Optical Connections Magazine Industry Focus 2024/25

INDUSTRY AWARDS ECOC 2024

ECOC EXHIBITION INDUSTRY AWARDS

In conjunction with Optical Connections

ECOC Exhibition Industry Awards, in collaboration with Optical Connections , recognise significant achievements in optical communications, transport, networking, fibre-based products, photonic integration, and related innovations.

MOST INNOVATIVE PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER/CO-PACKAGED MODULE AWARD WINNER: MARVELL for MARVELL® COLORZ® 800 FAMILY. MOST INNOVATIVE TEST EQUIPMENT AWARD WINNER: YOKOGAWA for YOKOGAWA AQ6370E OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER. MOST INNOVATIVE CHIP-SCALE PACKAGING/OPTICAL SUB ASSEMBLY AWARD WINNER: NANOSCRIBE GMBH & CO. KG for QUANTUM X ALIGN. OPTICAL TRANSPORT AWARD AWARD WINNER: HUAWEI for OPTIXTRANS E6600 SERIES.

The 2024 award winners were announced live in the Product Focus Theatre at the ECOC Exhibition in September. In 2023, many companies unveiled new products or issued press releases just before the event. To accommodate this, the Awards Committee introduced a new Post Deadline Awards competition in 2024, with two categories: Optical Materials and Components, and Optical Systems and Networks. MOST INNOVATIVE PON/5G/FTTX PRODUCT AWARD WINNER: CHINA MOBILE for 50G PON.

DATA CENTRE INNOVATION/ BEST PRODUCT AWARD WINNER: COHERENT CORP for COHERENT DATACENTER LIGHTWAVE CROSS- CONNECT (DLXTM). BEST FIBRE/FIBRE COMPONENT PRODUCT AWARD WINNER: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC EUROPE for 2C Z-PLUS FIBER ULL. DATA CENTRE INNOVATION/ BEST PRODUCT AWARD WINNER: COHERENT CORP for COHERENT DATACENTER LIGHTWAVE CROSS- CONNECT (DLXTM).

MOST INNOVATIVE HYBRID PIC/OPTICAL INTEGRATION PLATFORM AWARD WINNER: LIGHTWAVE LOGIC INC. MOST INNOVATIVE PHOTONIC COMPONENT AWARD WINNER: NEWPHOTONICS for NPG102 PIC TRANSMITTER on CHIP with INTEGRATED OPTICAL EQUALIZER for LPO-BASED CONNECTIVITY MODULES.

BEST FIBRE/FIBRE COMPONENT PRODUCT AWARD WINNER: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC EUROPE for 2C Z-PLUS FIBER ULL.

POST-DEADLINE AWARD WINNER:

SOURCE PHOTONICS for COMPACT 50G PON OLT/ONU SFP56 and SFP-DD PRODUCT FAMILY.

The Industry Awards will continue to celebrate achievements in optical communications in 2025, and we invite you to submit your nominations across nine categories, including Best Fibre Component/Product, Best Data Centre Innovation, and Most Innovative Photonics Product. This is a great chance to showcase your innovations, gain industry recognition, and connect with experts. Applications will open in Spring 2025. Find out more at ecocexhibition.com/industry-awards

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