The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) announced that the Open Transport Config & Control Project has just approved TAPI 2.1, the latest version of the transport API that delivers a photonic media model and flexible northbound Interface Read more…
Ciena announced that Japanese service provider QTnet will deploy its 6500 packet-optical platform to support growing demand with higher levels of network capacity, flexibility and resiliency. QTnet offers fiber optic cable, internet, video and broadband Read more…
Nokia is introducing new open software applications that it says enable operators to jump-start optical network digital transformation, better optimize and monetize networks, and speed-up service deployments. Nokia’s new WaveSuite apps leverage the new MEF Read more…
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) – the cross-industry community spearheaded by Facebook to develop open-source telecoms gear – has kicked off its third annual summit in London with some key announcements involving disaggregated cell site Read more…
Think 100GbE is too big a pipe? It may be surprising, but there is already consumption demand for bandwidth at 100GbE speeds. Here are three early deployment scenarios where 100GbE makes the most sense. Remember Read more…
Huawei Technologies has announced that China Mobile Hong Kong (CMHK) has announced that it will partner with Huawei to build a 5G-ready transport network covering 5G transport, enterprise private lines, and home broadband. Huawei says Read more…
Optical transport network (OTN) technology featuring high bandwidth, low latency, and long-distance transmission provides quality bearers for global operator networks. Using revolutionary technologies such as coherent communications, polarization multiplexing, and soft-decision error correction, 100G transport Read more…
Ciena announced that carrier-neutral subsea bandwidth supplier Hawaiki Submarine Cable has deployed its GeoMesh Extreme solution based on Waveserver Ai and various packet-optical networking platforms to deliver connectivity to Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands Read more…
Revenues for the optical transport network equipment market slipped 4% year-on-year to $3.5 billion in the second quarter of 2018 due to the ZTE supplier ban in the US, according to a recently published report Read more…
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) says that Vodafone has successfully completed a live network trial in Spain with the Facebook-designed Voyager optical “white box” as part of its work with TIP. An increased demand for Read more…
Telefónica, Huawei, and UPM (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) have conducted a field trial demonstrating the application of quantum cryptography on commercial optical networks, and integrating the technologies operationally using SDN. All secure communications are based Read more…
SD-WAN vendors are collaborating with MEF to use its new, standardized LSO Presto Network Resource Provisioning (NRP) API to address the rapidly growing problem of orchestrating services over multi-vendor SD-WAN deployments. MEF member companies including Read more…
The ONF has revealed a new an operator-led initiative called the Open Disaggregated Transport Network (ODTN) project, which aims to bring the benefits of open networking to the optical domain by building optical transport networks Read more…
Network automation investments are expected to grow by approximately 30% between now and 2021, with 75% of network providers expecting to achieve full or significant network automation in the next five years. That’s according to Read more…
China Mobile has chosen Nokia to provide an integrated IP/optical solution as part of its regional optical transport network project, with deployment of the new network having already started. Chinese consumers and businesses are rapidly Read more…
FTTx deployments have been ongoing for quite a long time now, but there are still plenty of gaps where fiber ideally ought to be, particularly at the edge. Operators have found plenty of workarounds, but Read more…
Ciena announced it has added aggregation, scale and programmability capabilities to its packet-optical portfolio to help providers support densification initiatives in applications such as data center interconnect (DCI), 4G/5G and Fiber Deep architectures. Wireless, cable and Read more…
Nokia has unveiled the PSE-3, the next generation of its Photonic Service Engine (PSE) family of super-coherent digital signal processors, which the company claims pushes optical network capacity to theoretical limits. The new Nokia PSE-3 is Read more…
Japanese incumbent NTT announced it has developed and trialed low-latency optical access technology that helps reduce the number of optical fibers needed to accommodate base stations, especially as 5G mobile systems are rolled out. NTT Read more…
Ciena says it has developed an open and adaptive wireline network architecture to help operators scale their current 4G networks and prepare them for the impending evolution toward 5G. Current 4G and future 5G networks Read more…
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