Topic: optical components

The optical communications hardware market continues to surge thanks to spending by cloud and colocation operators, according to a report by Cignal AI.

Cisco's $2.6 billion deal to buy coherent optics company Acacia Communications is both strategic and tactical.

In order to keep pace with evolving data center and switch designs, Microsoft and Facebook have joined forces, creating the Co-Packaged Optics Collaboration.

CBTS is putting elements of the Open Networking Foundation's SEBA reference design into play with a new reference architecture called COI.

This year could be the demarcation point for the cable industry's move into virtualization, according to Arris' Chris Busch.

Nokia cautioned that it would be slow out of the starting block in the first half of this year due to the staggered timing of 5G rollouts.

LightRiver Software announced Wednesday that former CenturyLink and Level 3 executive Travis Ewert has been hired as its new chief operating officer.

Nokia announced today a new suite of software-focused applications that give service providers more control over their optical networks.

The OpenDaylight Project announced its ninth platform release this week, which includes various improvements to cloud, edge and wide area network use cases.

In a bid to shake up its bottom line, Infinera announced a cash and stock deal valued at $430 million to acquire optical competitor Coriant.