Zayo has put an 800G route into production between New York and New Jersey, the company said in a blog post. The news delivers on plans that the service provider announced last month as part of a broader announcement about…
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Uniti Expects Big Growth from Wave Lease Offering
Uniti Group is expecting strong growth from a new offering launched yesterday called Wave Lease. Customers using the service can purchase their own transponders which, according to Uniti, provides a more cost-effective cost structure than traditional wavelength services and less…
FBA Adds Fiber Technician Certification Program
The Fiber Broadband Association’s Optical Telecom Installation Certification (OpTIC) program, which was announced today, aims to enable quick scaling of fiber education, fill in gaps in technician skills and accelerate North American deployments. The fiber technician certification program, which will…
Windstream: ICON Optical Transport Network Adds Vendor, Technology Flexibility
Windstream Wholesale’s Intelligent Converged Optical Network (ICON) service, announced yesterday, will offer wholesale customers the ability to establish custom optical transport network (OTN) routes and extend their networks closer to the edge. Telecompetitor talked with Art Nichols, Windstream vice president…
Windstream Plans NCON National Converged Optical Network
Ciena will build a National Converged Optical Network (NCON) for Windstream, the companies announced today. The Windstream NCON network is expected to be operational in the third quarter. NCON will connect cities across the carrier’s national network and provide what…
Verizon 800G Over a Single-Strand Fiber Aims to Address Fewer Circuits, but Larger Pipe Trends
Verizon plans to announce tomorrow that it has achieved a data speed of 800 Gbps over a distance exceeding 400 miles over a single strand of fiber. The Verizon single fiber 800G trial used equipment from Infinera that works adaptively…
Nokia Bell Labs Achieves 1.52 Tbps Fiber Transmission
Nokia Bell researchers have set the world record for the highest single carrier bit rate fiber transmission at 1.52 Terabits per second (Tbps) over 80 km of standard single mode fiber, according to the company. That speed is the equivalent…
Verizon and Vendors Achieve 800 Gbps on a Single Wavelength
Verizon, Ciena and Juniper Networks have tested transmission of data at 800 Gbps on a single wavelength in the carrier’s network. The companies say that this will enable them to keep pace with rapidly growing wireless capabilities. The drastic increases…
Internet2 Chooses CenturyLink Fiber Network
Internet2, a non-profit, member-driven advanced technology community, has chosen the CenturyLink fiber network to transform and enhance network performance. CenturyLink’s optical fiber is ITU-T G.652.D compliant and designed to be optimized for high bit rate coherent systems using advanced modulation…
Windstream Wholesale Signs its Largest Core Transport Deal
Windstream Wholesale says that it has executed the largest agreement in its history for core transport. The client was termed “a major hyperscale” entity but was not identified in the press release. The capacity will enable the client to interconnect…
White Boxes Underlie AT&T 400 Gbps Network Connection
AT&T said it has deployed 400 Gbps connectivity on its backbone network between Dallas and Atlanta using white box hardware – which the company said is believed to be a first. “This isn’t a proof of concept, but a significant…
Ribbon to Acquire ECI
Telecom equipment and software provider Ribbon Communications Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire, through a merger, ECI Telecom Group Ltd . (“ECI”), a provider of end-to-end packet-optical transport and SDN/NFV solutions for service providers, enterprises, and data center…
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