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Mimosa Enables Fiber-Fast Fixed Wireless Networks in Urban, Suburban Areas with New MicroPoP Architecture

Mimosa, the leader in cloud-managed, fiber-fast fixed wireless networks, has launched its Micro Point-of-Presence (MicroPoP) network architecture, enabling service providers to deliver gigabit wireless broadband to densely populated urban and suburban areas.

11 Jul 2016

Telia Carrier Integrates 400G-Capable Coriant CloudWave Optics Technology into Pan-European Backbone Network

Telia Carrier, the #1 ranked Global Internet backbone provider, and Coriant, a global supplier of SDN-enabled end-to-end packet optical networking solutions, today announced the introduction of 400G-capable Coriant CloudWave™ Optics technology in Telia Carrier’s pan-European backbone network.

8 Jul 2016

France's KOSC Telecom Deploys ADVA FSP 3000 in Nationwide DWDM Fiber Optic Network

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that KOSC Telecom, France’s newest telecommunications service provider, has selected the ADVA FSP 3000 for its nationwide DWDM transport network.

8 Jul 2016

Improvement in Optical Communication with Graphene Based Silicon Photonics

A team of researchers from the Graphene Flagship have taken a crucial step to integrate graphene in silicon photonics. They have published a paper which displays graphene’s ability to offer a uncomplicated solution for silicon photodetection in the telecommunication wavelengths.

7 Jul 2016

Quantitative Framework for Cloaking Devices’ Performance Set by Scientists

Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas have successfully quantified the basic physical constrains of cloaking systems. Cloaking systems are devices that are used to conceal objects from electromagnetic waves such as microwaves, visible light, infrared and radio waves, by making them undetectable or invisible.

7 Jul 2016

Bite Partners with Coriant to Offer Ultra-Fast 100G Optical Service in Lithuania

Coriant, a global supplier of SDN-enabled end-to-end packet optical networking solutions, and the Lithuanian mobile operator Bite, today announced 100G service deployment in Lithuania as part of a nationwide upgrade to its fiber optic network infrastructure.

1 Jul 2016

Power Splitter for Terahertz Waves Developed to Improve Data Capacity in Cellular and Wi-Fi networks

A power splitter is one of the most fundamental parts of any communications network. It allows a signal to be transmitted to numerous devices and users. A team of researchers at Brown University have created such a device meant for terahertz radiation — a range of frequencies that probably will facilitate data transfer up to 100 times quicker than current Wi-Fi and cellular networks.

30 Jun 2016

LightPointe Launches Firefly Wireless Networks to Target Emerging Visible Light Communications and LiFi Market

GSMA Mobile World Congress - LightPointe Communications, Inc., which is the dominant manufacturer of long range outdoor point to point wireless bridges using radio frequency and laser technology, announced that it has formed and co-owns a new company aimed at the emerging hot tech sector referred to as Visible Light Communications and LiFi, or Light Fidelity.

30 Jun 2016

Consumer-Grade LED Bulbs Could Illuminate, Provide Communication Links for Devices in Room

Researchers at Disney Research and ETH Zurich have demonstrated that consumer-grade light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs can, with some modifications, do double duty -- both illuminating a room and providing a communications link for devices in that room.

28 Jun 2016

Researchers Demonstrate Data Transmission with Over 100 Patterns of Light

The rise of big data and advances in information technology has serious implications for our ability to deliver sufficient bandwidth to meet the growing demand.

13 Jun 2016