BROADBAND ACCESS

The importance of fiber in cable MSO broadband access networks continues to increase. Deep-fiber versions of broadband HFC architectures are evolving toward FTTH in the form of PON, Active Ethernet, and RF over glass (RFoG). Fiber has an even greater role in supporting cable MSO broadband services to businesses.

Broadband Access NEWS & PRODUCTS

Ethernet Alliance subcommittee tackles Ethernet in access networks

A new Ethernet Alliance Access Networking subcommittee will attempt to promote the use of Et...

Tilgin, Zhone pair for GPON ONT management

FTTx technology vendors Tilgin and and Zhone Technologies say they will integrate Tilgin’s T...

Cayman-based Logic selects Clearfield for its broadband fiber network

Fiber-optic connectivity specialist Clearfield, Inc. (NASAQ: CLFD) says Logic, a broadband s...

Summit Broadband selects iPhotonix ONTs with RF return capabilities

iPhotonix LLC, says it has been selected by Summit Broadband, an Orlando-based private cable...

Warburg Pincus invests in Polish cable operator INEA for FTTH

Polish cable operator INEA SA says it has received a strategic investment from an affiliate ...

KeyFibre offers KeyQuick MS201 mechanical splice

Spanish mechanical splicing technology developer KeyFibre has unveiled the KeyQuick MS201 Me...

Huawei unveils embedded OTDR prototype with high split ratio

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. says it has developed an embedded optical time domain reflectome...

All Systems Broadband touts high-density fiber shelf

All Systems Broadband, Inc. has announced the general availability of its 4RU high-density s...

FTTx subscribers growing quickly, says Broadband Forum and Point Topic

Fiber-optic broadband access networks showed a strong growth in subscribers served last year...

Leviton Opt-X HD Enclosure System improves fiber density

Leviton has unveiled the Opt-X HD Fiber Enclosure System, designed to increase fiber density...

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Stephen Hardy

by Stephen Hardy
Editorial Director and Associate Publisher, Lightwave

HuaweI: We're not quitting U.S.

April 25, 2013
Huawei would like you to know that while it has decided that it's unlikely to achieve rampant success in the U.S. carrier network equipment market,...

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Jim Theodoras

by Jim Theodoras
ADVA Optical Networking

Ethernet runs out of steam

February 1, 2013
Big news on the higher-speed Ethernet front. No, not that work has begun on 400 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), thus setting the bar low, but rather the intention to go for 1.6 Terabit Ethernet (TbE) afterward. Yes, that’s right. After deca...

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