The European Subsea Cables Association (ESCA), the European trade association for submarine power and telecommunications cables announces that its next bi-annual Plenary will be held ‘virtually’ 21st to 22nd April 2021.
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Infinera reports that it has achieved record capacity on a single fiber pair over a transatlantic cable and 700 Gb/s data rate per wavelength.
New Applications for Subsea Cables: Science
For many years, submarine cables have been used primarily for a limited number of applications. For subsea fiber optic cables, there were the traditional commercial communications applications, as well as the occasional offshore oil & gas, defense or tsunami warning systems. For power cables, offshore wind, interconnector and O&G applications dominated the market.
NSEA, SMD Debut New Cable Survey Technology
Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) has partnered with Dutch subsea contractor N-SEA to successfully prove ground-breaking new subsea technology that could change the future of cable construction.
Prysmian Sets Data Transmission Record: 1 Pbps
Prysmian Group, Nokia Bell Labs and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) announce a record-setting 1 Petabit per second transmission over an optical fibre with standard dimensions.
Steve Alexander, CTO of Ciena, gives his predictions for the on telecom technology trends for 2021.
Vogel Telecom, Ciena Deploy First 800G Network in Sao Paulo
Vogel Telecom, a wholesale and B2B telecommunications provider in Brazil, recently deployed Sao Paulo’s first 800G optical network to support customers in delivering high-quality cloud, edge computing, video streaming and gaming experiences.
Ciena 800G WaveLogic 5 Used by 65 Customers Globally in 2020
Ciena brought to market the industry’s first programmable 800G solution with WaveLogic 5 Extreme earlier this year. After just over six months of commercial availability, 65 customers are using the solution with 3700 coherent modems shipped by the end of October.
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Etisalat Moves toward an Autonomous Network with Blue Planet
Etisalat has deployed the first end-to-end multi-vendor DWDM Transport network orchestration in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region with software from Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, forging a path to create one of the world’s most adaptive and self-optimising networks. Blue Planet’s intelligent automation software supports in accelerating Etisalat’s digital transformation journey in line with UAE’s vision to create a more competitive digital economy.
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