Opinion

Vanesa Diaz discusses building advanced cable TV networks for gigabit services

Duncan Ellis shares his views about the increased focus on automation from network operators, and how the physical layer has so far stubbornly resisted the move

Google wanted to revolutionise the roll-out of fibre, and it still could, writes Benoît Felten

Ian Davis explains how ultra-low loss and large effective area designs for optical fibre can enhance the operation of long-haul optical transmission in modern optical networks

How should the metro network be described? Jon Baldry considers how optical systems vendors are responding to the changing requirements in the metro market

With most of the industry focusing on fibre and high-bandwidth microwave systems, Max Penfold, sales manager at UTEL, reveals why copper’s new secret weapon could stunt fibre’s growth