September 27, 2010 – ADVA Optical Networking has released a new security collection designed to improve the FSP 3000 platform. The security collection is comprised of three elements – management software architecture, in-service fiber plant monitoring, and wire-speed low-latency encryption. Bringing encryption techniques into the optical networking solution recognizes the development of advanced intrusion and [...]
September 23, 2010 – AFL Telecommunications reports that it is opening a second fiber optic facility to support the European region with customized optical fiber interconnect cables used for communication applications. The new facility is located in the Hawksworth Trading Estate. AFL expects to hire additional personnel to staff the new facility. “As fiber rich [...]
September 14, 2010 – EXFO Inc. has launched their FTB-1 handheld testing platform. The system combines a variety of modules with software-based standard tests. The FTB-1 is aimed at FTTH and Ethernet testing in the field. The FTB-1 leverages an Intel ATOM processor and the Windows Embedded Standard operating system, to enable EXFO’s new EXpert [...]
September 13, 2010 – EPB Fiber Optics, Chattanooga’s municipally-owned fiber-to-the-premises network, and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the only 1 Gigabit broadband service in the United States for residential and business customers is now available citywide in Chattanooga, Tennessee. EPB operates a high-speed optical fiber network that today offers services to over [...]
September 9, 2010 – MRV Communications Inc. has announced the availability of its new Fiber Driver Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA) module for real-time optical performance analysis of any dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) aggregated optical link. This advanced optical monitoring capability enables continuous and preemptive optical performance measurement, eliminating the need for stand-alone optical spectrum [...]
September 1, 2010 – Reservation Telephone Cooperative (RTC), a provider of broadband services to rural communities in central North Dakota, is using fiber connectivity and management gear manufactured by ADC to build its fiber to the premises (FTTP) network. RTC serves 19 communities via 20 exchanges and nearly 9,000 access lines. The FTTP project, launched [...]
