A new report from the Commons environment, food and rural affairs select committee warns that the ongoing digital divide between urban and rural areas continues to marginalise communities.
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Keely Portway takes a look at the next generation of bend-improved fibres, and how they can be best used to future-proof networks
There are many challenges to overcome to provide quick and efficient characterisation of photonic integrated circuits, finds Andy Extance
News
15 October 2019
Network infrastructure solutions provider, HellermannTyton is to acquire German manufacturer of micro duct systems, gabo Systemtechnik (gabocom).
15 October 2019
The Queen opened UK parliament this week with a speech that outlined the policy plans the government intends to put in place.
14 October 2019
Fibre structure investor, EQT Infrastructure is to acquire inexio.
11 October 2019
Fibre Systems is looking for manufacturers/vendors, planners, installers, integrators, operators and academics to help shape the topics we cover.
07 October 2019
Nokia, in partnership with UAE provider Etisalat, has successfully completed a field trial of single-carrier terabit-per-second data transmission on a deployed fibre network.
07 October 2019
Openreach has awarded a contract to Fujikura for the supply of its new Air Blown Wrapping Tube Cable (AB-WTC), a ribbon fibre cable.
Analysis & opinion
11 October 2019
Steve Roberts takes a look at the continued importance of fibre-based networks to enterprise in a 5G world
21 August 2019
Fibre Systems speaks to a lead design engineer and a fibre planner to find out about the day-to-day challenges they face on the front line
14 August 2019
Ray O’Connor argues that wireless and fibre should be considered complementary, rather than in competition
Features
21 August 2019
Keely Portway looks at the latest developments in submarine networks, and the issues and trends shaping the market
20 August 2019
There are many challenges to overcome to provide quick and efficient characterisation of photonic integrated circuits, finds Andy Extance
14 August 2019
Keely Portway takes a look at the next generation of bend-improved fibres, and how they can be best used to future-proof networks
15 May 2019
A new implementation agreement for low-power consumption will see small modules push technological barriers, finds Andy Extance
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Product News
08 October 2019
Now available from Nokia is the Quillion family of chipsets that are designed to power next-generation massive scale access networks.
08 October 2019
Sumix Corporation has introduced Huber+Suhner’s ODC and Q-ODC inspection tips for the Sumix Manta-W+ fibre microscope.
27 September 2019
VeEX announced a number of new products at the recent ECOC exhibition, including the OX-MPO-12 optical switch.
26 September 2019
Infinera took to the show floor at the recent ECOC exhibition to reveal XR optics, a point-to-multipoint coherent optical sub-carrier aggregation technology.
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12 September 2019
Finisar’s pluggable, tunable DWDM optical transceivers enabled with Flextune™ are a great way to lower your network infrastructure CapEx by transmitting multiple data streams on a single fiber optics link.
Press releases
MicroCare has announced the promotion and expansion of its MicroCare Asia team.
Lindsay Broadband has announced the addition of David Burns as the director of sales, Western U.S.
Zzoomm has selected Henley-on-Thames to be the first town for its new full-fibre network and expects to start building later in the summer.
Craig Cherubini of Locktel has won the ‘Fibre Ninja of the Month’ award for June 2019 from Viavi Solutions for his 'outstanding services' to fibre optic broadband installation.
Developer-owner-operator of subsea fibre optic cable systems, Seaborn Networks, has announced the addition of Andrew Crouch and Donald Shassian to the board of directors of Seabras Group, LLC.
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18 November 2019 to 20 November 2019
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Steve Roberts takes a look at the continued importance of fibre-based networks to enterprise in a 5G world
Ed Forrest looks at the impact of primary and secondary contamination on fibre optic connection surfaces
Fibre Systems speaks to a lead design engineer and a fibre planner to find out about the day-to-day challenges they face on the front line
Keely Portway looks at the latest developments in submarine networks, and the issues and trends shaping the market
There are many challenges to overcome to provide quick and efficient characterisation of photonic integrated circuits, finds Andy Extance
Keely Portway takes a look at the next generation of bend-improved fibres, and how they can be best used to future-proof networks
Ray O’Connor argues that wireless and fibre should be considered complementary, rather than in competition
Mattias Fridström and Parthiban Kandappan put software-driven, real-time optical layer performance awareness to the test
The right combination of training and tools will help to future-proof fibre reliability, says Jay Tourigny
Creating an invisible network is the next step in connectivity, so it is important to put quality, rather than speed at the heart of broadband experience, says Robin Mersh
