Leading test and measurement equipment vendor, Viavi Solutions today announced it has sold its ONT-600 400G tester to companies representing a significant cross-section of the high-speed optical networking ecosystem, demonstrating momentum in this emerging yet rapidly growing test category. Customers range from chip, module and network equipment manufacturers, to a Tier-1 U.S. carrier, to a leader in industrial leasing solutions.
As wireless, cable and telecommunications operators race to deliver gigabit connectivity to end users, they are accelerating deployment of high-speed optical technologies from access to the core. All participants of the industry value chain—research and development, network equipment manufacturing, and service delivery—are under pressure to evolve network architectures to support new services while maintaining quality of experience on existing ones.
Viavi claims that its ONT has been proven in lab testing of 100G components, and now has the industry’s first 400G support to include forward error correction (FEC) and PAM4 modulation. Pioneers of the high-speed network ecosystem now have a comprehensive, integrated platform for design, development and validation of 400G technologies including CFP8 pluggable 400G optics.
Its customers include ORIX Rentec– Japan’s first test and measurement instrument rental company, a Tier-1 U.S. telecommunications carrier offering wireless, wireline and converged services, and a global manufacturer of fixed and wireless network equipment for carriers, enterprises, and cloud service providers.
Dr Paul Brooks, 400G Technology Lead, Viavi SolutionsWe are delighted to deliver comprehensive test, measurement and validation solutions for 400G to leaders throughout the high-speed optical networking ecosystem. The ONT-600 400G offers all the features needed to deliver 400G to the market today and can scale with a range of future applications to address upcoming challenges such as FlexE, FlexO and future OTN. With numerous demonstrations of interoperability proving its readiness for market, we expect it to accelerate 400G solutions, from integrated chips, to CFP8 modules through to complete systems.
