Category: FOTC

Webinar: the Road to Single-mode Fiber

This Webinar addresses the factors driving the adoption of SMF in short reach data center applications, duplex vs. MTP options, understanding insertion loss budgets, optimizing your cabling system for density,  cable and end face testing tips, and trouble shooting using an OTDR. Great information to make sure you put your SMF project on the right track.
 

Blog – Fluke Networks Singlemode Fiber is on Rise

The use of singlemode fiber is on the rise, driven by benefits such as increased distance and bandwidth, the connection to carrier networks and emerging SMF applications in development. With SMF comes more stringent testing requirements, because of the small core size, the need to test at 1310 and 1550 nm, and the proliferation of APC singlemode connectors, which require that the cleaning apparatus be aligned at the same 8-degree angle of the connector

Last Day to nominate someone for the 2019 FTTXcellence Award

Last chance to nominate a #FTTx Visionary for the 2019 FTTxcellence Award! Tell us about an individual pushing FTTx forward at your company or in your community. Form closes 5/6. The Awards are sponsored by Corning Incorporated and Lightwave Magazine. We’re looking to honor someone who has shown vision in the use of FTTx technology – fiber to the node, fiber to the curb or cabinet, fiber to the distribution point, and particularly fiber to the home. If you know someone who has demonstrated leadership, attacked problems, and/or overcome obstacles to deploy fiber-optic access technology, we urge you to nominate them today!

Four Smart Buildings Startups To Look Out For

This is the year of smart technologies, as real estate players seek to put their money where their mouth is and implement the principles of real estate-as-a-service that the industry has widely bought into. There are many ways this goal can be achieved, from the deployment of sensors and the intelligent analytics that go with it, to customer experience platforms that span use cases and asset classes. 

Base 8 Fiber Plug and Play Systems | Siemon

Current 40 and 100 gigabit (Gb/s) multimode fiber applications, as well as future 200 and 400 Gb/s multimode and singlemode applications, are based on 8 optical fibers with 4 fibers transmitting and 4 receiving at either 10 Gb/s or 25 Gb/s. Siemon’s Base 8 Plug-and-Play Fiber Systems, part of Siemon’s Lighthouse™ Advanced Fiber Cabling Solutions, provides the simplest, most seamless transition from duplex 10 Gb/s to current and future 8-fiber applications to 400 Gig.

A clean sweep for 5G | Fibre Systems

Clean fiber interconnects are essential to 5G performance. A fiber is only slightly thicker than a human hair, so the smallest speck of dust is detrimental to its signal path. Any contamination found on the core of the fiber – where the signal travels through – can cause back reflection, insertion loss and equipment damage. Causes include fingerprint oils, lint, moisture, exhaust fumes or simply dust.