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LEADING IX OPERATORS MOVE TO 100G LR-1 TECHNOLOGY

EUROPEAN FTTH/B ROLLOUT UP 6.8%

According to the Market Panorama released by the FTTH Council Europe at the FTTH Conference, as of September 2022, FTTH/B coverage (i.e. premises passed) in the 27 EU countries (including the UK) was up 6.8% year-on-year, giving a total of 55.3% of premises passed. For the EU 39 countries (including UK) the figures were 5.3% and 62% respectively. Take-up for the EU 27 + UK over the same period however, was a mere 0.4% with a total of 52.8% subscribers as a percentage of homes passed. For the EU 39, including the UK was 1%, with a total of 49.5% subscribers as a % of homes

In an attempt to address the storm of global data traffic brought about by cloud computing and the increasing demand for higher bandwidth and better performance, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operators DE-CIX, LINX, AMS-IX & BCIX, laid plans to introduce a new generation of optical transceivers, the 100G LR-1 (referred to as LR), to their platforms, starting in Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, and Berlin, according to DE-CIX. While the existing 100G LR-4 uses

passed. The UK lead the way in terms of homes passed, which has accelerated extremely rapidly since the report’s data collection point of September 2022. Full fibre coverage had reached 42% of UK homes, or around 12.4 million by September 2022, representing an increase of 4.3 million homes between 2021 and 2022. Italy and Germany also increased FTTH deployment since 2021, although VDSL technologies remain the most widespread to date.

four lasers, each carrying a signal of 25 Gbps, the new 100G LR technology uses only a single laser and uses pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4) to transmit data at 100 Gbps.

NOKIA FIRST BROADBAND MAKER FOR BEAD PROGRAM

COHERENT TRANSCEIVER SHIPMENTS TO GROW AT 17% CAGR

In August, Nokia announced it would become the first telecom company to begin manufacturing fibre- optic broadband network electronics and optical modules in the U.S. for use in the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program. Nokia said that by manufacturing fibre-optic technology in the U.S., it will be able to supply its products and services to critical projects like BEAD that are focused on narrowing the digital divide, helping to further

Dell’Oro Group forecast coherent optical transceiver shipments to grow at a 17% CAGR for the next five years. Additionally, it says the coherent optics market is undergoing a tectonic shift with the availability of small form factor pluggable optics that will increase the use of coherent technology

contribute to the nation’s economic growth and job creation. Having access to technology that is built in the U.S. is an important requirement for states and infrastructure players seeking to participate in BEAD and the US$42.45 billion of available funding allocated for broadband rollouts to unserved and underserved communities.

by module/embedded and pluggables. Pluggable transceivers are projected to grow at the highest rate and contribute most of the volume growth for the next five years. In addition, the use of coherent transceivers on DWDM Systems will continue to contribute the largest share of the market revenue.

in routers and ethernet switches. The Group’s

Coherent Optics Advanced Research Report finds the coherent optics market is predicted to reach nearly US$13 billion by 2027, driven

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