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.

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	OIF focuses 400-Gbps efforts 07/29/2014 The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) has set aside a project to define a line-side 400-Gbps transponder, the ...
	Light Brigade offers 'High-Speed Fiber Optic Systems' training DVD 07/24/2014 Light Brigade, AFL’s education and training division, has added “High-Speed Fiber Optic Systems” to its library ...
IEEE launches 25 Gigabit Ethernet Study Group 07/23/2014 Having had a proposal for 25 Gigabit Ethernet specifications fail to reach a vote this past March due to a perce...
	Lightwave Optical Innovation Summit opens 07/14/2014 The event opens with a pair of pre-conference workshops in the afternoon. Meanwhile, exhibitors busily construct...
400 Gigabit Ethernet for the ages 07/10/2014 The process to create the specifications for 400 Gigabit Ethernet has begun. But there are many factors, technic...
	25 Gigabit Ethernet, 50 Gigabit Ethernet targets of industry consortium 07/01/2014 The new 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium includes Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET), Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM), Goo...
Light Brigade to offer FTTx certification course at Lightwave Optical Innovation Summit 06/30/2014 Light Brigade, the education and training arm of AFL, has announced it will offer its “FTTx for Installers and T...
Transport SDN subject of OIF, ONF demo 06/26/2014 The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) and the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) have joined forces to tackle Tr...
CableLabs tackles DOCSIS over GPON, single PON standard 06/25/2014 CableLabs, the non-profit research and development consortium that develops technology specifications for the ca...
AT&T construction and engineering exec wins 2014 FTTXcellence Award 06/24/2014 Gary Kerr, assistant vice president of construction and engineering for AT&T’s Southwest region, received th...
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia installing packet-optical network capabilities with Transmode 06/12/2014 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) is upgrading the packet-optical transport capabilities of its metro-core and...
OIF advances work on SDN and 100G/400G 06/10/2014 Members of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) have been busy. At their second quarterly meeting, they voted...
Light Brigade releases patch panels, closures, and pedestals training DVD 06/09/2014 Light Brigade, the education and training division of AFL, has issued a new DVD titled, “Fiber Optic Patch Panel...
NORDUnet upgrades Nordic research and education network via DANTE program with Ciena 05/20/2014 The operators of the Nordic research and education network NORDUnet have selected the 6500 Packet-Optical Platfo...
Light Brigade, USTelecom pair for network engineering and outside plant training 05/06/2014 Light Brigade, the education and training division of AFL, says it will partner with USTelecom to provide networ...