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

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 ...

Troy Cablevision deploys Optelian gear for 100G fiber-optic network

Troy Cablevison, Inc. has installed Optelian’s MPX-9110 100-Gbps platform in its Alabama fib...

OIF to explore Transport SDN, CFP2

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

DukeNet Communications taps Telco Systems for mobile backhaul, Ethernet services

Telco Systems, a BATM company (LSE: BVC, TASE: BATM), says that it is supplying its T-Marc d...

Agder Breiband deploys DTN, ATN systems from Infinera

Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) says that Nordic cable operator Agder Breiband has deployed the opti...

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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...