POLATIS 576 optical circuit switch makes its debut at OFC 2023

CAMBRIDGE, UK – February 27, 2023 – The latest addition to the POLATIS all-optical switch portfolio from HUBER+SUHNER has been designed to provide operators with 80% more capacity than any other solution on the market. The POLATIS 576 software-defined optical circuit switch has a resilient, redundant, and modular architecture that underpins the reliability and availability of the switch in a network environment. To further protect mission-critical services, the POLATIS 576 can be equipped with field-addressable spare ports so that an interruption on any port can be bypassed rapidly by moving the…

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AddOn Networks to upgrade 400G and 100G infrastructure worldwide with new high-density optical transceiver

Tustin, California, USA and Cirencester, UK, March 24, 2020 – AddOn Networks, the largest independent global supplier of optical connectivity solutions, has today launched its new range of optical transceivers to increase capacity on the networks with next-generation 400G capabilities. Enterprises worldwide are facing huge pressures to deliver faster speeds and higher bandwidth due to the ever-increasing demands for greater internet connectivity. This latest transceiver from AddOn Networks, the QSFP28-DD 2x100G, addresses these fundamental challenges by increasing network density, reducing infrastructure investments and solving interoperability issues between current and future…

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Sterlite Tech launches FTTx MANTRA™ – a fully-integrated, ready-to-implement FTTx solution

FTTx MANTRA™ converges the best of software-defined networks, optical communication products and hyper-scale rollout practices, enabling faster time-to-market and future scalability Amsterdam, The Netherlands – March 13, 2019: Sterlite Tech [BSE: 532374, NSE: STRTECH], a global data network solutions company, today announced the launch of its Fibre To The x (FTTx) solution – FTTx MANTRA™ – at the FTTH Conference 2019 (#FTTH19) in Amsterdam. Built as an end-to-end solution, FTTx MANTRA™ empowers communication service providers to swiftly roll out FTTx networks at massive scale, near-zero response time and great agility…

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ProLabs “Still blindly buying OEM components? Compatibles are king for 2019”

Cirencester, UK, 30 January – As the industry begins its journey to 400G and beyond, it is more important than ever before for organisations to select the right technology for the job at the right price-point. Cost optimisation is crucial for businesses planning their networking infrastructure for the future and by choosing compatibles over OEM (original equipment manufacturer) products, organisations will make exponential savings. A report by Gartner in 2017 exposed that organisations are regularly overpaying for OEM branded optical transceiver components by a 50 percent mark-up or more, and…

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Source Photonics Partners with Huawei in Showcasing Leading Edge PAM4-Based Optical Technologies

Rome, Italy – 09/25/18 – Source Photonics, a leading global provider of optical transceivers, partners with Huawei, the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, in showcasing the leading edge 50G and 400G optical transceivers based on PAM4 technology. The companies will join the Ethernet Alliance Interoperability Demonstration at ECOC in Rome, Italy on September 24-26. The demonstration will consist of multiple 400G and 50G links among participating network and test equipment manufacturers including Huawei. The demand for bandwidth is continuously rising as new technologies such as AI, virtual reality, Internet of Things,…

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