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Cisco Completes Long-Distance 100 Gbps Technology Trial with Telefonica

Cisco and Telefonica Global Solutions have successfully completed a long-distance 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) technology trial intended to increase available bandwidth, simplify network operations, reduce capital expenses, and help user in a new generation of consumer and business services.

17 May 2013

Agder Breiband Selects Infinera’s Solutions for Norway Digital Optical Network

Infinera, a leading provider of Digital Optical Networks, announced today the expansion into the Nordic region with cable operator Agder Breiband (Agder). Agder selected the Infinera DTN and ATN platforms for the flexibility, scalability and simplicity of Infinera's Digital Optical Network solutions.

From Infinera 15 May 2013

Infinera DTN-X Platform Chosen for Upgradation of BICS' Pan-European Network

Infinera, a leading provider of Digital Optical Networks, and BICS, a global provider of international wholesale carrier services, announced today the selection of the Infinera DTN-X platform to upgrade BICS' Pan-European network.

From Infinera 15 May 2013

DukeNet Enhances Network to 100G-Capable Coherent DWDM Technology

DukeNet Communications, a leading regional fiber provider of high-bandwidth connectivity solutions for enterprise, data center and carrier businesses in the Southeast, announces today that it has upgraded its core network, enabling it to deliver 100G wavelengths across its service area.

14 May 2013

Oclaro’s 633 nm Red Laser Diode Provides 100 mW Single-Transverse-Mode Optical Output Power

Oclaro, Inc., a tier-one provider and innovator of optical communications and laser solutions, today announced the release of the HL63163DG red laser diode at 633 nm wavelength providing 100 mW single-transverse-mode optical output power for the biomedical, inspection and measurement marketplace.

10 May 2013

UC San Diego Adds 100 Gbps Networking Research Connection

What does it mean to have 100G connectivity? Just how much data is a 100G connection capable of transmitting? The answer, it turns out, is quite a bit.

10 May 2013

Fibertech Networks to Expand Fiber Optic Network in Delaware

Fibertech Networks, a leader in providing fiber-optic based network services throughout mid-size cities, today announced it will expand its fiber optic network in Delaware.

8 May 2013

ADVA Optical Networking’s 100G Core Deployed in Hetzner Online’s Backbone Network

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that Hetzner Online has deployed its 100G Core technology throughout its backbone network. One of Germany's leading web-hosting providers and data center operators, Hetzner Online is using ADVA Optical Networking's 100G coherent solution to respond to fierce growth in video traffic and other bandwidth-intensive applications. Hetzner Online was able to rapidly deploy the ADVA 100G Core by plugging it into its existing 10G network.

8 May 2013

Petabit Communication Realized Using Multiple Spatial Modes in Optical Fibres

A professor from the University of Southampton has been awarded a highly prestigious Wolfson Research Merit Award by the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science.

29 Apr 2013

Seaborn Networks Establishes First Brazil Gateway in Equinix's IBX Data Center

Seaborn Networks, the developer and operator of the first direct Sao Paulo – US cable system (Seabras-1), today announced it is establishing its first Brazil gateway in Equinix's International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Equinix's facility in Sao Paulo (SP2) provides data center services to customers in Latin America, and offers critical overseas connectivity to the financial and commercial center of the United States.

22 Apr 2013