Not all fiber optic cable is created equal, and miles of older fiber deployed in Japan aren't able to keep up with the latests electronics. This is why a test that delivered 8Tbps of bandwidth across DSF fiber in Japan is s big deal.…
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Huawei, Corning test 100G over 3,000 kilometers
This fall we have seen a number of companies announce their experiments and tests with 100 Gbps networks, especially over long haul networks. Today Chinese telecom behemoth Huawei showed off its latest efforts, conducted in partnership with Corning, a maker of optical cables and television glass.…
Read MoreUnder the Atlantic Ocean, data zips at 100 Gbps
An optical transmission under the Atlantic at 100 Gbps - that sounds pretty cool, doesn't it? Today, Hibernia Atlantic, a network operator and Chinese hardware maker Huawei did just that - the first 100Gbps optical transmission across the Atlantic. Infinera did the same under the Pacific.…
Read MoreInfinera, TeliaSonera test a new terabit network
TeliaSonera, a Scandinavian-based telephone company, has conducted a trial for an optical network that saw a terabit speed optical transmission based on 500 gigabit per second super channels. The trial used Infinera gear and was conducted between Los Angeles and San Jose, Calif.…
Read MoreLife in the fast lane, making the terabit age possible
We want information, and we want it now, so technologists are racing to keep up. From a stealthy startup in New Mexico getting funded to Infinera providing gear that could download Netflix's entire library in 5 seconds, the secret for our need for speed is light.…
Read MoreThe Terabit Age is Almost Upon Us
Infinera has demonstrated that it can built an optic transmitter capable of delivering multi-terabit speeds, paving the way for growth of the next generation of the Internet. The world is moving toward 100 Gbps in the coming years, but this enables growth for decades to come.…
Read MoreWe Will Soon Live in a 100 Gbps World
While the U.S. government sets the bar low for residential broadband at 100 megabits per second, the telecommunications infrastructure guys are laughing all the way to the bank as demand for 100 gigabits per second pipes is expected by the telecommunications and computing infrastructure players.…
Read MoreIs TV Everywhere the Solution to the Set-top Box War?
Things got a little heated when device makers and cable representatives debated the future of the set-top box at the TV of…
Read MoreInfinera Aims to Give Undersea Fiber Networks a Makeover
Infinera (s INFN) has been one of the optical industry’s disruptors, helping to boost capacity and lower the costs of both inter-…
Read MorePalm Pre Bits for the Week
A few Palm (s PALM) Pre news bits hit this week. Instead of offering them up in slices, here’s the whole pie.…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Mac Browser Roundup
If any one application is near and dear to almost every Mac users heart, it is the web browser. With more applications…
Read MoreSC08 Video: Ciena Demo of 100-Gigabit Data Transfer
I’m a geek groupie when it comes to technology. I can’t actually produce any of these life-changing products, but I can recognize…
Read MoreInfinera CTO: Video Swamping Net, Optical Can Help
Over at Structure 08, the GigaOM conference about cloud computing (where Chris and I are, respectively, live-streaming and live-blogging all day), Drew…
Read MoreSTRUCTURE 08: CTO Infinera — Video Swamping Net, Optical Can Help
Drew Perkins, the CTO of Infinera, which sells Internet optical transport equipment, says that video is soaking up the Internet’s bandwidth —…
Read MoreHP Turns to Lasers to Cut Copper From Chips
HP is trying to eliminate copper on semiconductors to make them run faster, and today the company is gathering about 150 researchers…
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