Our sister title, Electro Optics, has revealed its Photonics100 list of photonics innovators for 2025, and many of the honourees are from the fibre systems and optical communications fields.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PCIe Gen 7, operating at 128 gigatransfers per second (GT/s) per lane, enables AI and ML workloads to scale across compute fabrics. It delivers the high performance, low latency, and energy efficiency ...

Through Light Blue Fibre, a joint venture between Cambridgeshire County Council and the University of Cambridge to commercially market the fibre assets of both the University and the Council, this ...

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 ...

EXA Infrastructure’s Ciaran Delaney discusses the challenges faced by international network operators and how Exa plans to help its customers overcome these challenges Stay at the forefront of the ...

Fiber service providers have been given a boost in their pursuit of more energy-efficient networks that can unlock significant power savings thanks to a new project launched by Broadband Forum.

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 ...

Nokia has announced a strategic partnership with iSAT Africa to enhance rural connectivity in Liberia, aiming to bridge the digital divide and bring reliable, affordable network access to underserved ...

Photonic Integrated Circuits ( PICs) have been demonstrated with very low on-chip loss, for example with Ligentec’s low-loss silicon nitride ( SiN) PIC platform. The connection of these integrated ...