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 ...

Optical networks are the backbone of modern high-speed communication systems, enabling vast data throughput over extensive geographical areas. With the increasing demand for secure data transmission, ...

Applications such as self-driving vehicles, 6G mobile communications and quantum communications are pushing fiber optic ...

Astound, Service Electric Cable TV, Comcast/Xfinity and Verizon Fios are expanding their fiber optic networks. What that ...

The data center network has reached a critical point. As companies race to build massive XPU clusters for AI, traditional ...

Japanese telecom firm NTT and Tokyo-based electronics giant Toshiba are working on new ways around this problem. In November, ...

CONA (Certified Optical Network Associate), an introductory course in optical networking, is a great training program for recent graduates, technicians, and engineers interested in the design, ...

In the midst of bankruptcy protection, Nortel took some time to point out its strength in optical networking at a trade show this week. Podcast: Can Nortel come back from the brink? At the OFC/NFOEC ...

Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all things home internet. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington with a master's degree. Cierra is ...

Researchers from Zhejiang Lab have proposed a novel spatiotemporal mode multiplexing technology, coupling pulsed orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams with diffractive deep neural networks (D2NN) and ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a powerful new optical chip that can process almost 2 billion images per second. The device is made up of a neural network that processes ...