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 two different vendors. The trial proved the capability to quadruple the typical capacity that’s normally carried on a wavelength.
While 5G holds the promise of connecting billions of devices while moving terabytes of data, it needs advanced fiber optic transport on the backend in order to serve new applications such as video streaming, virtual reality, cloud computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
