January 20, 2010 – Bruker Corp., a leading scientific instruments company, has announced the appointment of Urban Faeh as president of its Optics Div., effective immediately. At a later date, Faeh also will be appointed managing director of Bruker Optik GmbH in Ettlingen, Germany, where he will be based. Faeh joined Bruker in 1998 as [...]
January 20, 2010 – AFL Telecommunications has introduced three new Noyes M700 models, including a Long-Range Quad OTDR being launched at the BICSI Winter Conference in Orlando this week. The three new models possess increased singlemode dynamic range and improved dead zones, the company says. The three models include: Dual Wavelength Singlemode OTDR: 1310/1550-nm 40/38 [...]
January 20, 2010 – JDSU today announced that Openreach, the local access network division of BT Group, one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services, has selected JDSU’s industry-leading HST-3000 handheld broadband access tester. The JDSU HST-3000 was selected by Openreach as one of its tester suppliers for its ability to support [...]
January 20, 2010 – Optical Cable Corp. (OCC) in Roanoke, Va., is introducing high-density bend tolerant fiber optic cable for data centers and space-constrained applications. OCC’s HD bend tolerant fiber optic cables are for trunk, LAN, data center, 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet and other high-density applications that require small size, light weight, and small bend radii. [...]
January 19, 2010 – JDSU has introduced a new family of optical test instruments and kits, the JDSU Optical SmartPocket handhelds, to support enterprise and broadband service providers. The JDSU Optical SmartPocket handhelds are designed to deliver an easy-to-use interface, accurate performance, and other features that make them the most suitable optical test tools for [...]
January 19, 2010 – Deutsche Telekom has applied to Germany’s Federal Network Agency to approve charges for use of three elements of its fiber-optic infrastructure. Deutsche Telekom is offering access in multi-function cabinets for a monthly unit price. Telecommunications companies who use slots in the multi-function cabinet would pay a corresponding portion of the unit [...]
January 19, 2010 – Spartanburg, South Carolina – Fujikura Ltd., one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high quality fiber optic products, announced today that Fujikura and Vibrant Technologies, Inc. have come to a settlement on December 28, 2009, regarding the lawsuit that Fujikura filed against Vibrant Technologies in the New Hampshire federal court. Under [...]
January 18th, 2010 – OFS today announces the commercial release of its hand-held core-alignment FITEL® S178 Hand-Held Core-Alignment fusion splicer to the global market. “The key advantage of the FITEL S178 splicer is its speed and durability,” said Linda Dembowski, General Manager, Optical Connectivity Solutions. “By combining speed, precision, durability and portability in one unit, [...]
January 18, 2010 – Telefonica recently conducted another field trial of 100-Gbps technology. The latest trial used equipment from Ericsson. During the 100-Gbps field trial, Telefonica and Ericsson used a live network route, and previously deployed Marconi MHL 3000 equipment. 100G is the next breakthrough in optical transmission, representing a 10 times advance on what [...]
January 18, 2010 – Optoelectronic components company u2t Photonics AG has announced the availability of its 100-Gbps coherent photoreceiver for long-haul 100-Gbps communication systems using the dual-polarization quadrature phase-shift keying (DP-QPSK) modulation format. u2t is now sampling the product for system-level testing to both subsystem and equipment manufacturers. u2t says its new CPRV series will [...]
