged program delays, a shift away from BEAD's fiber focus, and new tariffs could put such investments at risk....
UScellular has begun notifying regulators that it's laying off employees as part of T-Mobile's efforts to purchase most of the company's operations. ...
Canada's MNSi has inked a deal to acquire the assets of DZS, which recently filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and shut down its US operations. MNSi wants to pick up the ball and form a new US-based company called Zhone....
Nokia and Fibrus, a leading provider of broadband services across Northern Ireland and Cumbria, have signed a five-year agreement to deploy the Nokia Deepfield solution across its growing network following a successful trial. This partnership will enhance Fibrus' ability to protect its network from cyber threats li...
Eoptolink Technology is demonstrating its 1.6T LRO transceiver operating at 212Gb/s per lambda during OFC 2025....
Eoptolink Technology is demonstrating industry's first 800G optical transceiver supporting Multicore Fiber (MCF) at OFC 2025....
Highly integrated optical engine enables lower power and reduced latency for high-bandwidth LPO and on-board optics...
CelcomDigi Berhad (“CelcomDigi”) and Ericsson (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (“Ericsson”) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advancing autonomous network operations in Malaysia. This initiative aims to utilise AI-driven network analytics to optimise CelcomDigi's network operations, enabling it to cont...
A backlash against American technology companies was visible in parts of the world long before Liberation Day. Yet the tariffs unleashed by US President Donald Trump last week certainly won't help them win friends. In the UK, the government has quickly drawn up a list of potential targets it could hit in retaliatio...
President Trump's sweeping tariffs have caused analysts and other market-watchers to get a fix on what they might mean for specific industries. Uncertainty abounds as it's not yet clear precisely how they will be implemented and how carve-outs on elements such as semiconductors might change the outcome. But som...
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile could see their wireless capital expenses (capex) increase by roughly 7% due to President Trump's new tariffs, according to a rough estimate from the financial analysts at New Street Research. ...
Justin Hotard's first week as CEO of Nokia coincided with "Liberation Day," President Donald Trump's scattergun discharge of tariffs at friends and foes alike. The plan is to revive a US economy that did not seem badly in need of revival, after growing 2.8% last year compared with the European uni...
Advancing Power Efficiency in Optical Networks...
