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1. Remee Wire & Cable Introduces New Vigilance™ Access Control Cables 10/22/2020

   Remee's new Vigilance™ Access Control Cables have been engineered specifically for access control technologies, such as Weigand, the Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP) specification, and BACnet (a communication protocol for Building Automation and Control networks).

2. ATC Communications Selects ADTRAN TA5000 To Create Symmetrical Business Services 10/21/2020

   ADTRAN, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation innovative fiber and fiber extension broadband access solutions, today announced that ATC Communications (ATC) has selected ADTRAN to modernize its existing residential fiber broadband network and expand into new markets with new types of fiber services.

3. Clearfield Introduces FieldSmart FDP Indoor 288-Port Wall Box Optimized For Dense MDU Environments 10/20/2020

   Clearfield, Inc., the specialist in fiber management for communication service providers, today announced the new FieldSmart Fiber Delivery Point (FDP) Indoor 288-Port Wall Box.

4. Seaborn Deploys Infinera To Launch AMX-1 Submarine Network Services Connecting US And Brazil 10/20/2020

   Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) and Seaborn Networks (Seaborn), a leading developer-owner-operator of submarine fiber optic cable systems, announced today the launch of new submarine network services on Seaborn’s AMX-1 submarine network segment connecting the U.S. and Brazil.

5. US Conec Unveils 1x16 Multimode APC MT Elite® Ferrule Technology 10/19/2020

   US Conec, a global leader in the design and development of high-density optical interconnects, announces the release of 16 fiber multimode MT Elite® ferrules optimized for angled physical contact (APC).

6. High Pressure Is Key For Better Optical Fibers 10/19/2020

   Optical fiber data transmission can be significantly improved by producing the fibers, made of silica glass, under high pressure, researchers from Japan and the US report in the journal npj Computational Materials.

7. InstarAGF Agrees To Acquire LS Networks 10/15/2020

   InstarAGF Asset Management Inc. (“InstarAGF”), today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of LS Networks (the “Company”), a leading fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider in the Pacific Northwest, from a collective of Oregon rural electric cooperatives.

8. Alaska Power & Telephone Awarded $21.5m USDA ReConnect Grant For Prince Of Wales Island Fiber Optic Cable And Rural Broadband Buildout 10/13/2020

   Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) is pleased to announce its subsidiary AP&T Wireless, Inc. has been selected to receive a $21,545,167 grant award through USDA Rural Utility Service’s ReConnect grant program for the “SEALink” broadband project.

9. Ubiquity Completes Acquisition Of Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Broadband Provider 10/9/2020

   Ubiquity Management, LP (“Ubiquity”), which invests in critical communications infrastructure throughout the United States, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Millennium Telcom, LLC d/b/a OneSource Communications (“OneSource”), a provider of fiber-fed broadband services in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, from Tri-County Electric Cooperative (“Tri-County”). 

10. Revealing The Reason Behind Jet Formation At The Tip Of Laser Optical Fiber 10/9/2020

    When an optical fiber is immersed in liquid, a high temperature, high speed jet is discharged. Researchers expect this to be applied to medical treatment in the future. Now, a research team from Russia and Japan has explored this phenomenon further and revealed the reasons behind the jet formation.