March 10, 2010 – ElectroniCast Consultants has released a new market forecast and analysis report that says the market for fiber-optic fusion splicers will increase to $550 million in 2014, with double-digit annual growth in all regional segments.
The global consumption value of fiber-optic fusion splice equipment in 2009 was $302 million, up slightly from 2008, [...]
March 9, 2010 – Cisco has unveiled the Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System (CRS) which has three times the horsepower as the previous CRS-1 platform. Cisco says the multi-chassis CRS-3 will provide 322 Tbps of capacity, which the company asserts is 12X of its closest competition.
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February 26, 2010 – GAO Tek Inc. has added an upgraded optical fiber identifier to its product line.
The optical [...]
February 10, 2010 – LeCroy Corp. has extended the capabilities of its WaveMaster 830Zi 30-GHz real-time oscilloscope by providing what it describes as a simple and fast method to combine two oscilloscopes and provide four channels at 30 GHz. This approach enables measurement and analysis of 28- to 56-Gbps IQ modulated signals where ultra-high real-time [...]
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 dB DR
Triple [...]
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 the [...]
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.
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January 15, 2010 – Mohawk, a fiber optic products manufacturer in Leominster, Mass., is introducing rugged fiber optic cable for applications in harsh environments such as broadcast, mining, industrial, and military communications.
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December 8, 2009 – EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. has announced that their newly launched FTB-5240S-P optical spectrum analyzer (OSA) module was exclusively selected by a Tier 1 European operator to support the deployment of a ROADM-based 40G next-generation network in the next three years.
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November 23, 2009 – Siemon has launched new end of row zero-U patching and cable management options to its high density VersaPOD data centre cabinet system. Previously available as a copper and fibre patching solution that utilised the vertical space between two bayed VersaPOD cabinets, this new product set brings the same high-density, [...]
