INDUSTRY FOCUS TOP NEWS STORIES 2023
A BUSY YEAR IN FIBRE OPTIC TELECOMS
2023 saw developments on a number of fronts with increases in transmission speeds, new technologies being rolled out and a significant increase in the availability of high-speed fibre coverage across Europe. Here are just a few highlights of the year as it draws to a close and we look forward to an even busier year in 2024.
ECOC 2023 SEES MASSIVE MULTI- VENDOR INTEROPERABILITY DEMO
solutions, Common Electrical I/O (CEI) CEI-112G & CEI-224G channels and Common Management Interface Specification (CMIS) implementations. Earlier in the year, also set the landscape for further developments with the industry-first in
compatibility with 50G lanes. It specified the module definition can be in the form of an optical module or a passive copper cable assembly and provides ~140G/mm of bandwidth edge-density. It can enable optical and/or electrical interfaces for a 51.2Tbps aggregate bandwidth switch.
OIF held its largest-ever multi-vendor interoperability demonstration at ECOC 2023, in October, in Scotland. 39 companies participated in live and static interoperability demos at the OIF booth, highlighting advancements in four key technology areas: 400ZR+ optics, Co-Packaging
the form of it’s 3.2T CPO Implementation Agreement (IA). The first project under the umbrella of the Co- packaging Framework Document, the IA Module defined a 3.2T co-packaged module that targets Ethernet switching applications utilising 100G electrical lanes and provides backward
INFINERA HITS 61.3 TBPS DATA OVER 1,240KM
EUROPEAN PIC MAKERS CALL FOR SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPORT
Given the incessant demand for data throughput, several component manufacturers have been striving to send ever more data over ever longer distances, and in May, Infinera successfully completed a trial for Telstra InfraCo’s intercity fibre project in Australia, delivering 61.3 Tbps of unregenerated data transmission capacity on a fibre pair over the equivalent of 1,240 route kilometres between Melbourne and Sydney. The network trial used Infinera’s 800G-capable
Following serious supply chain issues in 2022, CEOs from eight of Europe’s largest integrated photonics companies presented Thomas Skordas, Deputy Director-General, DG Connect, and Lucilla Sioli, Director for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry, DG Connect and Werner Steinhögl, Head of Sector, Unit for Microelectronics & Photonics for the European Commission, a plan to build a resilient European supply chain for photonic integrated circuits. The
ICE6 coherent solution and Corning Incorporated’s SMF- 28® ULL fibre with advanced bend. Earlier in the year, Infinera set two 400G over distance records using its ICE-X pluggables, including a demonstration at OFC, where the company launched ICE 7, the latest iteration of its optical engine, along with a new range of components.
plan calls for a total investment of €4.25 billion over eight years and a range of recommendations to enable the European integrated photonics industry to become a global leader and have the ability to supply EU customers autonomously.
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