From the largest-scale networks in vast data centers, to many enterprise-class facilities and edge computing environments, optical networking and fiber-optic cabling systems are being more widely specified. For a network owner newly implementing or upgrading an optical network, numerous considerations and decisions await. This webcast seminar, produced by Cabling Installation & Maintenance, provides information on a wide breadth of fiber-optic cabling issues that must be taken into account when planning a deployment. Topics discussed will include the capabilities of singlemode and multimode systems, SWDM technologies and implementation, MPO polarity standards and practices, certification requirements when beyond-standards-based performance is necessary, and practicalities of certifying and troubleshooting duplex links as well as MPO links in the field. 

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