SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 15, 2025--
Adtran announced today that Titan Telecoms is using its FSP 3000 TeraFlex™ CoreChannel™ technology to transport 800Gbit/s flexible spectrum services over a 963km backbone link between Sydney and Melbourne. This multi-vendor network addresses high-capacity connectivity needs by enabling commercial spectrum service offerings across Southeast Australia. The new service utilizes Adtran’s FSP 3000 TeraFlex ™ CoreChannel ™ optical terminal to enable dynamic bandwidth allocation and optimized fiber utilization. Its success sets a new standard for flexible spectrum transport and future high-capacity networking innovation.
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"This new service demonstrates how ultra-high bandwidth backhaul, underpinned by flexible spectrum, can transform inter-capital connectivity for critical cloud applications and high-bandwidth tasks," said Nic Tippelt, CTO of Titan Telecoms. "It’s a step forward in enhancing Australia’s digital infrastructure and delivering better services to Australian carriers. We’re excited to be able to deliver 800Gbit/s circuits over infrastructure that traditionally had not supported such high bandwidth."
The new service transports 800Gbit/s services over a 963km flexgrid ROADM network between data centers in Sydney and Melbourne, operating over Lumea’s optical ground wire network. Using the Adtran FSP 3000 TeraFlex ™ CoreChannel ™, the service applies adaptive symbol rate and spectral shaping capabilities, optimizing optical paths and reducing costs. The open technology interoperated with Ciena’s OLS to enable highly adaptive ultra-high-capacity bandwidth. Managed by Adtran’s Mosaic Network Controller with SDN control, the solution improves efficiency through dynamic resource allocation.
"Spectrum services will be key to meeting the escalating demand for high-speed internet and data services. The adaptive baud rate capability of our FSP 3000 TeraFlex ™ technology allows for dynamic adjustment, optimizing spectrum use and extending the reach of optical networks. Designed to inject more capacity into legacy infrastructure, TeraFlex ™ supports 800Gbit/s transport over long distances. It offers excellent client flexibility and efficiency, accommodating a mix of 400Gbit/s, 100Gbit/s and 10Gbit/s client services and multiplexing them to 800Gbit/s to minimize cost per Gbit per kilometer," commented Christoph Glingener, CTO of Adtran. "What’s more, our transmitter’s superior signal-to-noise ratio and receiver’s high noise tolerance help ensure compatibility with existing infrastructure, enabling long transmission distances and facilitating seamless upgrades without major overhauls."
About Adtran
ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN and FSE: QH9) is the parent company of Adtran, Inc., a leading global provider of open, disaggregated networking and communications solutions that enable voice, data, video and internet communications across any network infrastructure. From the cloud edge to the subscriber edge, Adtran empowers communications service providers around the world to manage and scale services that connect people, places and things. Adtran solutions are used by service providers, private enterprises, government organizations and millions of individual users worldwide. ADTRAN Holdings, Inc. is also the largest shareholder of Adtran Networks SE, formerly ADVA Optical Networking SE. Find more at Adtran, LinkedIn and X.
About Titan Telecoms
Titan is a leading telecommunications infrastructure owner and operator, specialising in end-to-end optical network connectivity and wholesale services. As one of Australia’s only pure optical wavelength and fibre service providers with a self-maintained network, Titan delivers metro and long-haul connectivity significantly faster than industry standards. Connecting fifty major points of interconnection across the Australian East Coast - including cable landing stations and hyperscale data centres - Titan provides reliable internet services to thousands of retail, enterprise, and government customers daily. Titan’s scalable network drives modern high bandwidth communication across Australia.
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Adtran’s optical technology is helping Titan Telecoms deliver flexible spectrum services across Southeast Australia. (Photo: Business Wire)
NEW YORK (AP) — The Iran war has rattled the global flow of oil, with steeper fuel costs already straining households worldwide. And in the U.S., drivers are now facing the highest prices they've seen at the pump in nearly two and a half years.
According to motor club AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline jumped to $3.79 on Tuesday, up from $2.98 consumers were paying before the U.S. and Israel launched the war with joint attacks against Iran on Feb. 28. The last time gas prices were as expensive as they are now was in October 2023.
“It’s pretty hard. I mean, times are tough for everybody right now," Amanda Acosta, a Louisiana resident, told The Associated Press while filling up her car's tank this week. “I’m getting way less gas and paying way more money.”
