July 14, 2009 – Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) was awarded the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) prestigious 2009 IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition. The award recognizes the company’s sustained, outstanding contributions to optical fiber technology and, in particular, the recent development of its highly flexible fiber, Corning ClearCurve single-mode optical fiber.
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The FOT-930 Maxtester Multifunction Loss Tester is designed to be used by network service providers, network installers and CATV operators. The FOT-930 MaxTester provides fully automated loss test results in 10 seconds for up to three wavelengths, as well as automatic ORL and fiber-length measurement. It combines a powerful light source, a power meter, a visual fault locator, a full-duplex digital talk set and a video fiber inspection probe. It also features a large, high-resolution color display and nine hours autonomy provided by field-swappable rechargeable batteries.
July 10, 2009 – Berlin – Corning Cable Systems GmbH & Co KG, part of Corning Incorporated’s (NYSE: GLW) Telecommunications segment, will feature its new LANscape(R) Pretium(R) Evolved-Density, Growth-Enabled (EDGE) Solutions, high-density preterminated optical solutions for the data centre environment, at the Corning Data Centre Seminar in Munich on July 9.
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July 9, 2009 – JDSU has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Network Tools business of Finisar Corp. Network Tools, which had revenue of $44.2 million in Finisar’s fiscal year 2009 ending April 30, 2009, is a provider of storage area network (SAN) protocol test tools, software, and services.
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July 6, 2009 – Spartanburg, South Carolina – AFL Telecommunications reached a monumental milestone, manufacturing and shipping its 150,000th kilometer of Optical Ground Wire (OPGW), making it the first company in the world to achieve this noteworthy distinction. Since 1985 when the company first began manufacturing OPGW at its Duncan, South Carolina facility, AFL has [...]
July 6, 2009 – Afghan Telecom (AT), which touts itself as Afghanistan’s first long-distance domestic private leased circuit (DPLC) and international private leased circuit (IPLC) provider using optical fiber, says it has signed an agreement with Roshan for capacity on the former’s national optical backbone ring network. The optical infrastructure, constructed by AT, will complement [...]
July 2, 2009 – Pune, India – Sterlite Technologies Limited, a leading global provider of transmission solutions for the telecom and power industries, recently announced that its Board of Directors has approved the enhancement of the Company’s optical fiber annual manufacturing capacity to 20 Million-km, which would position Sterlite amongst the Top 3 manufacturers globally.
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July 1, 2009 – Boxborough, MA – Lightower Fiber Networks, a leading metro fiber network and bandwidth service provider serving the northeast United States, is using industry-leading technology from Nortel to offer first-to-market 40G bandwidth service for carriers and large enterprises in the region.
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July 1, 2009 – Baltimore, MD, USA – FiberZone Networks Inc. announces the completion of Telcordia’s NEBS Level 3, the most demanding NEBS certification, with MET Laboratories. FiberZone also concluded ETSI, VCCI, UL, FCC, CE, and other certifications, completing all key international testing on its AFM-360 system. These certifications validate the carrier-class reliability, safety, and [...]
