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Fiber optic technology supports increasing bandwidth requirements in carrier and enterprise networks. From fiber optic cable to DWDM, ROADM, and packet optical network platforms, fiber optic technology continues to evolve to transmit at 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps.
Networking News
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U.S. broadband speeds rise 28 percent in 2009; cable modem speed increases outpace FTTH
FEBRUARY 9, 2010 -- U.S. downstream residential broadband speeds increased by 28 percent from...
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RCN Metro Optical Networks provides Ethernet service to Pacific Northwest Net
FEBRUARY 8, 2010 -- RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corp. (NASDAQ: RCNI), says it...
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Frost & Sullivan: Demand for Ethernet over DWDM brightens U.S. wavelength services market
FEBRUARY 8, 2010 -- Demand for high-speed bandwidth across verticals is driving spending in the U....
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Vodafone Qatar to provide subsea fiber cable landing station for Gulf Bridge International
FEBRUARY 8, 2010 -- Vodafone Qatar, a mobile telecommunications operator in Doha, Qatar, will...
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FTTH supplier Enablence Technologies completes public offering; eyes acquisitions
FEBRUARY 5, 2010 Enablence Technologies Inc. in Ottawa, a supplier of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH)...
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Networking Products
FEBRUARY 8, 2010 -- JDSU (Nasdaq: JDSU; and TSX: JDU) has unveiled J-Complete, a suite of test applications designed to simplify the complexity of installing, troubleshooting, and maintaining carrier networks.
FEBRUARY 4, 2010 -- BLADE Network Technologies Inc. in Santa Clara, Calif., is introducing its Unified FabricArchitecture (UFA) fast data center networking fabric for physical and virtual data center infrastructure.
FEBRUARY 3, 2010 -- JDS Uniphase Corp. (JDSU) in Milpitas, Calif., is introducing the Mini 50 GHz wavelength selective switch (WSS) module in a smaller package than its predecessors with support for sophisticated mesh network architectures.
Networking Product Showcase
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Networking Webcasts
- Carrier Perspective on Next Generation Optical Access
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- Speeding Deployments to MDUs with Plug and Play Architectures
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- Test Strategies for 40G/100G Network Deployment
- Sponsored by Monitoring Division, Inc. (mdi)
Networking White Papers
- Fiber Water Peak Characterization
- Sponsored by JDSU
- WDM-PON and CWDM Networks
- Sponsored by JDSU
- New Turn-Up and Maintenance Tools for CWDM Networks
- Sponsored by JDSU
