It is the shaking up of the ecosystem, that is what TIP is about
APPLICATIONS & RESEARCH
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Nokia and Ooredoo Algeria achieve transmission rate of 1 Tbit/s in African field trial
Working in partnership with Nokia, Ooredoo Algeria has successfully achieved a ground-breaking transmission speed of 1.2 terabits per second over optical fibre in Africa’s first field trial of innovative optical communications technology. The trial was conducted between the cities of Algiers and Ain Defla, over a distance exceeding 200 km. Commercial deployment of the technology is set to allow Ooredoo Algeria to offer high capacity-based solutions to its subscribers. This will be one of the first commercial deployments of this innovative Nokia technology, which allows service providers to maximise the performance and flexibility of optical fibre. Nokia’s 1830 PSS Portfolio, which helps in optimising optical networks to meet unpredictable traffic demands, was used for the trial. The optical transport network equipment specifically allows service providers like Ooredoo Algeria to offer more advanced services to their subscribers. The trial also utilised 1830 PSS 500G Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Muxponder, which carries up to five 100G services per line card
Modern Algiers: Ooredoo Algeria has updated its digital expertise by better understanding the needs of the market.
increase capacity and add flexibility to its network.The deployment will also support the 4G deployment plans of the service provider.” Thanks to this new performance, Ooredoo Algeria is updating its digital know-how by better understanding the needs of the telecommunication sector. Ooredoo’s core network is thus reinforced and able to integrate new technologies for better performance and optimum care of the increasing demand for mobile communications services.
offer high-capacity solutions and a superior customer experience. Nokia is our long-term partner and we are confident that their proven optical network technology will help us maintain our leadership position in offering the latest and best-in-class technology solutions to our customers.” Pierre Chaume, head of the North Africa Market Unit at Nokia, said, “We are pleased to take our relationship with Ooredoo Algeria to the next phase. This trial is an important and critical step in helping Ooredoo Algeria
and helps service providers achieve superior capacity, reach and wavelength flexibility. Hendrik Kasteel, Ooredoo Algeria’s CEO, commented, “Ooredoo continues to be a major player in the mobile industry representing the cutting edge of innovation, conducting a winning partnership with Nokia in order to achieve groundbreaking transmission in Algeria and in Africa. “It is critical for Ooredoo to increase the capacity, reach and flexibility of optical transmissions to
Semtech LoRa technology enables nationwide LPWAN in Canada
NTT achieves highest core
diameter fibre. “The 12-core paths in an optical fibre
density with 12- core single-mode optical fibre A research team from NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, Japan, has developed a multi-cored fibre (MCF) design, for the first time, with 12 core paths. The cores are randomly-coupled in a way that enables transmission of larger amounts of data through a standard-sized 125 µm-
with the standard 125 µm cladding is a new achievement in optical networking transmission technology,” said NTT research engineer, Taiji Sakamoto. “We have invested significant resources into this new technology for use in transmission systems and data centres. We need to scale our networks to anticipate future bandwidth demands.” The NTT team will present their findings at OFC 2017.
that provide asset tracking, environmental monitoring, lighting control and water metering for improved efficiency. Mike Wong, VP Marketing for Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group, said, “LoRa Technology provides the Eleven-x network a strong feature set that, coupled with the robust ecosystem of LoRa Alliance partners, will help scale IoT adoption throughout Canada.
Semtech has announced that its award-winning LoRa devices and wireless RF technology are being deployed by Eleven-x, a software developer for wireless telecommunications, for the first carrier-grade IoT network rollout throughout Canada. The Eleven-x LPWAN uses Semtech’s LoRa technology to offer a long-range wireless network at lower investment and power costs, and it is designed to give businesses, manufacturers and municipalities the capability to implement IoT systems
This network rollout is another significant step toward global IoT availability.”
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