Infinera demos 600G over 250km

Infinera has successfully demonstrated 600G per wavelength transmission over 250 km in a production network with the Infinera Groove G30 muxponder solution. The field trial was completed on the backbone network of a leading European service provider using the Infinera Groove G30 CHM2T solution operating over the Infinera 7300 multi-haul dense wavelength-division multiplexing transport platform. In addition to achieving the delivery of error-free...

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MACOM announces dual and quad channel 64GBaud TIA for 600G

MACOM Technology Solutions introduced new dual and quad channel 64 GBaud transimpedance amplifier (TIA) solutions for coherent applications up to 600G. The new dual-channel MATA-006806 and quad-channel MATA-006406 offer customers the low noise, low power and high bandwidth required to enable Integrated Coherent Receivers (ICRs) and Integrated Coherent Transmit-Receive Optical Sub-Assemblies (ICTROSAs) operating up to 600Gbps in Telecom and Data...

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OIF and Ethernet Alliance run FlexE traffic over 400G

At OFC in San Diego, OIF and the Ethernet Alliance are running Flex Ethernet (FlexE) traffic sent over three bonded and subrated 100 GbE interfaces streaming over the Ethernet Alliance 400 GbE network. The demo, which provides a live interconnection between the OIF and Ethernet Alliance booths on the show floor, is designed to showcase the Ethernet Alliance’s IEEE 802.3bs 400 Gbps network and OIF’s FlexE 2.0 Implementation Agreement (IA). “The...

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Huawei files suit against U.S. government in U.S. federal cout

Huawei has filed a lawsuit in a U.S. federal court in Plano, Texas against the U.S. government arguing that restrictions against the firm and other actions by the U.S. government are unconstitutional. Huawei is seeking a permanent injunction against these restrictions. Huawei announced the lawsuit at a press conference in Shenzhen, China. "The U.S. Congress has repeatedly failed to produce any evidence to support its restrictions on Huawei products....

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Zayo evaluates strategic alternatives

Zayo is postponing its Analyst Day scheduled for March 14, 2019, in Boulder, Colorado. The company said its Board of Directors is "currently evaluating strategic alternatives that may enhance shareholder value." “Zayo’s purpose is to provide mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies. We accomplish this by executing a focused strategy centered on communications infrastructure. With our deep and expansive fiber networks...

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MACOM and CIG demo 200G QSFP module

MACOM Technology Solutions demonstrated a 200G optical module designed in collaboration with Cambridge Industries Group (CIG). The new 200G (4 x 50Gbps) QSFP module was developed by CIG leveraging a high-performance analog chipset from MACOM, and is optimized for volume-scale deployment in high-density Cloud Data Center links. MACOM’s fully analog transmit and receive chipset is comprised of the MAOM-38053 four-channel transmit CDR with integrated...

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Molex highlights 100G Lambda and Coherent platforms

At this week's OFC, Molex announced the general availability of its 100G Lambda product platform. Volume production starts in Q2 2019. Multiple 100GbE and 400GbE products will be offered such as 100G-DR QSFP28, 100G-FR QSFP28, 100G-LR QSFP28, 400G-DR4 QSFP-DD, 400G-FR4 QSFP-DD and 400G-LR4 QSFP-DD. In addition, Molex is showcasing the coherent product platform, which supports products such as OIF 400G ZR compliant transceivers in OSFP and QSFP-DD...

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Source Photonics intros optical transceivers for 5G

Source Photonics introduced a portfolio of optical transceivers for 5G front-haul, mid-haul and edge applications.  The lineup includes 25G, 50G and 100G products transmitting between 300m and 40 km: 25G SFP28 LR Lite supporting 25G CPRI/eCPRI and 25GE links up to 2 km on duplex single mode fiber 25G SFP28 LR supporting 25G CPRI/eCPRI and 25GE links up to 10 km on duplex single mode fiber 25G SFP28 20Km supporting 25G CPRI/eCPRI and 25GE...

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NTT acquires WhiteHat Security

NTT Security Corporation (Tokyo) agreed to acquire privately-owned WhiteHat Security, a leading application security provider committed to securing applications that run enterprises’ businesses. Financial terms were not disclosed. “WhiteHat has been at the center of application security, providing wide-reaching solutions to its customers and partners, and we will continue to invest in our people and technologies to maintain that leadership,” said...

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Huawei intros symmetric 10G PON ONT

Huawei released a symmetric 10G PON ONT with integrated Wi-Fi 6. Key features: 10 Gbps bidirectional transmission: The EchoLife V5 X Pro gateway supports smooth evolution from GPON to 10G PON and provides up to 10 Gbps wired transmission in both upstream and downstream directions, enabling super gigabit broadband access for high-bandwidth services such as home video, entertainment, VR, gaming, and private line. Ultimate Wi-Fi experience with...

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Vertical Systems': Incumbent carriers most U.S. retail Ethernet ports

CenturyLink, AT&T, Verizon, Windstream and Frontier have gained a position on the 2018 U.S. Incumbent Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD, according to Vertical Systems Group's latest research. The Incumbent Carrier LEADERBOARD, which ranks incumbents in order based on U.S. retail Ethernet port share for this segment, is an industry benchmark for measuring Ethernet market presence. To qualify for the 2018 U.S. Incumbent Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD,...

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Dell'Oro: Double digit growth for WLAN market in Q4

Double-digit growth characterizes Wireless LAN (WLAN) market in 4Q and full-year 2018, despite a soft China, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. China sees a comeback in 4Q 2018, particularly Huawei. "The growth of the WLAN market in 4Q and full-year 2018 came primarily from a surge in North America as users refreshed networks with 802.11ac Wave2 products, and opted for extra applications such as higher levels of security, location finding,...

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Interxion posts 15% growth in full year revenue

InterXion reported revenue in the fourth quarter of 2018 of €146.9 million, a 13% increase from the fourth quarter of 2017 and a 3% increase from the third quarter of 2018. Recurring revenue was €139.7 million, a 13% increase from the fourth quarter of 2017 and a 4% increase from the third quarter of 2018. Recurring revenue in the fourth quarter represented 95% of total revenue. On an organic constant currency basis, revenue in the fourth quarter...

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Ciena posts revenue of $778.5 million, up 20.5%

Ciena posted revenue of $778.5 million for its fiscal first quarter ended January 31, 2019, increasing 20.5% year over year. Q1 net income per share amounted to $0.21 GAAP; $0.33 adjusted (non-GAAP). Ciena's GAAP net income for the fiscal first quarter 2019 was $33.6 million, or $0.21 per diluted common share, which compares to a GAAP net loss of $(473.4) million, or $(3.29) per diluted common share, for the fiscal first quarter 2018. Ciena's adjusted...

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