NEWS

• Source Photonics Licenses 800G Transceiver Module Designs from Intel  07/21

  
  

  West Hills, CA – July 18, 2024 – Source Photonics and Intel have entered into a licensing ……

• Omni Fiber Secures $150 Million in Financing to Expand Fiber Network in Midwest U.S.  07/18

  Omni Fiber has announced the closing of a $150 million debt financing from Stonepeak Credit. The company is a U.S.-based regional fiber Internet service provider with operations in 25 markets in Ohio and Pennsylvania, backed by Oak Hill Capital.

• What's going on with the decline in data center switch sales?  07/15

  
  

  Despite a surge in demand for AI networks, revenue from data center switch sales declined for the first time in more than three years in the first quarter of 2024. According to Sameh Boujelbene, group vice president at Dell'Oro, backlog normalization, inventory digestion, and spend optimization at……

• Nokia and Google Fiber first to trial 50G PON speeds on real-time fiber broadband network in the U.S.  07/10

  
  

  Nokia announced that GFiber Labs has successfully tested 50Gb/s broadband speeds over its existing fiber network. This is the first live network demonstration of 50G PON technology in the U.S. and shows how operators can easily use Nokia's Lightspan MF Fiber Access Platform to upgrade their fiber networks to meet the growing d……

• Corning lifts expectations amid fiber demand in AI data centers  07/10

  Corning increased its second quarter sales expectations by around $200 million due in large part to greater-than-expected demand for fiber connections inside of data centers running AI applications.

   

• Accelink Signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Wuhan Institute of Earth Observation  07/07

  
  

  Recently, Accelink and Wuhan Institute of Earth Observation (WIEO) of China Earthquake Administration (CEA) signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Han, in which the two parties will work together to carry out innovative exploration and practical application of fiber optic sensing technology in th……

• Nokia sells submarine network business to French government for €350 million  07/03

  Nokia said Thursday it has agreed to sell its submarine network business ASN to the French government for 350 million euros ($374 million), but the deal will not affect its financial outlook.

  
  

  Nokia said it expects the divestiture to reduce sales in its network infrastructure business unit by 1 billion euros.

  The deal is expected to be finalized by the end of 2024 or earl……

• The era of silicon photonics has arrived  07/03

  
  

  Silicon photonics is the technology that manufactures hundreds of components required for optical communications with CMOS processes and has been used for many years to produce coherent optical modules for metro and long-distance communications. The increasing demand for bandwidth brought about by artificial intelligence is now op……

• Commsworld increases competitiveness in UK market with Smartoptics 400G solutions  07/03

  Oslo, Norway – July 3, 2024 – Smartoptics, a leading prov……

• Santec Launches Next-Generation Insertion Return Loss Tester RLM-100 to Improve Insertion Return Loss Testing Accuracy and Speed  07/03

  With the rapid advancement of fiber optic communication technology, the accuracy and efficiency of test equipment have become crucial, which are directly related to the stability and reliability of the network.Santec has launched a new generation of Insertion Return Loss Tester, RLM-100, which effectively simplifies the test process and signi……