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Unidata SpA Selects Hexagon’s Telecommunications GIS Software to Manage its Metropolitan Area Network in Rome

Unidata SpA has selected Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure's advanced telecommunications GIS software to help manage the company's metropolitan area network in Rome. Using Intergraph G/Technology® Fiber Optic Works®, Unidata can deploy a geospatial resource management system that will enhance knowledge of the existing network, support new design efforts and improve operations, sales and geo-marketing activities.

8 Mar 2016

Conterra Broadband Services Lights Up New All-Fiber Optic Network to Support Data Requirements of SSAISD District

Conterra Broadband Services, a leading provider of private fiber-optic broadband networks, announced today the lighting of a new all-fiber optic network to support the data, video and voice requirements of the South San Antonio Independent School District's ("SSAISD") 16 locations.

8 Mar 2016

Polatis Launches New Series of Fully Non-Blocking All-Optical Matrix Switch

Polatis, the performance leader in fiber layer switching solutions, has brought to market the industry's highest port count all-optical cross connect. The new Polatis Series 7000 Optical Circuit Switch (OCS) is a fully non-blocking all-optical matrix switch with up to 384x384 fiber ports and is available immediately. Occupying just 4RU of rack height, the Series 7000 packs 20% more capacity into 40% less space than alternative solutions, while maintaining the superior performance and reliability attributes enabled by Polatis' proven DirectLight™ optical switch technology.

4 Mar 2016

Windstream Announces 100G Network Expansion into McAllen Data Center

Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network communications, announced today its network expansion into McAllen Data Center in McAllen, Tex. Windstream will deploy diverse 100G-capable Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) routes, providing direct, low-latency transport from the McAllen Data Center to San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, and many other high-density data centers within our footprint.

4 Mar 2016

ADVA Optical Networking to Develop Next Generation Mobile Networks and Services

ADVA Optical Networking today announced its involvement in the 5G-XHaul project. The company's engineers and equipment are playing a central role in the EU-funded initiative to develop the next generation of mobile networks and services.

3 Mar 2016

New Computational Physics Research Could Lead to New Devices for Use in Fiber-Optic Communications

New computational physics research at the University of Arkansas shows that applying electrical fields and changing temperature could lead to new devices for use in fiber-optic communications.

3 Mar 2016

OIF to Showcase Pluggable Coherent Optics and 56G Electrical Interfaces

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) today released the slate of public demonstrations that it will conduct at OFC in Anaheim, March 22-24, 2016. The demo will showcase multi-vendor interoperability of two key technologies; Pluggable Coherent Optics and 56G Electrical Interfaces. These technologies will cover a range of channel reaches from Very Short Reach (VSR) to Long Reach (LR) and includes using both NRZ and PAM4 modulation formats.

3 Mar 2016

New Tekes-Funded Project Focuses on Development of Novel Optical Components and Technologies

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto University, together with a group of contributing local companies, are starting a new Tekes-funded project on optical switching and transmission technologies to improve the scalability and energy-efficiency of data centres and 5G networks where the volumes of data transfer grow exponentially.

2 Mar 2016

New Burst-Mode Gain-Controlled Optical Amplifier from II]VI for NG-PON2 Broadband Access Networks

II]VI Incorporated, a leading provider of solutions for next generation optical networks, today announced the prototype-stage availability of a burst-mode gain-controlled optical amplifier designed for upstream transmission in NG-PON2 broadband access networks.

1 Mar 2016

Accessbolaget to Provide High-Speed Connectivity to More Locations in Sweden Using ADVA FSP 150

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that Accessbolaget, Sweden's newest telecommunications service provider, is leveraging its technology to deliver wholesale Carrier Ethernet services to customers across the country. The newly established Ethernet provider is utilizing the ADVA FSP 150, together with an existing national backbone built on the ADVA FSP 3000, to provide high-speed connectivity to more locations in Sweden than ever before.

22 Feb 2016

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