Steve Roberts, Senior Vice President of Strategic Investments at EXA Infrastructure, commented on the expansion: “This investment opens Finland as a new market for EXA, aligning with our vision of ...

Craig Thomas, CEO of Broadband Forum, explores how 2025 marks the rise of intelligent broadband and the transition to fibre 'techno' providers, with industry standards playing a crucial role in ...

This White Paper from Setics explores various methods of cost analysis for network projects and highlights which approaches are most appropriate based on different scenarios, such as grant ...

Modern high bit rate optical communication channels now use polarization, amplitude and phase of the optical carrier to encode digital information. The future of optical communication requires Optical ...

While the ongoing pandemic has created widespread disruption and uncertainty, one of the results is the increased rate of FTTH/B subscribers. That’s the view of Rolande Montagne, Idate’s principal ...

When it comes to fibre network deployment, cost is unarguably a key consideration in the decision-making process. However, the term "cost" can mean different things to different stakeholders. From ...

At this year’s ECOC conference, photonics companies showcased advanced technologies, including thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) and glass-based quantum photonic chips, to address the rising data ...

NEC and NTT have devised a connection configuration to add optical fibre sensing functions to the IOWN All-Photonics Network (APN). By applying this configuration to multiple routes of optical fibre ...

In his plenary keynote at OFC, David Richardson, Partner Researcher at Microsoft, reviewed the progress in emerging transmission fibre technologies and discussed where they might prove most disruptive ...

A new research project is aiming to expand the capacity of optical metro and core networks. Funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and led by optical transport vendor, ...

We will continue to see a shift to a service-orientated ecosystem over the next 12 months, according to Craig Thomas, who advises on the important role that standards will play. The demand for ...