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1. Swedish FMV Selects iXblue's Quadrans Navigation System To Equip Its Fleet Of High Speed Crafts 6/18/2020

   The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has recently signed a contract with navigation company iXblue for up to 172 FOG based Quadrans gyrocompasses

2. Slice Wireless Solutions Selects FiberLight Network To Deliver Enhanced Airport WiFi Capabilities 6/17/2020

   FiberLight, LLC, a fiber infrastructure provider with more than 20 years of construction experience building mission-critical, high-bandwidth networks, announces its network has been chosen by Slice Wireless Solutions to deliver public WiFi and Distributed Antenna System (DAS) wireless capabilities for the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Marshall)

3. Tessy Plastics Expands Relationship With FirstLight 6/16/2020

   FirstLight, a leading provider of fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud computing, unified communications, advanced technologies and construction services to enterprise and carrier customers throughout the Northeast, announced today that it has been selected by Tessy Plastics, a New York-based contract manufacturer, to provide a dark fiber solution to connect their recently-expanded Auburn, New York facility

4. Ultraviolet Laser Induces Color Centers In Ytterbium-Doped Silica Glasses 6/16/2020

   Ytterbium-doped silica fiber (YDF) has important applications in material processing and scientific research. The photodarkening (PD) effect, which originates from the formation of color centers, can decrease the laser output power over 1,000 h by about 10% and will seriously restrict the power stability of the fiber laser.

5. Asia Direct Cable Consortium To Build New Asia Pacific Submarine Cable 6/10/2020

   NEC Corporation today announced that the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) Consortium is building a high-performance submarine cable connecting China (Hong Kong SAR and Guangdong Province), Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam

6. Silicon Line Begins Launch Of Its HDMI 2.1 Active Optical Cable Modules Sampling Program 6/10/2020

   Silicon Line GmbH (www.silicon-line.com), the global leader in developing and providing innovative optical link technology for consumer and commercial applications, has launched its HDMI 2.1 active optical cable modules sampling program for OEMs and 8K TV manufacturers

7. Townes Telecommunications Enhances Broadband Experience Across Six-State Service Area With ADTRAN 6/9/2020

   ADTRAN, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation innovative fiber and fiber extension broadband access solutions, today announced that, through its Enabling Communities, Connecting Lives program, Townes Telecommunications has selected ADTRAN’s Total Access 5000 (TA5000) fiber access platform to better serve residential and business customers

8. FirstLight Fiber To Acquire TruePath Technologies 6/9/2020

   FirstLight, a leading provider of fiber-optic data, Internet, data center, cloud and voice services to enterprise and carrier customers throughout the Northeast, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire TruePath Technologies ("TruePath")

9. Hexatronic To Acquire UK-Based Fiber Optic Company Tech Optics Ltd. 6/1/2020

   Hexatronic Group AB (publ) (”Hexatronic”) has on June 1 entered into an agreement to acquire all shares in the UK-based fiber optic company Tech Optics Limited (“Tech Optics”)

10. ADTRAN Partners With NRTC To Equip United Cooperative Services With Next-Generation 10G For Northern Texas 5/28/2020

    ADTRAN, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation innovative fiber and fiber extension broadband access solutions, today announced that, through its Enabling Communities, Connecting Lives program, it is empowering United Cooperative Services (UCS) to deliver multi-gigabit services to the electric cooperative’s membership in 14 counties across North Texas