June 30, 2010 – OptoTest Corp. has released the OP280 ribbon visual fault locator. Primarily designed to verify wiring of ribbon fiber connectors, hybrid cables, and distribution boxes quickly and conveniently, the OP280 is available pre-programmed with various sequences. The OP280 comes with 12 red lasers, an internal rechargeable battery, and a standard USB or [...]
June 29, 2010 – Draka Communications Americas has introduced a new line of fiber cables designed for FTTH installation inside residential multi-dwelling units (MDUs) and commercial multi-tenant units (MTUs). This riser-rated product is available in color-coded 6-fiber or 12-fiber units and is intended for use with the wall-mounted conduit systems typically found in residential hallways [...]
June 28, 2010 – Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. (FEC), and the U.S.-based OFS, Telecommunications Division have announced the commercial release of the latest clad alignment hand-held fusion splicer, the FITEL S123 fusion splicer series, to the global market. “The FITEL S123 fusion splicer brings both speed and durability for last-mile applications,” said Linda Dembowski, general [...]
June 24, 2010 – OFS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., and the Hengtong Optic-Electric Co., Ltd. are pleased to announce they have agreed to form a joint venture company in China to manufacture, market and distribute optical fiber preforms used in the production of optical fiber. The joint venture company is planned [...]
June 22, 2010 – Northrop Grumman Corporation has surpassed Phase I goals for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Revolution in Fiber Lasers (RIFL) program that seeks to mature fiber laser technology. As a result, the company has received a contract for Phase II. “This is an important step in the maturation of fiber [...]
June 21, 2010 – Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe GmbH will change its name to Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe GmbH on July 1, 2010 — and celebrate its 30th anniversary in Europe. Fujitsu Ltd. also celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited today announced that it will rename nine of its group companies, including Fujitsu Microelectronics [...]
June 21, 2010 – Optical Zonu Corporation (OZC), a leading supplier of modules for analog and digital signal transmission over optical fiber [CATV, RF over Fiber, SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet and Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM)], announced the introduction of its OZ1600 Ultra Broadband Optical Transceiver for RF over Fiber Optics Links. This new Transceiver is [...]
June 21, 2010 – ADTRAN Inc. has announced that LaWard Telephone Exchange, Inc., a provider of Internet and telecommunication services for both residential and business customers in southern Texas, has selected ADTRAN’s Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform and Total Access 300 Series ONTs for fiber-based GPON business and residential services. The ADTRAN [...]
June 18, 2010 – JDSU has added Optical Transport Network (OTN) capabilities to its 100GE test suite, which now offers advanced OTU3 (43GE) and OTU4 (112GE) test features to help transport Ethernet over longer distances for high-speed networks. Optical Transport Networks running on OTU3/4 add the framing, management layer, and forward error correction (FEC) on [...]
June 17, 2010 – Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) has appointed ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) as a vendor for its high-speed managed metropolitan optical network service known as GigaWaveLite (GWL). SingTel’s WDM-based GWL service enables the delivery of real-time applications and the transmission of data, voice, video, and multimedia services. The carrier targets the managed [...]
