Wideband multimode fiber (WBMMF), officially designated as OM5, is a recently released fiber medium that is now recognized within both the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards. OM5 […]
FCC: U.S. Broadband Speeds Up 22%December 3, 2016By BTR Staff The FCC has released the results of its ongoing nationwide performance study of consumers’ fixed broadband Internet access service in its sixth […]
Data centers are nerve centers of enterprise IT. Businesses therefore pay a lot of attention to investments in enterprise application software, high-performance and highly redundant computing, storage, communications, security (physical as well […]
Cabling Installation & Maintenance’s 2nd annual Cabling Innovators Awards presentation was held September 12, 2016 at the BICSI Fall Conference and Exhibition in San Antonio, TX. Participants in the program were invited […]
In the world of fiber optics, there only are two truly critical precision cleaning operations. The first is “prep” before a fusion splice. The other is endface cleaning. Both are essential to […]
Engineers strive for maximum productivity with minimal downtime, but this goal is only attainable with the right network infrastructure. No matter the industry, if a team doesn’t have the right cabling system […]
Virtually every type of communications company is rolling out fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) services. Not only are traditional service providers and cable operators pushing their projects and services forward with determination, but so too […]
The Fiber Optic Association (FOA) recently published two textbooks for use as reference guides to fiber optics and textbooks for training and certification. The books cover fiber-optic network design and outside-plant construction. […]
Passive Optical LAN (POL) Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends By 2024 Font Resize Visits: 10 MarketResearchReports.biz has recently announced the addition of a market study “ Passive Optical […]
When twisted-pair cabling is used for PoE (Power over Ethernet), the majority of the power entering the cable is successfully delivered to the device being powered. However, a small percentage is dissipated […]
