A new version of Cisco’s Routed Optical Networking promises to simplify complex, multilayer networks by converging the IP and optical layers and minimizing the functional overlap. The software is ...

ITU has released a new framework to guide the evolution of global optical connectivity in the age of artificial intelligence (AI).

Optical access network architectures are evolving to meet the ever-increasing demand for high-speed, reliable broadband connectivity in a world characterised by rapid digital transformation. These ...

Passive optical networks (PONs) constitute a critical underpinning of modern broadband infrastructure, enabling high-speed data transmission through cost‐effective, fibre‐based architectures.

AI models are data-movement limited, so the Salience switch enables all optical networking between compute nodes, removing ...

During the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2025, Bob Chen, President of Huawei Optical Business Product Line, outlined plans for the evolution of optical networks into AI Optical Network (AI ON) ...

As part of their plan to serve the surging bandwidth demands of wholesale and enterprise customers, Arelion and Ciena are claiming to have completed the world’s first 1.6 terabits-per-second (Tbps) ...

1&1 Versatel is enhancing its digital infrastructure across Germany to meet soaring demand for reliable high-capacity services New 800G flexgrid solution features Adtran’s ALM fiber monitoring ...

AT&T announced last week its Optical Mesh Service, which offers customers the ability to set up a fully meshed optical network with fewer physical ports, bandwidth on demand and lower costs. The ...