MagazineNetworks require ever-higher speeds. To enable tomorrow’s applications, fibre is being deployed deeper into the network. Service providers and operators often assume this requires vast amounts of costly fibre to be deployed—but there’s another way… To adapt to fast-changing market demands, operators need to evolve quickly while providing the flexibility to work seamlessly with any […]
MagazineManufacturer scales up development and production capacity. Optical network component engineering firm Ensure has committed to increased research and production of its best-in-class Grade B connectors as it drives industry development and forecasts future demand. The firm offers Grade B connectors in their market-leading PLC splitters (assembled with Ensure’s in-house wafers, chips, and FA arrays) […]
MagazineExplosive broadband fibre growth and demand throughout Europe are challenging service providers to keep up. High-speed fibre will pass 197 million homes in the European Union and Britain by 2026, up from 118 million in 2021, according to a report from IDATE and FTTH Council Europe. Ambitious government high-speed fibre deployment deadlines and a shortage […]
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Applications and ResearchAccording to the Broadband Forum (BBF) the development of PON technology has been accelerated by the second XGS-PON Interoperability plugfest held in France. XGS-PON is based on the ITU-T’s latest Recommendation (ITU-T G.9807.1), providing a symmetrical 10 Gbits/s capability over a fibre infrastructure that can co-exist with legacy 2.5 Gbits/s G-PON. Organised by the Laboratoire […]
News and BusinessSingaporean incumbent Singtel has signalled the coming end of its investment in copper access technologies for business customers in favour of optical fibre. This month the telco announced that it was accelerating fibre-based service adoption for its business and residential customers. In line with this initiative, Singtel will cease copper deployment to commercial buildings that […]
UncategorisedThe Autumn issue of Optical Connections Magazine is now available to read online or download. Read online here As ECOC comes to Gothenburg, it is apt to review the remarkable success of this corner of Europe in this industry. Danish native Per Danielsen provides an insight. Combining the attributes of optical and wireless technologies in […]
Technologies and ProductsModular Photonics announces the release of OMPlex, a compact device connecting to the ends of multimode fibre that allows for single-channel operation. These passive devices allow for single-mode performance across legacy OM1-4 fibre extending the transmission length to several kilometres even for 10G, 40G and beyond. The technology relies on the exclusive excitation of the […]
Technologies and ProductsWorld’s first fully automatic fusion splicer provides great ROI for customers and an increased productivity via reduced splice cycles. Fujikura Europe’s 70S is still the highest quality product of its kind. As the world’s first fully automatic fusion splicer, the 70S provides great ROI for customers and an increased productivity via reduced splice cycles. Not […]