Industry 4.0 has brought a wave of value-add applications that depend on high-speed connectivity. Inventory management, video surveillance and security, machine automation, and robotics are just a few areas where high bandwidth and low latency are needed. Gigabit and multi-Gigabit…
Regional carrier Dakota Central, an operator serving rural areas of North Dakota, recently upgraded its fiber ring to support higher speeds and to provide more room for growth. The company, which is an owner company of statewide network Dakota Carrier…
Windstream is getting involved in the development of 400G wavelength technology. The company plans to partner with a company called II-IV Incorporated to develop next-generation transceivers that aim to streamline deployment of 400G services while reducing costs, power consumption and…
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…
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…
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 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…
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 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 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, 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, 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…
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