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Avago Surpasses Milestone Shipment of Over 500,000 Units of QSFP+ MMF Optical Transceiver Modules

Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analog interface components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, today announced it has shipped more than 500,000 units of QSFP+ multimode fiber (MMF) optical transceiver modules for enterprise networking, computing and storage applications.

4 Apr 2014

New Type of Fiber Optic LAN at Santa Fe Public Schools

Adopting advanced technology to prepare students for the future, Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) is deploying a new type of local area network (LAN) that uses fiber optics. Optical LAN provides gigabit speeds to students, teachers and classrooms to augment digital learning.

From Tellabs 1 Apr 2014

New Fiber Optic Transmission Modules with Low Power Consumption from Toshiba

Toshiba Corporation today announced new additions to its line-up of “TOSLINK™” fiber optic transmission modules that has a data rate of direct current (DC) to 10Mb/s for distances up to 100m using APF (all plastic fiber) and with low power consumption. Mass production is scheduled from the beginning of April.

From Toshiba America, Inc. 1 Apr 2014

Optiguide DCYL700 Fiber Optic Diffuser Series Receives FDA Premarket Supplemental Approval

Concordia Healthcare Corp. ("Concordia") announced today that its subsidiary Pinnacle Biologics, Inc. ("Pinnacle"), a biopharmaceutical research and development company specializing in rare diseases, was granted U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) premarket supplemental approval (PMA) for its Optiguide® DCYL700 Fiber Optic Diffuser Series flexible fiber.

27 Mar 2014

Verizon New Jersey Reports Major Investment in Fiber-Optic and IP-Based Networks

New Jersey's consumers, businesses and government agencies continued to benefit from Verizon's 2013 investment of more than $649 million in its industry-leading fiber-optic and Internet Protocol-based networks. In the last five years, Verizon New Jersey has invested more than $4 billion in its wireline telecommunications infrastructure.

20 Mar 2014

New Medallion Series Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers for CATV Applications from EMCORE

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optics and space solar power markets, announced today the introduction of the Medallion 7000 Series Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFA) for Cable Television (CATV) applications.

From Emcore Corporation 19 Mar 2014

Verizon Invests Over $3.7 Billion in Virginia Wireline Infrastructure

Consumers, businesses and government agencies in Virginia continued to benefit from Verizon's 2013 investment of more than $711 million in its industry-leading fiber-optic and Internet Protocol-based networks in the commonwealth. The company has invested more than $3.7 billion in its Virginia wireline infrastructure over the past five years.

17 Mar 2014

OFC 2014: MACOM to Display 100Gbps EML Driver Monolithically Integrated with CDR Functions

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc. (“MACOM”), a leading supplier of high performance analog RF, microwave, millimeter wave and optical products, today announced the industry's first 100Gbps (4x28Gbps) Electro-absorption Modulated Laser (EML) Driver monolithically integrated with Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) functions.

14 Mar 2014

WaveDivision Holdings Acquires Fiber-Based Metro Ethernet Provider CPI

WaveDivision Holdings, a business-class fiber optic and broadband services company with business and residential customers in Washington, Oregon, and California, today announced that it has acquired Capacity Provisioning Incorporated (CPI), effective immediately.

13 Mar 2014

MACOM to Demonstrate M37040 and M37041 CDRs at OFC 2014 in San Francisco

M/A-COM Technology Solutions, Inc. (“MACOM”), a leading supplier of high performance analog RF, microwave, millimeter wave and optical products today announced that its M37040 and M37041 4x28Gbps CDRs achieved a production release status and are demonstrated with silicon photonics based transceivers from Molex Incorporated, as part of a fully retimed 100Gbps parallel single mode (PSM4) zQSFP+ active optical solution.

13 Mar 2014

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