Adtran's new FSP 3000 M-Flex800 offers ZR and ZR+ optics

Adtran launched its FSP 3000 M-Flex800 blade leveraging ZR and ZR+ optics for high-capacity transport solutions across edge, metro and core networks. The Adtran FSP 3000 M-Flex800 is a versatile, multi-rate line card able to support an extensive range of grey and coherent interfaces, including 100Gbit/s, 400Gbit/s, 800Gbit/s, ZR, ZR+, OpenROADM and other types of coherent optics. Compared to classical OTN muxponder solutions, the new, single-slot...

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Google to build new data center in Kansas City, MO

 Google will build a new data center in Kansas City, Missouri. The data center, the company’s first in Missouri, represents an investment of $1 billion. Google’s data center will be located in Kansas City’s Hunt Midwest Business Center. The company is partnering with Ranger Power and D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) to provide 400 megawatts of new, carbon-free energy to support the data center’s operations.“We have reached...

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Acacia intros 800ZR and 800G ZR+ coherent pluggables

Building on its success with 400ZR, Acacia’s introduced a portfolio of 800G DSP-based pluggable modules for metro data center interconnect (DCI) upgrades. Acacia’s 800ZR pluggables support QSFP-DD and OSFP form factors fully compliant to OIF 800ZR with transmit power variants.Acacia’s 800G ZR+ modules are designed to support the recently released OpenROADM specifications that include interoperable PCS transmission capability. The 131Gbaud PCS...

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Optomind and MaxLinear show 800G LRO optical and AOCs

At #OFC24, MaxLinear and Optomind will demonstrate 800G half re-timed linear receive optics (LRO) optical modules and AOCs leveraging Optomind’s patented optical assembly capabilities and MaxLinear’s Keystone Multimode 5nm 800G Tx-ONLY DSP with integrated VCSEL drivers. 800G half re-timed LRO optical modules and AOCs play a crucial role in enabling ultra-high-speed data transmission over optical fiber networks, meeting the growing demand for...

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Coherent intros 100G ZR QSFP28-DCO module for outdoor deployments

Coherent Corp. introduced its I-temp 100G ZR QSFP28 digital coherent optics (DCO) transceiver designed for deployment in outdoor street cabinets and pole-mount physical plants in edge and access networks with a wider range of temperatures.These transceivers can be installed directly onto already deployed access network equipment with QSFP28 ports such as optical line terminals (OLTs) and aggregation switches and routers for midhaul and backhaul applications.The...

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Eoptolink demos 200G/lane LPO

At #OFC24, Eoptolink will show linear-drive pluggable optics (LPO) operating at 200G per lambda, demonstrating how half-retimed solutions are a viable alternative for higher data-rate applications.LPO transceivers are designed without DSPs or CDRs, resulting in lower power consumption and significantly less latency. Eoptolink 800G OSFP DR4 LPO transceivers utilize a silicon photonics PIC that transmits 4 parallel channels at 200Gbps. Reduced power...

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POET to show 800G pluggable at #OFC24

 POET Technologies will be hosting the following demonstrations of new modules and optical engines during #OFC24:800G Optical Engines: An 800G 2xFR4 OSFP Module with integrated POET Optical Engines will be demonstrated to showcase the superior error free performance after transmission over 2km of single mode fiber. The module consists of two 400G silicon photonics transmitters and one integrated 800G receiver, operating on four ITU-defined CWDM...

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AFL to expand U.S. fiber optic cable manufacturing

AFL will invest  over $50 million to expand its fiber optic cable manufacturing operations in South Carolina. This investment aligns with the Biden-Harris administration’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Internet for All initiatives to increase broadband access in the U.S. and will result in the creation of new jobs and support AFL’s portfolio of products compliant with the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA).“This expansion...

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