Fibre Optics News

RSS

Xtera Secures Certification to Deploy Nu-Wave Optima Optical Transport Platform in Russian Telecommunications Networks

Xtera Communications Inc. (Xtera), a leading global provider of optical networking solutions, today announced that its multi-purpose optical transport platform, Nu-Wave Optima™, is certified to be deployed in Russian backbone networks.

9 Oct 2012

IPG Photonics Appoint Veeco CEO to Board of Directors

IPG Photonics Corporation (IPGP) today announced that John R. Peeler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Veeco Instruments, Inc. (VECO), has joined the IPG Photonics Board of Directors.

From IPG Photonics Corporation 4 Oct 2012

RST Global Communications Completes First Phase of Fiber-Optic Network in North Carolina

Businesses and consumers in North Carolina can now connect to the Internet and receive broadband services with speeds up to 10-gigabits per second, more than 100 times faster than the average service offered by competing companies. This translates into huge time savings and increased productivity whether downloading an MRI, a (3D) movie, or making an international financial trade.

4 Oct 2012

UPNA’s Engineer Develops Longest Fiber-Optic Sensor Network

Montserrat Fernández-Vallejo, a telecommunications engineer and graduate of the UPNA-Public University of Navarre, has experimentally developed various fibre-optic sensor networks for the remote monitoring of large infrastructures. Specifically, she has managed to develop the largest network so far in existence —measuring 250 km—, which is equipped with a multiplexing capability, (which enables two or more information channels to be combined within a single transmission medium).

3 Oct 2012

JDSU Identified as Worldwide Forerunner for Fiber Optic and Ethernet Communications Test Solutions

An independent research organization, Frost & Sullivan, has identified JDSU as the industry forerunner for its fiber optic and Ethernet communications test solutions for the second consecutive year.

29 Sep 2012

New Fiber-Pigtailed Visible Sapphire Lasers from Coherent

Coherent of Santa Clara, California, has added a new assortment of fiber-pigtailed (FP) lasers to its collection of FP products. The lasers can be obtained at seven different wavelengths, such as 458, 488, 514, 532, 552, 561 and 588 nm, at output strength of up to 120 mW.

29 Sep 2012