Optical Transport Network

Ekinops delivers 23% revenue growth in 2022 at record €127.6 million

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023
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Ekinops ended FY 2022 with consolidated revenue of €127.6m, up 23% from the previous year (+19% at constant exchange rates).

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  • Ekinops ended FY 2022 with consolidated revenue of €127.6m, up 23% from the previous year (+19% at constant exchange rates).
  • Q4 2022 revenue totaled €31.5m versus €28.7 million a year earlier, representing an increase of 10% (+6% at constant exchange rates) despite the particularly strong pressure on the supply chain at year-end.
  • The share of Software & Services continued to grow, representing 15% of Group revenue in 2022.
  • Bolstered by this successful performance, Ekinops confirms its annual guidance for 2022:
    Ekinops will publish its 2022 annual results on March 7, 2022.

MEF Introduces First SASE Standard and Zero Trust Framework

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
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MEF’s Zero Trust framework defines service attributes to enable service providers to implement and deliver a broad range of services that comply with Zero Trust principles.

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  • MEF’s Zero Trust framework defines service attributes to enable service providers to implement and deliver a broad range of services that comply with Zero Trust principles.
  • The MEF SASE service standard and Zero Trust framework have been developed by the industry’s top managed security and service providers to make it easier to bring to market robust, easy-to-understand, easy-to-manage SASE services for the enterprise.
  • MEF’s SASE standard (MEF 117) includes SASE service attributes and a SASE service framework.
  • “MEF’s new SASE standard and Zero Trust framework, firsts in the industry, provide clarity and simplify the selection of SASE managed services for enterprises.

Lightpath Announces Major New York Metro Network Expansion, Adding 300+ Route Miles of Fiber

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
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NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightpath, an all-fiber, infrastructure-based connectivity provider revolutionizing how organizations connect to their digital destinations, today announced a series of significant network expansions across the New York Metro region, in total adding over 300 route miles to Lightpath's already dense network in the area. These latest expansions were driven by the 5G network rollout of a major wireless provider, and will also serve thousands of additional enterprise, education, and government customers.  

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  • Major wireless carrier is catalyst to expand Lightpath's already dense network in NY region by 300+ miles of new fiber.
  • Manhattan alone will see over 50 route miles of new network, including express fiber routes up and down the borough.
  • "5G wireless network deployments require incredibly dense fiber networks to backhaul and aggregate the massive bandwidths that they support.
  • Expanding our fiber footprint in New York Metro to accommodate 5G is going to bring our network to thousands of new organizations," explained Chris Morley, CEO of Lightpath.

Optical Transport Market Declined 6 Percent in 3Q 2022, According to Dell'Oro Group

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Thursday, November 24, 2022
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, Optical Transport equipment revenue declined 6 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022. Supply of components continued to weigh down the growth potential of the optical equipment market.

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  • Supply of components continued to weigh down the growth potential of the optical equipment market.
  • "The main culprit for this market revenue decline was the lack of component supply needed to make finished goods," said Jimmy Yu, Vice President at Dell'Oro Group.
  • Since the market revenue is based on US dollars, most sales in Europe and Asia are converted to fewer US dollars and reducing the reported market size," added Yu.
  • Additional highlights from the 3Q 2022 Optical Transport Quarterly Report:
    The total WDM equipment market, comprising Long Haul and Metro systems, declined 5 percent year-over-year in the quarter.

Ericsson Executive Joins MEF Technology Advisory Board

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEF , a global industry association of network, cloud, and technology providers accelerating enterprise digital transformation, today announced the appointment of Mattias Rimbark, Vice President, Head of Architecture and Portfolio, Ericsson, to its Technology Advisory Board (TAB), a distinguished group of industry luminaries from leading global companies bringing important technology perspectives to the strategic work of MEF.

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  • LOS ANGELES, Nov. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEF , a global industry association of network, cloud, and technology providers accelerating enterprise digital transformation, today announced the appointment of Mattias Rimbark, Vice President, Head of Architecture and Portfolio, Ericsson, to its Technology Advisory Board (TAB), a distinguished group of industry luminaries from leading global companies bringing important technology perspectives to the strategic work of MEF.
  • We look forward to leveraging his expertise in 5G to hone MEFs strategy to drive enterprise digital transformation and industry automation, said Pascal Menezes, Chief Technology Officer, MEF.
  • I look forward to collaborating with MEF, its board of directors, and fellow TAB members to accelerate enterprise digital transformation and drive adoption of key MEF initiatives.
  • MEF delivers service standards, LSO frameworks and APIs, and training and certification programs for services, technologies, APIs, and professionals.

