Regulatory News

  1. CommScope Announces Turn-Key AgileMax Field Solution For RFoG Deployments 8/5/2020

    CommScope announced today the FDH3000 AgileMax Cabinet for RF-over-Glass (RFoG) deployments. The solution combines CommScope’s proven AgileMax active optical distribution technology which prevents Optical Beat Interference (OBI) in RFoG deployments with its FDH3000 fiber distribution hub and integrated splitter cabinet

  2. Cosemi Expands Worldwide Retail Presence For Hybrid Active Optical Cables 7/21/2020

    Cosemi Technologies Inc. today announced that it has expanded worldwide retail distribution channels for its hybrid active optical cables (AOCs). Now Cosemi’s USB, HDMI and DisplayPort AOCs will be available on Newegg, Amazon Japan and Amazon Singapore

  3. Corning And EnerSys Announce Collaboration To Help Speed 5G Deployment 7/15/2020

    Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) and EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) today announced a strategic collaboration to speed 5G deployment by simplifying the delivery of fiber and electrical power to small-cell wireless sites.

  4. The Smallest Micro-Gripper, Grown On Optical Fibers, Is Operated Remotely With Light 7/15/2020

    Researchers at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, used the liquid crystal elastomer technology to demonstrate a series of micro-tools grown on optical fibers.

  5. Multinational Technology Company Selects United Fiber & Data For Long-Haul Dark Fiber Connectivity 7/14/2020

    United Fiber & Data (UFD), a privately owned telecommunications provider, today announced that a Fortune 100 multinational technology company has selected United Fiber & Data for long-haul dark fiber connectivity in the northeastern United States.

  6. Radio-Over-Fiber Compression Poised To Advance 5G Wireless Networks 7/9/2020

    Although new 5G networks can offer much faster and more efficient wireless data transfer, the fiber optic networks currently used to connect wireless devices to the internet cannot easily support the increased load. A new study shows that a compression scheme for radio-over-fiber links could help solve this problem for a variety of 5G formats.

  7. Release Of Fiber Optic Splice Rack For Ultra-High Density Cable 7/6/2020

    Fujikura Ltd. (President & CEO: Masahiko Ito) has released fiber optic splice rack for ultra-high density cable.

  8. A Completely New Plasmonic Chip For Ultrafast Data Transmission Using Light 7/3/2020

    ETH researchers have built an ultrafast chip that can speed up data transmission in fibre optic networks. The chip combines several innovations at the same time and, given the growing demand for streaming and online services, represents a significant development.

  9. 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.

  10. 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”)