NETWORK DESIGN

Fiber-optic network design focuses on support of increasing bandwidth requirements in carrier and enterprise fiber-optic networks. From fiber optic cable to DWDM, ROADM, and packet optical transport platforms, fiber-optic network design technology continues to find a home in mobile backhaul, cloud services, data center, and other high-speed network applications.

Network design NEWS & PRODUCTS

VTLWaveNet upgrades fiber-optic network to 100 Gbps via Huawei

Fiber-optic network services provider VTLWaveNet, part of the Viatel Group (which itself rec...

Optical network hardware market 'looking good' in 2013 says Infonetics Research

Proving that it’s all how you look at things, analysts at Infonetics Research say there’s re...

Russia’s MegaFon upgrades metro networks with NEC and Transmode

NEC Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary CJSC NEC Neva Communications Systems, together wit...

Didon submarine cable will connect Tunisia to Europe

A new submarine fiber-optic cable will use technology from Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris an...

AFL offers Fujikura One-Click Cleaner MPO

AFL says it has expanded its One-Click Cleaner product line with the One-Click Cleaner MPO. ...

Zayo boosts Indianapolis 500 small cell network with fiber-optic ring

Zayo Group reveals that it will deploy a dark fiber mobile backhaul infrastructure for “a ma...

Clearfield unveils FieldSmart Fiber Distribution Point – KIS outdoor fiber enclosure

Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLFD) has introduced its latest addition to the FieldSmart fiber en...

Telefonica, Cisco test 100 Gbps over 4000 km

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Telefonica Global Solutions say they have successfully completed a ...

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EDitorial GUIDES

	New perspectives on OTN Optical Transport Network (OTN) technology is rapidly replacing SONET/SDH in packet-optimized networks. As new network needs arise, ...
	New era emerges for submarine networks We are currently in a new era of submarine network construction and upgrade. New systems are being constructed, and established sys...
	The next generation of 100G Now that 100-Gbps transmission is reaching the field, work is already underway on the second generation of the technology. Upcoming...
	Fiber powers mobile backhaul The traffic demands mobile broadband have created have driven operators to rethink their mobile backhaul strategies. Many have concl...
	The year ahead in optical communications Of course, no one truly knows all that the future will bring – but that won’t stop us from making predictions. Here’s a compendium o...
	Fiber optics for the data center As capacity demands climb and footprints grow in the data center, fiber-optic technology becomes increasingly appealing for communic...
	High-Speed Packet Transport Service providers of all stripes – from telcos to cable operators and wholesalers to managed data services providers – are seeing an...
	Fiber-optic advances for the enterprise With bandwidth demands growing in enterprise networks, fiber-optic technology development is keeping pace. From finding ways to mini...
	Integration as an enabler for next-generation equipment design Next-generation optical communications systems have to keep pace with the ever-increasing data rate and functionality requirements o...