LIGHTPATH ENTERS THE MIAMI CONNECTIVITY MARKET WITH 135-MILE ALL-FIBER NETWORK THROUGHOUT REGION

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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NEW YORK and MIAMI, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightpath, an all-fiber, infrastructure-based connectivity provider that is revolutionizing how organizations connect to their digital destinations, today announced its entrance into the Miami market for fiber connectivity solutions with a 135-mile, all-fiber network throughout the Miami Metro region. Miami marks the second major east coast market that Lightpath has entered over the past 16 months, following Boston in June of 2021.  

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  • NEW YORK and MIAMI, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightpath , an all-fiber, infrastructure-based connectivity provider that is revolutionizing how organizations connect to their digital destinations, today announced its entrance into the Miami market for fiber connectivity solutions with a 135-mile, all-fiber network throughout the Miami Metro region.
  • Miami marks the second major east coast market that Lightpath has entered over the past 16 months, following Boston in June of 2021.
  • Subsequent planned network expansions (red on map) will blanket the entire metro region with an additional 80 route miles of fiber.
  • Miami area customers also have access to the entire Lightpath network, consisting of over 20,000 route miles of fiber providing access to over 13,500 service locations.

Nokia optical transport selected by State Grid Corporation of China, bringing massive scale, security and agility to nation’s power grid

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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Nokia optical transport selected by State Grid Corporation of China, bringing massive scale, security and agility to nations power grid

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  • Nokia optical transport selected by State Grid Corporation of China, bringing massive scale, security and agility to nations power grid
    Espoo, Finland Nokia today announced the extension of its existing relationship with the worlds largest power utility, State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), with the selection of its Optical Transport Network (OTN) solutions.
  • SGCC supplies electrical power to more than 1.1 billion people across 26 provinces, covering 88% of Chinese national territory.
  • As power utilities such as SGCC adopt the Internet of Things (IoT) in the creation of smart grids, both bandwidth and complexity increase.
  • Markus Bochert, President of Nokia Greater China: The Nokia solution is one of the most agile and efficient optical transport networks available today.

Ekinops Q3 2022: +36% growth +28% for the first nine months of the year Revenue guidance raised

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022
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Acceleration of growth in Q3 2022: +36%

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  • Acceleration of growth in Q3 2022: +36%
    Ekinops reported Q3 2022 consolidated revenue of 32.8 million, up by a robust +36% versus Q3 2021.
  • The first nine months were marked by strong growth in international business (+23%), with an increase inall regions, particularly North America and Asia-Pacific.
  • After virtually stable revenue in its domestic market in 2021 and Q1 2022, Ekinops restored sharp growth in France.
  • Boosted by robust sales momentum in Access solutions, Q3 2022 growth amounted to +59% in France, an increase of +39% over the first nine months.

Source Photonics Wins ECOC Industry Award for its Family of Telecom Grade 400G QSFP-DD and 100G QSFP28 PAM4 Product Solutions for Optical Transport Applications

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022
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ECOC created the fiber communication industry awards in six categories to put the spotlight on technology and product commercialization happening within the industry.

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  • ECOC created the fiber communication industry awards in six categories to put the spotlight on technology and product commercialization happening within the industry.
  • The awards recognize and highlight key industry achievements in advancing optical components, photonic integration, optical transport, networking, data center innovation and FTTx access.
  • This represents a significant breakthrough for extending 100G PAM4 technology into OTN transport area, and this award is a testament of our continued commitment and leadership position in optical transport market.
  • After careful consideration, our judges determined Source Photonics 100G and 400G OTU dual rate transceiver solutions represents significant achievements in optical transport Source Photonics are well deserved winner of this award category.

Lightpath Completes Network Build Marking Entrance into Princeton, NJ

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightpath, an all-fiber, infrastructure-based connectivity provider that is revolutionizing how organizations connect to their digital destinations, today announced the completion of a new, 54-mile build of its all-fiber network in Princeton, NJ that marks its entrance into the market.

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  • Princeton customers have access to the entire Lightpath network of over 20,000 route miles of fiber connecting over 13,500 service locations, including over 75 data centers.
  • "The entrance into the Princeton market brings our network to one of the densest regions of New Jersey, while also connecting this new market to the rest of the Lightpath network," stated Doug Dalissandro , Chief Revenue Officer for Lightpath.
  • Princeton area customers gain access to the entire Lightpath network, including access to all major cloud providers, data centers, and seven northeast cable landings stations.
  • Lightpath is revolutionizing how customers connect to their digital destinations by combining our next-generation network with our next-generation customer service.