Oi Solution Signs MOU with Kowever Co., Ltd. for Mass Production and Supply of Smart Coherent Optical Transceivers

OISolution announced on the 26th that it has completed product verification for high-speed long-distance smart coherent optical transceivers with Kowiver, a specialized optical transmission equipment company, and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) worth approximately 2.3 billion KRW to supply mass production quantities. Accordingly, OISolution has started mass production supply of smart coherent optical transceivers to Kowiver.

Kowiver, established in February 2000, is the leading domestic wired optical transmission equipment manufacturer that developed optical transmission equipment independently, which was previously dominated by foreign products. Its main products include ROADM (Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer), POTN (Packet Optical Transport Network), CWDM (Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing), PTN (Carrier Ethernet Equipment), and QKD/QENC (Quantum Key Distribution/Quantum Encryption Communication Equipment).

Coherent optical transceivers are components designed to efficiently handle large-capacity data transmission in the AI era. To utilize cutting-edge 5G and 6G mobile communication services and quantum encryption communication, optical communication networks using coherent optical transceivers must be established. The coherent optical transceivers supplied this time secure international standard compatibility not only for services requiring long-distance transmission in new ROADM or POTN system construction but also with existing WDM series wavelength division multiplexing equipment.

The 100Gbps coherent optical transceiver applied this time uses dual-polarization quadrature phase shift keying modulation (DP-QPSK) for 120 km transmission, transmitting 100Gbps data at a 25G baud rate, which dramatically overcomes transmission distance limitations. It also provides a 1550nm C-Band tunable wavelength WDM function, applying technology that enables transmission over 1000 km or more when using optical amplifiers (EDFA). This smart coherent optical transceiver offers performance monitoring and line switching functions.

Lee Won-ki, Vice President of OISolution, said, "Starting mass production domestically this year, visible achievements in overseas markets are expected next year," adding, "OISolution is targeting the coherent optical transceiver market, which is expected to form a 14.3 billion USD market from 2025 to 2029."