Keysight and Nokia Bell Labs transmit at 260 GBaud over 100 km

Keysight Technologies and Nokia Bell Labs have successfully tested a 260 GBaud ultra-high-speed optical signal transmission over 100 km of standard single-mode fiber (SSMF), exceeding the previous record of 220 GBaud.The companies combined expertise with other research partners to create the record-breaking demonstration of 260 GBaud Dual Polarization Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (DP-QPSK) coherent transmission over 100 km single mode Fiber. The...

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Lumen acquires fiber pair on Google's Grace Hopper transatlantic cable

Lumen Technologies has acquired a fiber pair on Grace Hopper, a subsea cable system spearheaded by Google, between New York and Bude, Cornwall in the U.K. The Grace Hopper system will use Lumen landing station and infrastructure services at both locations.Lumen is taking orders now on Grace Hopper which will be active and ready to deliver services in October."Data flow and capacity demands don't know boundaries. The bandwidth explosion across continents...

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U.S. DoE offers $42 million for data center cooling innovation

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is offering up to $42 million in funding for the development of high-performance energy efficient cooling solutions for data centers. Data centers account for approximately 2% of total U.S. electricity production while data center cooling can account for up to 40% of data center energy usage overall. DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will fund projects that seek to reduce the amount...

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Rockley Photonics develops micro-transfer-printed laser PIC

Rockley Photonics unveiled what it believes to be the world’s first micro-transfer-printed (mTP) silicon-photonics-based laser for commercial applications.With this breakthrough in the mTP of silicon-photonics-based lasers, Rockley has dramatically increased the laser density of its photonics integrated circuits (PICs) for biosensing, creating what it believes to be the world’s highest-density broad-wavelength laser spectrophotometer chip, surpassing...

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Nextlink picks Tarana for fixed wireless broadband

Nextlink Internet, a rural-focused provider of high-speed internet and phone services in 11 states, has selected Tarana's G1 fixed wireless platform to compete in local markets with fiber providers.The deployment will focus on under- and unserved communities and rural regions in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. The team expects to expand service to hundreds of rural counties...

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T-Mobile US offers free in-flight Wi-Fi on United

T-Mobile US is now offering its customers free in-flight Wi-Fi and streaming, where available, on select domestic and short-haul international United flights. Coverage Beyond launches on United’s 737s, MAX8s, MAX9s, select 757-300s and select A319s with Wi-Fi supported by Viasat and Thales InFlyt Experience.The T-Mobile service is already available in the U.S. on American, Alaska and Delta airlines .“Now, T-Mobile customers can stay connected...

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