Telekom Serbia/MTEL tests 600G over 600km with Nokia

Nokia demonstrated a 600 Gbps line rate on Telekom Serbia and MTEL’s optical transport network over a distance of 600km between Banja Luka and Belgrade. The test utilized Nokia 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS), powered by its PSE-Vs chipset. Nokia demonstrated 600Gbit/s line performance over a 600km path consisting in 6 spans, through C-F ROADM nodes. By operating over spectrally efficient 100GHz WDM channels, Telekom Serbia and MTEL will...

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Dell'Oro: 400 Gbps to drive SP router growth

Global cumulative Service Provider (SP) Router and Switch market revenues are projected to approach $76 billion by 2026, representing a 2 percent CAGR for the forecast period, according to a new report from Dell'Oro Group. The adoption of 400 Gbps routing technologies is expected to continue driving the overall market growth, allowing both Telecom and Cloud Service Providers to expand their networks and increase revenues."The July 2022 forecast remains...

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CIR: Co-Packaged Optics market to hit $1.3 billion in 2025

Sales of specialized components for co-packaged optics (CPO) will exceed $1.3 billion in revenues in 2025 and grow to $2.7 billion by 2028, according to Communications Industry Researchers' (CIR) latest CPO report, "Markets for Co-Packaged Optics 2022-2030". The report analyzes both component and module-level CPO product developments. CIR's new report examines the latest developments in connectivity, lasers, and cooling systems for CPO as well...

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VIAVI launches 6G Forward program

Viavi Solutions is launching a 6G Forward program to provide its expertise, technology, and funding to promising avenues of academic research. The company is already supporting 6G research at three universities: Northeastern University and the University of Texas at Austin in the US and the University of Surrey in the UK.At Northeastern University, VIAVI is supporting the Institute for Wireless Internet of Things and the Open6G cooperative research...

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Lumentum sees improving IC supply for telecom

Lumentum reported net revenue of $422.1 million for its fourth fiscal quarter, ended July 2, 2002, with GAAP net income attributable to common stockholders of $34.7 million, or $0.49 per diluted share. Net revenue for the fiscal third quarter of 2022 was $395.4 million, with GAAP net income of $26.0 million, or $0.35 per diluted share. Net revenue for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2021 was $392.1 million, with GAAP net income attributable to common...

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KKR acquires Barracuda Networks from Thoma Bravo

KKR, a leading global investment firm, has acquired Barracuda Networks from Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Barracuda is a cloud-first provider of cybersecurity solutions for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The company claims more than 200,000 customers worldwide.“We’re ready to deliver on our next phase of growth with KKR and remain dedicated to investing in our team...

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Red Hat updates OpenShift Platform Plus

Red Hat released a new version of its OpenShift Platform Plus that further extends its role as a singular Kubernetes platform to span the breadth of enterprise IT scenarios, whether a traditional datacenter, distributed edge operations or multiple public cloud environments.The latest version of Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus includes the necessary tools to more simply build, protect and manage applications throughout the software lifecycle and across...

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MediaTek picks Keysight to validate 5G devices equipped with MIMO

MediaTek has selected Keysight's integrated 5G new radio (NR) device test solutions to validate the radio frequency (RF) performance of 5G devices equipped with multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) and Massive MIMO antenna technologies in an over-the-air (OTA) laboratory-based test environment.Keysight and MediaTek have worked together to achieve several industry milestones, including validation of the first 5G mmWave modem and the establishment...

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Padtec posts Q2 revenues of BRL$103.5 million

Padtec reported Q2 gross operating revenue of BRL$103.5 million (approximately US$20.11 million), which represents growth of 10.4% in relation to the previous quarter. As a result, the company’s operating revenue reached the mark of R$197.2 million in the first half of 2022 – a drop of 4% compared to the same period last year. As a result of its international expansion strategy, Padtec recorded a 53% growth in export revenues in the first half of...

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