Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract by Mexican government-owned Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to supply fibre cables to connect some of the country’s most remote regions.
Mikael Sandberg anticipates the road to 5G and its full-fibre pavement in cities
Presenting the latest standards, technology, market and industry trends for graded-index, laser optimised multi-mode fibres (MMF) coupled to low-cost Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) links, which have historically provided the most cost-effective and widely deployed short reach fibre solutions for local area networks (LAN) and data centres (DC). An updated outlook on the future of MMF will be presented.
Raf Meersman offers three routes to 5G that could ensure less capital and operational expenditure for operators, for all of which, convergence is key
TPG Telecom has chosen to partner with Prysmian Group for the ‘10 Gigabit Adelaide’ project in Australia.
Steve Roberts takes a look at the continued importance of fibre-based networks to enterprise in a 5G world
Openreach has awarded a contract to Fujikura for the supply of its new Air Blown Wrapping Tube Cable (AB-WTC), a ribbon fibre cable.
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
Ray O’Connor argues that wireless and fibre should be considered complementary, rather than in competition
The optical fiber network infrastructures installed today will typically see four generations of transmission systems over the network’s expected lifetime. As recent history has shown, the amount of data traffic these networks will carry will increase dramatically and continuously.
In order to cope with this increasing growth and anticipate the networks of tomorrow, a completely open spectral transmission window from 1260nm to 1625nm for data transmission and up to 1650nm for network monitoring is necessary in optical fiber cables.
Keely Portway finds out how optical networking interoperability is achieved through industry collaboration
Brian Teague offers the time and motion argument for inspection and cleaning in fibre cable assemblies
Keely Portway takes a look at what needs to be done over the next 12 months to move toward the goal of copper switch-off
Robin Mersh advises on overcoming complexities and opening up new opportunities with automation
Steve Harris looks ahead to the next 12 months and the impact that the latest technology may have on training for those on the front line
