Fiber optic technology supports increasing bandwidth requirements in carrier and enterprise networks.

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Fiber-optic testing aids in the deployment of enterprise and carrier networks, as well as monitoring their performance once installed. OTDRs and protocol analyzers are important tools in both carrier and enterprise applications. In-service testing is becoming a more important requirement.

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The Lightwave Channel
Bill Kautz, staff manager, global portfolio planning at Tellabs, explains the benefits of PON-based optical LANs and how they are deployed.
Test Product Showcase
OWM Series 2
Sponsor: Digital Lightwave
Digital Lightwave’s OWM Series 2 is an optical layer monitoring system to detect, locate, and isolate faults in the optical network, and ideal for DWDM long haul and metropolitan area network applications.
40G Testing
Sponsor: Digital Lightwave
Choose either NIC 40G (smallest/lightest 40/43G tester) or fully featured SONET/SDH from 51M- 40G, OTN, VCAT, LCAS, GFP, Ethernet, Fibre Channel, PDH/T-Carrier – all in a single chassis.
S.I. Tech
Sponsor: S.I. Tech, Inc.
Over 75 new products covering Ruggedized RS232/422/485 for outdoor use, SCADA systems, Multichannel units for instrumentation and control.
Fiber Optic Repeater/Size Converter
Sponsor: S. I. Tech, Inc.
SITECH#2062/2082 can be used upto 25/1000 MBPS as a Repeater or to convert Fiber sizes and Types.e.g. 50 to 62.5 or Multimode to SingleMode or 850NM to 1310NM