Training, Standards & Association News

Keep abreast of the latest training tools and courses on this page. You’ll also find announcements of new standards and specifications for fiber optic cable, systems, and other technology, including multisource agreements. You can also find information from a variety of fiber optic associations.

The OIF hosts 100G Components Showcase at OFC/NFOEC

MARCH 4, 2010 -- The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) is hosting a Components Showcase at OFC/NFOEC in San Diego this month. The Components Showcase will display components, modules, and/or...

Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe, Vectron International tout 100G coherent receiver analog reference design

MARCH 3, 2010 -- Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) and Vectron International say they will demonstrate Fujitsu's CHArge-Interleaved Sampler (CHAIS) ADC technology (see "Fujitsu launches...

FTTH Council Europe unveils ‘top FTTH penetration’ list

FEBRUARY 25, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- The FTTH Council Europe released new figures yesterday for European FTTH penetration. The new data shows a market that is dynamic, if not as robust as the...

OIF launches new CEI work for 100G

FEBRUARY 11, 2010 -- The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) is starting a new 100G project titled “VSR 28G Common Electrical Chip-to-Module Interface” that it expects will support the...

United Nations ITU-T ratifies G.hn final component

JANUARY 25, 2010 -- HomeGrid Forum today announced that the next-generation wired networking standard -- G.hn -- achieved two new milestones at the most recent meeting of the United Nation's...

FTTH Council to FCC: Make open net regulations 'well-defined and reasonable'

JANUARY 15, 2010 -- Should the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decide to adopt net neutrality rules, it is essential that broadband Internet service providers be permitted to engage in...

OIF to host public workshop on 25G electrical interfaces

JANUARY 13, 2010 -- The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) will host a workshop on a Common Electrical Interface (CEI) for 25- and 28-Gbps on Monday, February 1, 2010, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm PST...

ADVA Optical Networking joins Ethernet Alliance

JANUARY 7, 2010 -- Advancing its commitment to Ethernet technologies, ADVA Optical Networking has joined the Ethernet Alliance as a principal member. In addition, ADVA Optical Networking says that...

FTTH Council lauds fiber’s share of initial broadband stimulus awards

DECEMBER 27, 2009 -- The first broadband stimulus grants and loans made under the Recovery Act indicate that the agencies responsible for those programs are looking to fiber-optic technology to...

IEEE SIPON standard to tackle EPON interoperability

DECEMBER 15, 2009 -- The IEEE Standards Association has approved a new Working Group to develop a new communications standard, IEEE P1904.1, "Standard for Service Interoperability in Ethernet...