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Industry leader approves 40G transceivers

Vitex press release announcing industry leader approval and qualification of 40G LR4 PSM optical transceivers

Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 6, 2021 – Vitex LLC, a leading provider of fiber optic transceivers, announced today that its’ 40G LR4 PSM transceivers were tested and qualified for deployment by an industry leader in Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) protection solutions. The company’s products are used by most large enterprises and cloud providers and protect networks from denial-of-service attacks, botnets, and computer worms.

40G PSM LR4 optical transceivers, designed with 4 independent lanes allow an easy upgrade path from 10G networks. Vitex 40G transceivers will be deployed in the customer’s latest network switches.  

40G LR4 PSM Features 

  • 4 Parallel lanes design 
  • Up to 11.2Gb/s data rate per channel, aggregate Bandwidth of up to 44.0G 
  • QSFP+ MSA compliant 
  • Up to 10km transmission on single mode fiber 
  • Maximum power consumption 3.5W 
  • Operating case temperature: 0°C to 70°C 
  • RoHS-6 compliant 

The QSFP+ full-duplex optical module offers 4 independent transmit and receive channels, each capable of 10Gb/s operation for an aggregate data rate of 40Gb/s on 10km of single mode fiber. An optical fiber ribbon cable with an MTP/MPO connector can be plugged into the QSFP+ module receptacle. An electrical connection is achieved through a pluggable 38-pin connector per MSA requirement. 

“We have a strong ongoing relationship with this customer and are excited to partner with them on new projects”, commented Michael Ko, Director of Business Development at Vitex.  

Vitex high-speed transceivers are trusted by top data center providers and telecom companies for their excellent quality. 

About Vitex 

Vitex is a leader in providing high-performance fiber optic solutions for telecom, datacom, pro AV, and medical markets. Vitex offers local US-based technical support and is headquartered in New Jersey. Since 2003, Vitex has been working with high-quality manufacturers in Asia to serve customers in North America.  

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