THE NAMUROISE GEM THAT’S DRIVING TELECOM OPERATORS WILD

The namuroise gem that’s driving telecom operators wild

The SME, which creates optical transceivers converting electrical signals into light, boosts the speed and robustness of data transmission.

Unless you are a specialist in the telecommunications sector, you are unlikely to visit the headquarters of one of Wallonia’s most promising tech gems other than by chance.

Nestled in one of the most beautiful corners of the region, in Fraire, Skylane Optics has chosen a green setting. This offers great comfort to its employees—doctors and engineers, mostly from emerging countries like the Philippines, China, Iran, as well as Belgians—who develop unique transceivers for the telecommunications and data center sectors.

Optical transceivers are modules capable of converting an electrical signal into an optical signal, and vice versa. The device is barely larger than a USB key. Thanks to it, data can be exchanged at lightning speed over a fiber optic network.

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Source: Innovatech