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Windstream Earns Contract to Supply Two US Military Bases with Upgraded Fiber Networks

Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network communications, was recently awarded a 36-month contract, valued at more than $3 million, by the United States Department of Defense, to supply two U.S. military bases with upgraded fiber networks.

26 Feb 2014

New Optical Fiber Architecture Enables Transmission of High-Quality Images

After having recently discovered a new way to propagate multiple beams of light through a single strand of optical fiber, engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) now have found that their novel fiber architecture can transmit images with a quality that is comparable or better than the current commercial endoscopy imaging fibers.

26 Feb 2014

IBM Researchers Set New Record for Data Transmission over Multimode Optical Fiber

Researchers at IBM have set a new record for data transmission over a multimode optical fiber, a type of cable that is typically used to connect nearby computers within a single building or on a campus.

26 Feb 2014

HHS Awards tw telecom Contract to Deliver 10Gbps Optical Bandwidth Services

tw telecom inc., a leading provider of managed services, including Business Ethernet, converged and IP VPN solutions for enterprises, large organizations and government entities throughout the U.S., today announced it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide a new Wide Area Network (WAN – Cloud B) that will interconnect three HHS Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) site locations.

24 Feb 2014

Commercial Li-Fi System to be Demonstrated at Mobile World Congress

As covered on the BBC earlier today, pureLiFi, the light communications technology company, will demonstrate the first commercially available Li-Fi system - Li-1st - at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona between 24th and 27th February.

20 Feb 2014

Fibertech Networks Completes Aggressive Network Expansion Project

As one of the fastest growing fiber optic broadband providers in the Northeast, Fibertech Networks today announced it has completed its most aggressive network expansion project. The company recently finished building more than 1,000 new route miles of new fiber networks in Akron, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo, OH.

19 Feb 2014

Spending for Optical Hardware Flattens in 4Q13

Market research firm Infonetics Research released vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its 4th quarter 2013 (4Q13) and year-end Optical Network Hardware report. (Full report published by February 24.)

19 Feb 2014

Frontier Optical Transport Service Now Available in 25 States

Frontier Communications Corporation today announced that Frontier Optical Transport Service is now available in its markets in 25 states. This service delivers point-to-point transparent fiber paths specific to interexchange carriers, competitive local exchange carriers, Internet service providers, and carriers and enterprise customers requiring extensive bandwidth and secure transport backed by service level agreements.

18 Feb 2014

Ericsson and Ciena to Develop Joint Transport Solutions for IP-Optical Convergence

Ericsson and Ciena today announce a strategic global agreement to develop joint transport solutions for IP-optical convergence and service provider software-defined networking (SDN). As part of this agreement, Ericsson offers Ciena's Converged Packet Optical portfolio, including the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform and 5400 family.

From Ciena 17 Feb 2014

ADVA 100G Metro Successfully Trialed by ACOnet in Research and Education Infrastructure

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that ACOnet, the Austrian Academic Computer Network, has successfully trialed the ADVA 100G Metro in its research and education infrastructure.

13 Feb 2014