ECOC 2019 INDUSTRY NEWS
Optics for access networks to hit US$7.5 billion
the next five years. These figures are set against a backdrop of fragmentation of the access market which includes RAN, FTTX, hybrid Distributed Access Architecture through to Low Earth Orbit Satellites. LightCounting notes that even within just one type of access network – Fibre-to-the-X – choices abound, and new vari- ations are being devel- oped, with currently avai l- able flavours including GPON, EPON, 10G-EPON,
A new report from LightCounting, 2021 Access Optics Report and Forecast, says that sales of PON optics will exceed US$3 billion, and sales of grey and WDM transceivers for fronthaul will account
be final ised, new fron- thaul architectures wi l l be developed, and LEOS sat- el l ite providers wi l l wage a serious competitive bat- tle against the entrenched internet providers of the past two decades. In addition, governments are taking renewed interest in promoting and providing financial support to boost the deployment of broad- band, especial ly in hard to reach or under-served areas. Al l of which has an impact the number and type of optical transceiv- ers sold in a given year.
XG-PON2, XGS-PON, NG-PON2, and some pre-standard 25G and
50G PONs. For providers of optical components, the plethora of choices, and the ongoing search for new and better access technologies poses a seri- ous chal lenge. Backing al l of the current and future technologies is expensive and choosing just one incorrectly leads to poor returns on investment. The analyst firm predicts that during the forecast period, 25G and 50G PON standards wi l l
for another US$2.9 billion from 2022-
2026, with the balance being for backhaul and midhaul applications. It adds that the market for optics for access networks will exceed US$7.5 billion cumulatively over
Nokia, Orange trial PSE-Vs
Emtelle wins UK FTTx contract
Emtelle, has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to supply FTTx infrastructure for regional UK broadband provider Upp. The contract runs until the end of March 2026. Emtelle will work closely with Upp to support the provider’s plans to deploy a full-fibre network to one million premises across the East of England.by 2025. Upp is using existing tele- phone poles to install where possible to cut back on the amount of disruption to roads and paths. Upp is commit- ted to bringing broadband to underserved towns and communities across the East of England. It aims to level up market towns and coastal areas across Norfolk and Lincolnshire to boost the UK’s competitive position in the European digital
market, and has successfully connected its first customers in the towns of Stamford and Diss Emtelle Sales Manager Craig Jones said, “It has been a pleasure to work with the team at Upp and we look forward to building on that relationship. As the need for ultrafast con- nectivity continues to rise, so does the need for reliable and scalable network infrastructure. Emtelle is proud to supply a full suite of products to support Upp’s deployment, helping connect communities over the next few years.” Emtelle, which manufac- tures blown fibre cable and ducted network solutions, recently announced two new strategic appointments to its senior management team as it continues to strengthen its po- sition within the FTTx industry.
50% compared to prior technologies on its long- distance network. The trial was performed in real-world conditions using Nokia PSE-Vs super coherent optics in produc- tion-ready optical transport hardware, just 16 months after the lab prototype trial done on Orange’s live network. Orange and Nokia demonstrated error-free performance at a data rate of 600Gbps over a 914km network between Paris and Biarritz, under live net- work conditions. The fibre network consisted of 13 spans of Orange’s existing network, through multiple cascaded reconfigurable ROADMs, using 100GHz WDM spectrum channels.
Nokia and Orange announced today the completion of a network trial using the Nokia PSE- Vs, its fifth generation super coherent optics. This trial successfully validates Orange’s network
capability to increase its optical capacity to support end-to-end
400Gbps services across its network. With this field trial, says Nokia, Orange has successfully validated a planned upgrade of its long-haul backbone networks to support new high-bandwidth 400Gbps services, and the ability to scale fibre capacity up to 600Gbps. This represents an increase in spectral efficiency by
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