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Corning Cable Systems to Supply Optical Fiber Cable for Australian NBN Project

Specialty ceramics and glass company, Corning Cable Systems will supply the hardware and optical fiber cable for the Australian government’s National Broadband Network (NBN) project.

19 Jan 2011

Reliance Globalcom Deploys Ciena 40 G Optical Networking Solution to Expand Submarine Network

Managed network service provider, Reliance Globalcom has selected network specialist, Ciena’s coherent 40 G optical networking system for a cable route linking Egypt, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.

19 Jan 2011

G+H Introduces Non-Hermetic Version of Fibre-Q Acousto-Optic Modulator

Gooch and Housego (G&H), a provider of fiber-optic solutions, have added a new product to its existing acousto-optic modulator product series.

19 Jan 2011

DiCon Announces Successful Participation of All-Optical Switch in Boeing’s Test Flight

DiCon Fiberoptics, manufacturer of optical switches, announced that its Secure Switching Unit (SSU) has successfully participated in Boeing’s test flight of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft.

From DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc. 19 Jan 2011

Vodacom Business Begins Fiber-Optic Network Installation in Western Cape Towns

Vodacom Business has started the installation of fiber-optic networks in smaller towns in the Western Cape region including Stellenbosch, Wellington, Paarl and Somerset West.

18 Jan 2011

Hibernia Atlantic Receives Funds for Low Latency Fiber Optic Cable System

Hibernia Atlantic, pioneer in high-bandwidth fiber-optic connectivity, has secured a $250 million guaranteed funding from Huawei Marine Networks for Project Express, a low latency fiber optic cable system linking London and New York City.

18 Jan 2011

FibreSpan Signs Deal with SSE Telecoms to Lease London Metro Dark Fiber-optic Network

Privately owned high bandwidth fiber-optic network provider, FibreSpan has signed a 10-year leasing deal for Scottish and Southern Energy Telecommunications’ (SSE Telecoms) London metro dark fiber-optic network.

18 Jan 2011

Panduit Launches Signature Core Fiber Optic Cabling System for Optimized Physical Infrastructure

Panduit has launched a sophisticated multimode fiber communications system called the Signature Core Fiber Optic Cabling System to offer proven optical performance and signal reliability ahead of the needs of 8/16 Gb/s Fibre Channel and 10/40/100 Gb/s Ethernet standards.

18 Jan 2011

Graphene Electrical Properties Controlled with Light: 'Next Gen' Optoelectronics

The UK's National Physical Laboratory, along with a team of international scientists, have shown that when graphene is combined with particular polymers, its electrical properties can be precisely controlled by light and exploited in a new generation of optoelectronic devices.

16 Jan 2011