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End users whose cable networks are straining at the leash are turning to contractors to install media converters so they can inexpensively extend fiber to remote locations. Low-cost media converters [...]

Over the last year, the market for optical DWDM equipment may be best characterized as experiencing digestive problems. However, the growth of bandwidth services and data consumption continues unabated. Cost, [...]

The widespread acceptance and extensive use of applications requiring significant data-networking capabilities have driven the development of many interesting enabling technologies over the past 10 years. Of particular interest is [...]

For years, carriers designed their networks around voice and circuit services to satisfy demand from their customers. As Internet usage among business and residential customers grows, however, so does packet-data [...]

There are three types of fiber in common use: matched clad, depressed clad, and dispersion-shifted (DS). These fiber types are characterized by differences in mode field diameter (MFD). We'll look [...]

When someone mentions calibration, engineers probably think of voltage, frequency, and other fundamental electrical measurements. Light measurements may not come to mind unless these engineers work with fiber-optic (FO) test […]

Multimode and singlemode optical-fiber cable can support a wide range of applications at fast speeds for long distances, but not all fiber is created equal. When working with distances up [...]

According to market researcher Communications Industry Researchers Inc. (CIR--Charlottesville, VA), the worldwide amplifier market will grow nearly 80% in the next five years, jumping from $600 million in 2001 to [...]

While fiber optics and wave-division multiplexing (WDM) have provided the tools to build very high-capacity core networks, the major challenge to networking remains the access or edge. The disparity could [...]

Between 1280 and 1620 nm, indium gallium arsenide is the material system of choice to fabricate low-noise and high quantum efficiency detector arrays for optical monitoring. The ideal optical communications [...]

Having once been a mere event on the horizon, 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) technology has become a well-defined, standards-driven tool for communicating information. Because 10-GbE is viewed as a point of [...]

Optical technology advances were the key driver behind the widespread deployment of fiber links in long-haul transport networks. DWDM technology, of course, dramatically enhanced the scalability of the existing networks [...]

Service providers today are seeking to deploy new, intelligent optical networks based on a new generation of optical components to decrease operational costs and increase revenues. These components are characterized [...]

As DWDM becomes ubiquitous in long-haul and metro core networks, carriers are looking at optical switching to manage the ever-growing number of wavelengths and automate wavelength routing, restoration, and grooming. [...]

Optical networks are constantly evolving, spurred by changing traffic requirements and innovative advances in networking technology. In the recent past, advances in optical networking have focused on increasing bandwidth availability [...]

Byline: Don Francis Now hear this Itâs the sound of data and of what could be the Next Big Thing in completion and production operations. Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), has [...]

Security and surveillance camera systems are now a vital application in the enterprise space, where optical-fiber connectivity has emerged as a primary media type. Separate LAN and security surveillance structured [...]

The optical-fiber industry has come a long way in the past decade, but with so many termination technologies, products, techniques, and procedures from which to choose, selecting the right one [...]

As the market downturn continues, excess inventories and reduced sales volumes have caused turmoil in the optical-component industry. Uncertainty about the types of passive devices that will lead the market [...]

Service providers need solutions that can meet the pressures of today's rapidly changing, increasingly competitive telecommunications market. Fiber-optic cable plays an important role in achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. Although, [...]

Many optical-component manufacturers need to strip the acrylate coating from optical fibers to expose the bare fiber surface at a location other than at the fiber ends. This type of [...]

Tomorrow's networks are here today in the form of all-optical switches and routers. Network ribbon cables are making the connection between these complex components and are key to making the [...]

It's clear that Ethernet services offer providers a cost-effective way to increase revenues by meeting customer demand for services that are flexible, low-cost, and scalable. The question is, what's the [...]

For years, the networking sector has grappled with the notion of the all-optical network. As optical transport technologies continue to pack more data into a single strand of fiber, optical [...]

Telecast Fiber Systems announced that Finland's Mikkeli Polytechnic University, or Mikpoli, has installed a new media building with a fiber optic infrastructure that utilizes its Teleport technology to reduce what [...]

Emulex Corporation, the industry's preeminent source for a broad range of advanced storage networking infrastructure solutions announced recently that NEC Corporation has implemented the award-winning Emulex InSpeed embedded storage switching […]

Neon Broadcast Services has installed the Snell & Wilcox SD/HD Kahuna in its newest teleproduction vehicle. Chosen both for its SD/HD support and compact, highly integrated design, Kahuna gives Neon's [...]

Con Edison Communications (CEC) will use the Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series of Intelligent Ethernet Switches at the metro access edge and the Cisco 7600 Series Internet Router within its network […]

The Salira intelligent EPON access system for voice, video and data services combines EPON transport with support for native-mode TDM services and IP-centric multi-services. The platform consists of the Salira [...]

The snappy marketers that drove the DSL industry to use 23 of the 26 letters of the alphabet to describe their technologies have moved to the optical access side of […]

Tunable lasers are the next frontier in optical networking, according to many within the industry -- and startups involved with such devices are having a notably easier time attracting venture [...]

Numerous component technologies are in use today to realize the range of passive and active functions needed for optical transmission systems. Many companies hope to provide lower prices and increased […]

Lisle, ILL. - Molex Inc.'s Fiber Optics operation has a bezel system that houses a wide variety of fiber-optic adapters in a common panel cutout. The bezels provide a front […]

These two sample kits contain Europlus board-level fiber-management clips, reels, and strain relief boots. The super deluxe kit includes five each of all reels, splice clips, coupler clips, filter/isolator clips, [...]

According to Peter Clark, president and CEO of Lightconnect (Newark, CA), the trends in the optical-switch component industry are more dictated by the market now than they've ever been. 'We've [...]

These fiber-optic cable assemblies for the frame and workstation are available in singlemode and multimode fiber. The products come in a variety of mix-and-match connector configurations, including standard and hybrid [...]

The IC110 wall-mount distribution tower contains all the components required for terminating, labeling, and wall-mounting the IC110 wiring-and cable-management blocks in a stacked tower configuration. The package includes a metal [...]

The advent of reliable manufacturing techniques brings the advantage of VCSELs to applications at 1300 nm. Over the past decade, optical communications technologies have migrated out of the long-had backbones [...]

Cable management is getting easier, thanks to a new generation of modular products. Have you ever cut a board into two or three different lengths only to discover that the [...]

Test and installation remains on schedule despite the many complexities and challenges. Which is easier: developing optical transmission equipment that operates at hundreds of gigabits, or putting cables in the [...]

Deploying cable in sewers, roadways, and sidewalks speeds installation and curtails cost. During the late l990s, several carriers focused on building new, state-of-the-art, long-haul networks across the country. That pushed [...]