EDUCATION: TRAINING, STANDARDS & ASSOCIATIONS

Education in optical communications takes a variety of forms and comes from many sources. Training classes are an obvious way to keep abreast of new standards and practices. Associations often see education of their memberships as an important part of their mandates. Regardless of the educational source, keeping up with the latest standards is crucial to success.

Education NEWS & PRODUCTS

The Light Brigade announces Canadian fiber-optic training schedule

Fiber-optic training specialist The Light Brigade, a division of AFL, has announced that it ...

OIF to explore Transport SDN, CFP2

The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) has decided to dip its toes into software-defined ne...

Ethernet Alliance subcommittee tackles Ethernet in access networks

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

Bucknell University benefits from 1600-mile Pennsylvania R&E network

The just-completed Pennsylvania Research and Education Network (PennREN) will provide high-s...

Thomas Wheeler nominated to replace Genachowski as FCC chair

President Barack Obama has nominated telecom veteran, lobbyist, and venture capitalist Thoma...

AT&T to deploy Internet centers for North Carolina research and education network

MCNC, a non-profit technology corporation that operates the North Carolina Research and Educ...

CENIC, ESnet peer at 100 Gbps

The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) and the Department o...

Broadband Forum BroadbandSuite 6.1 targets DSL broadband networks

The Broadband Forum used last week’s DSL Acceleration event in Paris to unveil BroadbandSuit...

FTTx subscribers growing quickly, says Broadband Forum and Point Topic

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

Open Networking Foundation plans its 2013

The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), the non-profit organization driving standardization of...

INDUSTRY EVENTS

WDM & Next Generation Optical Networking

Grimaldi Forum , Monaco

European Conference on Optical Communications 2013

ICC London ExCeL
London, UK
+44 (0) 1438 765659
September 22, 2013 - September 26, 2013

Lightwave Optical Innovation Summit

Renaissance Austin Hotel
Austin, TX
July 14, 2014 - July 16, 2014

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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,...

The Lightwave Guest Blog

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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