Tag: optical components

February 8, 2021

Following on the heels of a rocky 2020, which included a new CEO, Nokia has landed an optical deal with Deutsche Telekom. Deutsche Telekom plans to deploy Nokia’s optical transport portfolio to deliver a higher-capacity, automated network that meets residential […]

February 5, 2021

Cisco is among the vendors that have tossed their hats into the ring for the Telecom Infra Project’s Phoenix project. The Phoenix project, which is a subset of the Telecom Infra Project’s open optical and packet transport (OOPT) group, is […]

February 28, 2020

Working in tandem with Ciena and Juniper Networks, Verizon recently completed a test that pushed 800 Gbps of data across a single fiber wavelength. Verizon’s 800G trial on its live fiber network was notable because it showed equipment interoperability from […]

February 19, 2020

Nokia announced on Wednesday that it’s buying privately held optical networking company Elenion Technologies, but didn’t say how much it was paying. Elenion designs and develops integrated system-on-chip optical engines for telecom, data center and networking applications. Nokia is buying […]

January 31, 2019

Nokia cautioned that it would be slow out of the starting block in the first half of this year due to the staggered timing of 5G rollouts. Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri issued the caution during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings announcement […]

November 7, 2018

LightRiver Software announced Wednesday that former CenturyLink and Level 3 executive Travis Ewert has been hired as its new chief operating officer. Ewert brings years of experience in software-defined networking, intent-based networking, NFV and automation to the LightRiver management team. […]

July 13, 2018

Integra Optics has implemented fully automated production systems for fiber-optic components in order to meet its revenue goals and keep pace with the telecom industry’s growing needs. David Prescott, president of Latham, New York-based Integra Optics, said his company started automating […]