Fiber to the X (FTTX) comprises the many variants of fiber optic access infrastructure

FTTN/C

Fiber to the node (FTTN) and fiber to the curb or cabinet (FTTC) are interim steps toward full FTTH. Both FTTN and FTTC combine fiber to a point near the subscriber; copper links leveraging some form of DSL, such as VDSL2, usually handle the rest. Here you’ll find FTTN and FTTC news, products, and application information.

FTTN/C News & Products
The Lightwave Channel
Larry Wilson, applications engineer, broadband, at Commscope, brings Editorial Director Stephen Hardy up to speed on RFoG technology developments at the 2009 FTTH Conference.
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The Lightwave Blog
Oclaro Chairman and CEO Alain Couder and CFO Jerry Turin discussed the company's results of the company's fiscal second quarter 2012 with analysts January 26...
Jim Theodoras, ADVA Optical Networking
Recently, there has been a lot of confusion around the area of next-generation 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) development and who is doing what. Given the...