Lumen builds out its 400G wavelength service across the U.S.

Lumen announced some key milestones in the expansion of its U.S. intercity dark fiber network and 400 Gbps wavelength service:Lumen has deployed its U.S. intercity wavelength network across 70 markets. This gives customers unparalleled, diverse routing options in building a resilient core digital network.Today, over 240 data centers are enabled for 400G Lumen Wavelength Services, and more than 800TB of capacity currently runs across the network.Lumen...

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Padtec introduces compact DWDM supporting 400ZR modules

Padtec introduced a 1RU DWDM platform with dual transponders supporting up to 400 Gbps per optical channel, or 800 Gbps in total – in short and medium distances. The platform offers SDN management and low energy consumption.“One of the product’s technical innovations is the use of QSFP-DD pluggable modules in the OpenZR+ standard, a trend that reduces the cost per transmitted bit, with high energy efficiency, in coherent optical systems. In addition,...

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Open XR Forum adds three new members

Open XR Forum, which promotes the deployment of software-configurable point-to-point and point-to-multipoint coherent optical networks utilizing industry-defined XR optics pluggable transceiver, announced the addition of three new member companies: Innolight Technology (Suzhou) Ltd., DZS, and LightRiver."We're happy to join Open XR Forum," said Osa Mok, Chief Marketing Officer at Innolight. "Our collaboration with Forum members will expand Innolight's...

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UNH-IOL and Microchip expand 1000BASE-T1 automotive compliance testing

The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) have expanded testing for the 1000BASE-T1 PCS and PHY Control market to help further compliance for the automotive industry. UNH-IOL has partnered with Microchip Technology, who created a development test platform that is compatible with OPEN Alliance Test Plans for 1000BASE-T1 conformance testing.“To advance Ethernet in-vehicle networking, multi-vendor, standards-compliant devices...

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F5 posts quarterly sales of $700M, up 2%

F5 Networks reported revenue of $700 million for its first quarter of fiscal year 2023, up 2% from from $687 million in fiscal year 2022. Global services revenue grew 5% from the year-ago period while product revenue declined 1%, reflecting 3% software revenue growth and a 4% decline in systems revenue from the year-ago period.GAAP net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 was $72 million, or $1.20 per diluted share compared to $94 million,...

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Calix posts Q4 revenue of $244.5m, up 39% yoy

Calix reported Q4 2022 revenue of $244.5m (GAAP),  increasing 39% compared with the same quarter a year ago. Driven by this demand, systems revenue in the fourth quarter of 2022 increased 40% compared with the same quarter a year ago. Compared with the prior quarter, services revenue was up 9%.U.S. revenue was 91% of total revenue in the fourth quarter of 2022 and increased 46% compared with the year ago quarter and increased 3% sequentially....

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Extreme Networks reaches revenue of $318.3M, up 13%

Extreme Networks reported quarterly revenue of $318.3 million, up 13% year-over-year, and up 7% quarter-over-quarter. GAAP diluted EPS was $0.13, compared to $0.10 in Q2 last year and $0.09 last quarter.President and CEO Ed Meyercord stated: “Extreme delivered another quarter of great results. The continued strength of subscription and accelerated product deliveries drove another quarter of double-digit year-over-year revenue growth. We are raising...

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