Nokia Bell Labs demos 100G PON over a single wavelength

At Fiber Connect 2022 in Nashville, Nokia Bell Labs showed the first proof-of-concept demonstration of 100G PON. The prototype delivers 100Gbps downstream on a single PON wavelength.  The performance is achieved using digital signal processing as well optimizations of the modulation.Nokia is also introducing the concept of a "flexible PON", where the downstream performance can be adjusted in software based on the quality of the channel.Stefaan...

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Nokia offers network-in-a-box program for rural broadband

Nokia will begin offering Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) kits for expedited delivery to rural service providers. Each ‘network-in-a-box’ kit is suitable for building a network for a town of up to 1,000 homes.Each Nokia Broadband Relief Kit is comprised of the necessary FTTH equipment, software licenses, support, and state-of-the-art in-home WiFi gateways required to serve a typical town of 1,000 households. The kits support GPON and XGS-PON over a single...

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OTEGLOBE picks Infinera’s ICE6 for its European network

OTEGLOBE has selected Infinera’s ICE6 800G coherent solution for its European network. The deployment of Infinera’s ICE6 solution on the GX G42 Compact Modular Platform will double capacity in selected parts of OTEGLOBE's diverse terrestrial backbone network and enable the carrier to offer new 400 GbE services to its customers. OTEGLOBE’s pan-European network, with more than 21,000 km of fiber, spans Greece, the Balkans, Italy, and Eastern...

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ColorChip introduces Hairtail direct attached cable for 50G PAM

Israel-based ColorChip unveiled its Hairtail direct attached cable (DAC) technology, featuring flexibility, bending insensitivity, and the lightest cable for 50G PAM4 applications. This technology, when being implemented in the QSFP-DD or OSFP form factors which are made with 16 pairs of high-speed cables, may address the conventional DAC field deployment challenges due to the rigidity and rack routing with greater than 30% cost savings. ColorChip...

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Kioxia samples first PCIe/NVMe removable storage device

Kioxia announced sampling of the first XFM DEVICE Ver.1.0-compliant removable PCIe attached, NVMe storage device.Kioxia's XFMEXPRESS XT2 will be available in in 256GB and 512GB models and is designed for ultra-mobile PCs, IoT devices and various embedded applications.First introduced in August of 2019, and then presented as a proposal to the JEDEC Subcommittee for Electrical Specifications and Command Protocols, KIOXIA XFMEXPRESS is a new form factor...

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Oracle's Infrastructure Cloud Revenue (IaaS) rises 36%

 Oracle reported revenue of $11.8 billion for its fiscal 2022 Q4, up 5% year-over-year in USD and up 10% in constant currency. Q4 GAAP operating income was $4.5 billion, down 1% in USD and up 6% in constant currency. Non-GAAP operating income was $5.6 billion, up 3% in USD and up 8% in constant currency. GAAP operating margin was 38%, and non-GAAP operating margin was 47%. GAAP net income was $3.2 billion, and non-GAAP net income was $4.2 billion....

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