She isn't alone. Pain at the pump has been one of the most immediate economic impacts of the conflict, because the price of crude oil — the main ingredient in gasoline — has soared and swung rapidly in recent weeks, due to ongoing supply chain disruptions and cuts from major producers across the Middle East. Brent crude, the international standard, was trading at over $102 a barrel on Tuesday, up from roughly $70 just weeks ago. And benchmark U.S. crude is now going for nearly $96 a barrel.
Many eyes are on the White House. Before the war, President Donald Trump once bragged about keeping gas prices low. But he's since pivoted to try and paint high oil prices as a positive outcome for the U.S. In a post on his social media site last week, Trump said that, because the U.S. is now largest crude producer in the world, “when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money.”
Companies that supply oil benefit from higher prices. But steeper costs always pinch consumers' wallets — and today's rising prices arrive as many households continue to face wider cost of living strains. It could also push up already stubborn inflation, at least in the short run, and potentially hammer the economy more significantly if steep costs drag on. Experts say that that could apply more pressure on the Trump administration, particularly as affordability continues to stay at the top of voters' minds.
"I just want all of it to end. I just want to get out of there, out of Iran," said Meghan Adamoli, a New Jersey resident who was among customers filling up at a Multani station on Tuesday. While Adamoli said she can personally “roll with the punches” when it comes to gas prices, she knows that a lot of others can't.
Dan Bradley, a flatbed truck driver from Pennsylvania, said he's felt the rising prices for both his work and personal vehicles. Beyond regular gasoline, the U.S. average for diesel topped $5 a gallon on Tuesday, per AAA, up from about $3.76 before the conflict started.
“It sucks when you’re filling up,” said Bradley. “What are you going to do, not get gas?”
Meanwhile, Texas resident Clay Plant said that rising oil costs is good for the economy of his town, Lubbock. He noted that he sees more people work as drilling picks up.
“It’s kind of a good sign for us in west Texas,” Plant said. “I look at it as my friends and family get to eat and they get to go to work.”
The U.S. is now a net exporter of oil — and other parts of the world that rely more heavily of fuel imports from the Middle East, notably Asia, have seen more stark energy shocks amid the war. But that doesn’t mean America is immune to price spikes.
Oil is a commodity traded globally. And most of what the U.S. produces is light, sweet crude — but refineries on the East and West coasts are primarily designed to process heavier, sour product. As a result, the country also needs imports.
The road ahead is uncertain, and prices could worsen if the war drags on. Amid the war, Iran has effectively halted nearly all tanker movement in the key Strait of Hormuz, cutting off a vital passageway where roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil once sailed through on a typical day. That’s also led to cuts from some major producers in the region, because their crude has nowhere to go. And Iran, Israel and the U.S. have all struck oil and gas facilities.
All of this has left countries scrambling for more supply. Last week, the International Energy Agency pledged to release 400 million barrels of oil available from its member nations’ stockpiles. Trump, who previously downplayed the need to tap into reserve oil, later confirmed that the U.S. would pull 172 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of the IEA’s effort. The administration also announced it will temporarily free up Russian oil from U.S. sanctions for its war on Ukraine.
Still, analysts say these efforts will be a short-term bridge. Refineries buy crude oil in advance, and it takes time for new supply to trickle down to consumers. And while steep crude costs is the top driver of gas prices today, a handful of other factors are also on the table. U.S. gas prices typically tick up a bit at this time of year, as more drivers hit the road and the warming weather brings a shift to “summer blend” fuel, which is more expensive to produce than winter blend.
As always, some states also have pricier averages than others, due to factors ranging from nearby refinery supply to differing tax rates. On Tuesday, California had the highest average of over $5.54 per gallon, while Kansas had the lowest of about $3.21.
Experts warn that all of this could eat into wider spending. As consumers pay more to cover necessities like gas, many households — particularly those that are middle or low income — will be forced to cut their budgets in other places, explains Francesco D’Acunto, a finance professor at Georgetown University. More expensive fuel also trickles into other sectors, from transporting groceries to household utility bills.
These combined inflation shocks, and overall high uncertainty during times of war, also “makes many houses and consumers freeze,” D’Acunto added. He said that could cause some to hold off on bigger financial decisions — like buying a car or house — farther down the road. “So potentially even that will have such an effect on the overall economy.”
AP Journalists Stephen Smith in Madisonville, Louisiana, Geoff Mulvihill in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and Mingson Lau in Claymont, Delaware, contributed.
Traffic flows on I465 in Indianapolis, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
A fuel pump displays prices at a Shell gas station Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Prices are displayed on a Chevron gas station sign in Houston, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
