Open XR Forum gains momentum with Hisense Broadband, Lumentum, KDDI and Viettel
Open XR Forum has announced that Hisense Broadband, KDDI, Lumentum and Viettel have joined the industry initiative to advance the deployment of software-configurable point-to-point and point-to-multipoint coherent optical networks utilising industry-defined XR optics pluggable transceiver technology.
The new members, including network operators and equipment vendors, bring diverse expertise to the Open XR ecosystem, reinforcing the growing interest in software-defined optical transport networks enabled by XR optics pluggable transceiver technology. Their contributions and participation in the Forum will drive multi-vendor, interoperable solutions to enable high-bandwidth, software-configurable coherent optics from the core to the edge of the network.
“The robust multi-vendor ecosystem fostered by the Open XR Forum generates promising opportunities for accelerating the deployment of our 5G mobile and metro aggregation networks,” says Tomohiro Otani, deputy general manager at KDDI.
“Open XR Forum is pioneering cost-saving innovations in the optical space that will optimize our telecommunications networks,” says Nguyen Duc Tho, network strategy and technology innovation at Viettel Networks. “These advances hold significant promise for the optical transport layer of our 5G network infrastructure. We look forward to working closely with the Forum on future innovations.”
“Lumentum looks forward to working closely with the Open XR Forum ecosystem to accelerate the adoption of coherent optics closer to the network edge,” adds Wupen Yuen, SVP and general manager of the Telecom Transmission Business Unit at Lumentum. “XR optics can fundamentally grow the market for coherent optical components by changing the economics of deploying coherent in aggregation networks.”
Open XR Forum is an MSA consortium bringing together network operators, equipment vendors, and component suppliers committed to building the foundation for a new generation of coherent optical solutions that will cost-effectively meet the demand for greater network scalability and flexibility. XR optics is a coherent optical solution to solve the access and aggregation challenges faced by network operators caused by the misalignment between network traffic patterns and the technology used to transport that traffic.
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