Stay ahead with the new FX150 OTDR

Sep 22nd, 2016

The new FX150 is a low-cost, mini OTDR equipped with Auto, Manual and V-Scout test modes. USB and built-in WiFi/Bluetooth interfaces enable result transfer for post processing on a PC or upload to Fiberizer Cloud for analysis, archiving and report...

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Broadcom reacquires optical transceiver assets from Foxconn

Avago sold the assets in 2015, shortly before the company merged with Broadcom through acquisition.

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Ribbon Communications to acquire ECI Telecom

Ribbon says the deal, which it hopes to close during the first quarter of 2020, will expand its product portfolio and position the company to participate in the 5G mobile market.

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NTT Electronics offers TIP Goldstone open source OS for disaggregated coherent transponders

The open source platform, contributed to the NOS Software Project within TIP’s Open Optical and Packet Transport project group, helps enable rapid integration of elements in disaggregated optical systems, the company says.

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Broadcom sampling BCM68650 10G PON OLT MAC family

The MAC can support up to 16 XGS-PON, NG-PON2, or 10G-EPON interfaces, making it suited to high-density OLT line card designs.

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Fiber community gathers next week at 5G ‘flex point’

A CRU International analyst describes “a flex point” for the community, which awaits extensive 5G mobile network roll outs as a potential remedy for two years of cabled fiber market declines.

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Spectranet to deploy GPON FTTH with Nokia in Nigeria

The FTTH rollout will complement Spectranet’s wireless broadband capabilities, which have been available since 2013.

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Horizon completes Phase 1 of Columbus fiber network deployment

The expansion includes connections to major business parks and commercial locations as well as seven data centers.

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Netnod adds 400GbE ports to two internet exchanges

Netnod says the addition of the 400GbE ports comes as demand for 100GbE ports has increased approximately 25% annually since 2016.

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Equinix building third IBX data center in Warsaw

WA3 will have 475 cabinets and more than 1400 square meters (15,200 square feet) of colocation data center space in its first phase.

QTS plans to expand its Atlanta-Metro Mega Data Center Campus.

QTS expanding metro Atlanta data center campus

The data center services provider plans to add a new facility with more than 250,000 square feet of leasable capacity and 72 critical MW of incremental power capacity.

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Entry deadline for 2020 Lightwave Innovation Reviews is November 15

The Lightwave Innovation Reviews recognizes excellence in a product or technology applicable to optical networks.

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Telefónica rolls out Telecom Infra Project’s Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway

The DCSG project, announced last year, developed specifications for an open, disaggregated platform for cell site gateway requirements.

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Vodafone to extend FTTP footprint via Openreach fiber network

The deal will see Vodafone extend the reach of its Gigafast Broadband service offering, beginning with Birmingham, Bristol, and Liverpool next spring.

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Inphi to buy eSilicon for custom electro-optics

eSilicon provides complex FinFET ASICs, market-specific IP platforms, and 2.5D packaging products. The deal does not include eSilicon’s embedded memory IP (SRAM, TCAM, and multi-port memory compiler) and interface IP (HBM and HBI) lines.