Regulatory News

31. Thorlabs Acquires Fiber Laser Assets From KMLabs 10/28/2019

    Thorlabs and KMLabs announced today that Thorlabs has acquired the KMLabs’ Y-Fi portfolio, a family of high average power, high repetition rate NIR/MIR ultrafast fiber lasers, OPAs, and NOPAs

32. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Announces 400G Transceiver-Switch Interoperability 10/9/2019

    Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAOI), a leading provider of fiber-optic access network products for the internet datacenter, cable broadband, telecom, and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) markets, today announced interoperability between AOI’s 400G QSFP-DD SR8 and 400G QSFP-DD DR4 transceivers with Celestica’s industry-leading Silverstone DX400 400G switch platform

33. The Future Looks Bright For Hollow-Core Fibre Technology 9/26/2019

    The University of Southampton’s world-leading Optoelectronic Research Centre (ORC), based in the Zepler Institute of Photonics and Nanoelectronics, has announced significant breakthroughs in hollow-core fibre (HCF) technology at ECOC2019 in Dublin this week.

34. Verizon And Calix Deliver 34 Gbps Over Fiber Using Bonded ONT Technology 9/24/2019

    Small and mid-size business customers who want greater bandwidth and lower latency will soon have yet another reason to choose Verizon

35. Netsam Boosts Metro Network Capacity With ADVA Technology 9/17/2019

    ADVA recently announced that Netsam has deployed its FSP 3000 and FSP 150 to dramatically expand its metro network and answer fierce data demand

36. Coating Of Fiber End Faces: Increased Capacity And Quality Thanks To Optimized Technology 9/12/2019

    LASER COMPONENTS USA, specialized provider of components and services in the laser and optoelectronics industry, has been able to significantly expand its range of services for the coating of fiber end faces. The company is now in a position to produce larger quantities and at the same time has created ideal conditions for processing other fiber types. This means that customers benefit from a larger product range and price advantages through cost-efficient production.

37. Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative, Pennsylvania’s First To Deliver High Speed Broadband, Goes All In On Fiber With Calix 9/12/2019

    Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced Tri-Co Connections, the newly formed broadband arm of the Tri-County Rural Electric Cooperative, is deploying a complete set of Calix solutions to build its first fiber network

38. Acacia Communications To Demonstrate Industry-First Coherent 1.2T Single-Chip, Single-Channel Module 9/12/2019

    Acacia Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACIA), a leading provider of high-speed coherent optical interconnect products, today announced its AC1200-SC2 (SC ‘squared’) coherent module, the first single-chip coherent module to deliver 1.2 Terabit (1.2T) on a single-channel

39. NBN Co Adopts Infinera Transcend Network Automation Solution To Enhance Australia’s Open-Access Broadband Network 9/9/2019

    Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today that NBN Co, Australia’s wholesale open-access broadband provider, installed self-healing capabilities into its transit network with the deployment of Infinera’s Transcend software-defined networking (SDN) solution

40. Entanglement Sent Over 50 km Of Optical Fiber 8/29/2019

    The quantum internet promises absolutely tap-proof communication and powerful distributed sensor networks for new science and technology. However, because quantum information cannot be copied, it is not possible to send this information over a classical network.