Monday, September 5, 2022

NTT announces 1.2 Tbps coherent DSP

NTT announced a digital coherent signal processing circuit and optical device that achieves 1.2 Tbps optical transmission at 140 Giga baud.NTT says its proprietary device utilizes a digital coherent detection scheme in which the polarization, amplitude, and phase of light are captured as digital data. The signal distortion that occurs in the optical fiber transmission channel and optoelectronic devices are compensated and equalized through advanced...

Eurofiber selects Nokia for DWDM

Eurofiber Group, the leading supplier and operator of Open Network infrastructure in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany selected Nokia for a multi-country DWDM roll out, datacenter switching and multiple other areas.This agreement, covering all Eurofiber affiliates, underlines the mutual commitment of the two companies to develop superfast, high-capacity fiber optic networks in Europe with the highest service standards possible. Within...

Austria's Energie AG picks Nokia for optical transport

Austrian utility and infrastructure company, Energie AG Oberösterreich, has selected Nokia to build an optical transport network across 18 sites in Upper Austria to backhaul traffic from FTTH nodes to two central sites. Deployment is already underway.Nokia’s broad portfolio of optical networking hardware and software will be used for the upgrade. This includes the Nokia 1830 PSS (Photonic Service Switch) platform, powered by its Photonic Service...

SK C&C deploy managed SD-WAN from Nuage

South Korea-based SK C&C has deployed the Nokia Cloud Managed SD-WAN Service, which provides network connectivity between branches and the cloud while delivering enhanced security, network visibility and significantly improved economics. The Nokia Cloud Managed SD-WAN Service removes the startup and operational costs of deployed SD-WAN via its cloud hosted, multi-tenancy deployment model that delivers SD-WAN as-a-Service. As a locally hosted...

3i Infrastructure acquires Global Cloud Xchange for $512M

3i Infrastructure plc completed its acquisition of Global Cloud Xchange, which operates a vast subsea network.  3i Infrastructure invested $512 million to acquire a 100% stake in GCX.GCX provides high-bandwidth connectivity and global managed network services including managed ICT, cyber security, and UCaaS solutions, to a range of blue-chip customers inclusive of hyperscalers, telecommunications operators, new media providers and enterprises...

SpaceX completes 59th Starlink mission

On Sunday, September 4, SpaceX launched 51 Starlink satellites and Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTC, an orbital transfer vehicle, to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the seventh flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Arabsat-6A, STP-2, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2, KPLO, and now three Starlink missions.The mission was SpaceX’s 59th...