Accelink, Xtera and Corning detail unrepeatered 100 Gbit/s transmission over 627 km at ACP 2015.

The article reports on the partnership between opto-electronic components developer Accelink Technologies, optical networking solutions provider Xtera, and manufacturing company Corning on the unrepeatered 100 Gigabits per second (Gbit/s) data transmission. Topics include the use of commercially available fiber products and active equipment in the deployment, the challenge in the optical network environment, and the merger between Accelink and Wuhan Telecommunication Devices (WTD).