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FleXpress from AFL designed to reduce test time
05 November 2018

AFL has introduced the FleXpress fast optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) test for its FlexScan family of pocket-sized OTDRs.

Sterlite Tech launches end-to-end FTTx-as-a-service to aid swift roll-out
02 November 2018

Now available from Sterlite Tech is the FTTx MANTRA (Massive Agile Network Transformation), an end-to-end FTTx-as-a-service solution.

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Featured Articles >>

SUBMARINE NETWORKS
Terrestrial extra
13 September 2018

With the advancement in high-speed optics and modulation techniques bringing fibre optic systems for terrestrial networks in line with submarine systems, it’s little surprise that the industry is approaching a new era of terrestrial and submarine cable integration. Keely Portway finds out

Analysis & Opinion >>

Industry
Space: The next frontier in optical networks
21 September 2018

Roshene McCool and Matthew Guinan advise how operators can meet the connectivity distribution and densification challenge

Business
Take your PIC
20 September 2018

Mathieu Bergont and Francois Couny look at the challenges that come with PIC testing and measurement

Resources >>

Viewpoint
The Need for 200G
MACOM
8 October 2018

Today’s optical module providers are under tremendous pressure to enable customers with faster connectivity solutions at volume scale. This fall, MACOM announced the industry’s first complete chipset solution for 200G and 400G CWDM optical module providers servicing Cloud Data Center applications.

Viewpoint
New Frontiers: Innovative, Cleanable Fibre Optic Connectivity Solutions for Rugged Environments
Fischer Connectors
17 September 2018

Fibre optic infrastructures are becoming more widespread in a number of markets and applications. These include simple point-to-point security systems, Ethernet mesh networks and high-performance, high-bandwidth video transport and switching systems for the A/V and broadcast markets.

Viewpoint
5G Wireless Fronthaul: Achieving the Benefits of C-RAN and CPRI with 100G Optical Connectivity
MACOM
22 August 2018

In a previous viewpoint we assessed the evolution of 5G wireless standards and industry expectations for the incremental deployment of 5G infrastructure in the years ahead. Continued forward progress on these fronts brings us ever closer toward a future of breakthrough bandwidth capacity and data delivery speeds.

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Data Centre World Paris 2018
Paris, France
27 November 2018 to 28 November 2018
ANGA COM 2019
Cologne, Germany
04 June 2019 to 06 June 2019