Nvidia invested $4 billion in Lumentum, Coherent, and Ayar Labs to secure optical interconnect supply. The deals build competitive moats as AI clusters hit power limits.

A new version of Cisco’s Routed Optical Networking promises to simplify complex, multilayer networks by converging the IP and optical layers and minimizing the functional overlap. The software is ...

The integration of network coding in optical networks heralds a transformative approach to managing the burgeoning demands of data traffic and the associated operational challenges. By incorporating ...

Last March, Nvidia debuted two data center switch families that use an emerging packet transmission technology called ...

Upgrading optical networks for the AI era is the right move. The ITU-T has officially released the ION-2030 vision, defining key capabilities, application scenarios, and standardization roadmap for ...

POET Technologies is climbing the value ladder, transitioning from supplying optical engines to offering full optical transceiver modules. Its optical interposer combines photonic and electronic parts ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (the IOWN Global Forum) and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) today announced a new collaboration to advance the ...

Ciena Corporation CIEN and Nokia NOK are both established players in the telecommunications equipment industry, with a strong focus on optical networking solutions used by service providers worldwide.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. The optical communication and networking equipment market is going through enormous transformation and growth. Optical ...

Coherent Corp. has announced that its executives will participate in key panels at OFC 2025, an important event for optical networking and communications. CEO Jim Anderson will speak on the CEO Panel ...

Several important new standards for optical networking were adopted by the Geneva-based International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in November. The new standards provide the ability to combine ...