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New Optical Cabling Assemblies for High-Performance Connectivity

Siemon has launched its new range of active optical cabling assemblies called the QSFP+ 40 GB/s for high performance connectivity.

6 Jul 2010

Picometrix Ships 100G Optical Receivers

Picometrix, a unit of Advanced Photonix, has announced the shipping of its high-speed 100G coherent optical receivers.

3 Jul 2010

OFS and Furukawa Electric Unveil New Hand-Held Fusion Splicer Series

OFS and Furukawa Electric have announced the availability of new clad alignment FITEL S123 hand-held fusion splicer series in the global market.

From OFS 1 Jul 2010

CFP MSA Publishes Revised Documents of Optical Transceivers Specifications

Opnext, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Finisar and Avago Technologies have announced that the CFP MSA (Multi-Source Agreement) has released the revised 1.4 version of the CFP MSA firmware and hardware specification documents. The three companies, namely, Opnext, Sumitomo Electric Industries and Finisar have welcomed CFP MSA’s new member, Avago Technologies.

1 Jul 2010

Hengtong, OFS Announce New Joint Venture to Manufacture Optical Fiber Preforms

OFS and the Hengtong Optic-Electric have announced to establish a new joint venture (JV) organization in China to manufacture and distribute optical fiber preforms.

From OFS 1 Jul 2010

ADTRAN Total Access 5000 Platform Selected by LaWard Telephones

ADTRAN announced that its Total Access 300 Series of ONTs and the Total Access 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform have been selected by LaWard Telephone Exchange for its fiber-based GPON services.

28 Jun 2010

NBN and Telstra Collaborate to Offer High-Speed Broadband in Australia

Australian government-owned National Broadband Network (NBN) announced that it has reached an agreement with Telstra for a high-speed national broadband network.

25 Jun 2010

Korenix Launches New Ethernet to Fiber Media Converter

Korenix has launched the new JetCon 2302 Fast Ethernet to Fiber Media Converter, which includes two fiber ports and two Fast Ethernet copper ports.

25 Jun 2010

GAO Fiber Optics Launches New Palm-Sized Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer

GAO Fiber Optics has recently launched its portable handheld optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR). The GAO 2000 handheld OTDR has been deployed in fault point location and loss characteristics analysis in the optical networks’ production, maintenance and installation. The compact, use-friendly reflectometer is an ideal option for field testing.

25 Jun 2010