It's been a quiet week -- so let's look back on the Top 5 stories for 2019! Lightwave Editorial Director Stephen Hardy counts down his choices. Can you guess what they are? (No...
The trials used Acacia Communications Bright 400ZR+ QSFP-DD coherent modules and Cisco 8000 and NCS 5700 routers to create router-to-router communication links across a live fiber...
Earthlink Telecommunications, which bills itself as the largest ISP in Iraq, has deployed Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) 400G Digital Coherent Optics (DCO) modules in its national long-...
Cisco and Rakuten Mobile, Inc. say that the Japanese mobile services provider will employ Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6) and Cisco Routed Optical Networking technology.
After more than a year and a half of waiting and a last-minute hiccup that almost foundered the deal, Cisco says it has finally closed its acquisition of Acacia Communications...
The two companies have forged a new agreement that increases what Cisco will pay for the developer of optical transceivers and coherent DSPs by almost 65%.
At issue is whether a statement from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) that it had received information “sufficient to address the relevant competition...
Acacia management is scheduled to conduct a call at 5 PM Eastern this afternoon to discuss “recent developments” as well as preliminary unaudited financial results for its fourth...
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Cisco asserts it received approval from the State Administration for Market Regulation of the People's Republic of China yesterday and filed suit in the Delaware Court of Chancery...
The Ethernet Alliance also announced that it will host a Technology Exploration Forum (TEF) April 15, 2020 in Santa Clara, CA, under the title “TEF 2020: The Next Ethernet Rate...
The company underscored its intention to continue to innovate within the silicon, optics, and software arenas and bring these innovations to market along diverse avenues from ...
The 2% rise year-over-year was the smallest in the past five years, the market research firm states in its latest Ethernet Switch – Data Center Quarterly Report.
The OIF Network Operators Working Group has revealed plans to conduct a survey of global operators regarding next-generation coherent optics application requirements, features...
The market research firm notes in its newly released “Optical Customer Markets Report” that other customer segments should be expected to increase purchases this year as well....
Executives at Cisco Systems and Acacia Communications have sent a letter to customers assuring them that Cisco plans to continue to support the needs of Acacia’s customers after...
The market research firm states in its latest “Optical Applications Report” that compact modular hardware sales are on pace to exceed $1 billion by the end of 2019.
“Through strategic collaborations with our MSA companies, we continue to test the interoperability of multiple vendors’ modules, connectors, cages, and DAC cables to assure a ...
Cisco’s announcement yesterday that it plans to acquire optical module and components vendor Acacia Communications may herald a significant shift in the optical communications...
The deal is expected to close in the second half of Cisco’s fiscal 2020, subject to the usual closing conditions – including approval by the Chinese Government.
To enable cost reduction requires a shift in focus to the software advances in fields such as analytics and machine learning. The increasing use of software to control, analyze...
Record shipments of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) router ports in the first quarter of this year drove service provider core router market growth of 7% year-over-year in the first...
The partnership will pair Tata Communications’ IZO cloud enablement platform with Cisco’s SD-WAN capabilities to enable enterprise customers worldwide to move from legacy networks...
400GbE rollouts are beginning in 2019 and will accelerate rapidly. The debate on optics module format is largely over – although the focus is shifting to future speeds as system...
Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) has partnered with Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) to demonstrate the ability of AARNet’s fiber-optic network to support 600-Gbps coherent...
For the sixth year of our optical communications technology recognition program, we’ve gone back to basics. As always, we invited technology developers to submit products in various...
Cloud and colocation services providers continued their strong spending on optical network hardware in the third quarter of 2018, says Cignal AI. The segment’s spend set another...
