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  1. MetroNet Announces Expansion Of 100 Percent Fiber Optic Network To Daytona Beach And Surrounding Communities, Construction To Begin This Summer 3/28/2022

    Metronet today announced that the company will soon bring ultra-high-speed 100 percent fiber optic internet service directly to homes and businesses of Daytona Beach, Holly Hill and Ormond Beach.

  2. Aqua Comms, Bulk Fiber Networks And Meta Complete Construction Of The Havhingsten Cable System 3/24/2022

    Aqua Comms, a leading provider of network connectivity services, Bulk Fiber Networks, a leading builder and operator of fiber network infrastructure, and Meta have completed the construction of the Havhingsten cable system.

  3. OFS And VIAVI Unveil Collaboration On Bismuth-Doped Fiber Amplifier 3/15/2022

    OFS and Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced they have collaborated on the first test and measurement focused amplifier based on a new OFS Bismuth-doped fiber. The OFS fiber is the first to be produced at sufficient volumes to meet growing demand for 400 GbE and 800 GbE test applications worldwide.

  4. Metronet Begins Construction On Hickory’s 100 Percent Fiber Optic Network 3/10/2022

    Metronet today announced that construction has begun on its 100 percent fiber optic infrastructure in Hickory, North Carolina. Metronet is fully funding the multimillion-dollar project that will provide Hickory residents and businesses with access to ultra-high-speed internet.

  5. Lumentum, Ayar Labs To Supply External Light Sources For Co-Packaged Optical Interconnect Solutions 3/9/2022

    Lumentum Holdings Inc. (“Lumentum”), a market-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, and Ayar Labs Inc. (“Ayar Labs”), a leader in chip-to-chip optical connectivity, today announced that they have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement to deliver CW-WDM MSA compliant external laser sources in high volume.

  6. VIAVI Unveils FiberComplete PRO, Full Fiber Acceptance Test Made Fast And Simple 3/8/2022

    VIAVI today announced that it has launched FiberComplete PRO, a fiber test solution with a suite of capabilities which replaces six test instruments. It is the first single test port solution that fully automates all the fiber qualification tests required for the construction and certification of any type of fiber optic network

  7. Semtech Announces Production Of Best-In-Class FiberEdge Linear Transimpedance Amplifier 3/8/2022

    Semtech Corporation, a leading global supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, today announced the production availability of GN1812, a new addition to the FiberEdge portfolio of PAM4 transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs), to enable next-generation data center single-mode connectivity

  8. Two Vermont Communication Union Districts (CUDs) Join Forces To Forge A Promising Path Forward With Unique Fiber Broadband Model 3/8/2022

    Lamoille FiberNet (a CUD with 10 member communities) are formalizing plans together to build, own, and maintain an “open-access” fiber network that can host multiple ISPs (Internet Service Providers). 

  9. Jabil Photonics And IP Infusion Announce Innovative Open Line System 3/7/2022

    Jabil today announced that its Photonics business unit, a leading provider of customized design, manufacturing and test solutions for optical communications products, and IP Infusion, a leading provider of network disaggregation solutions for telecom and data communications operators, have launched a new concept of Open Line System – the 400G ZR OLS

  10. Go!Foton Transforms Fiber Connectivity Management With NEMO 'Any Density' Fiber Patch Panel 3/7/2022

    The future of optical networks is on full display at Booth 3714 of this year’s Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC), taking place from March 6 through March 10 at the San Diego Convention Center