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France Telecom-Orange and Alcatel-Lucent steal head start on 400G

07 February 2013 | Laura Hedges

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France Telecom-Orange and Alcatel-Lucent appear to have got a head start in the race to 400G, after deploying what is said to be the world’s first live optical 400Gbps, per wavelength.

The optical link runs between Paris and Lyon, with a reported capacity of four times higher than the maximum bandwidth presently available. It is said to be able to transmit up to...

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