CTVR enters partnership with NCOS at TCD

The Centre for Telecommunications Value-Chain Research (CTVR), headquartered in Trinity College Dublin, has announced that it has entered into a landmark research partnership with NEC Communication Systems (NCOS), part of Japanese technology giant NEC Group, focused on the emerging area of all-optical networking.

Under the terms of the partnership, the CTVR and NCOS - with the support of the Irish Research Council for Science, Technology & Engineering (IRCSET) - will carry out research into the use of optical networks - communications networks based on optical fibres - to facilitate faster, lower cost internet connections in the future.