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Fastweb speeds up Italy’s fibre access

By John Williamson

Just released figures show Italian broadband operator Fastweb reaching 7.8 million households in 130 cities with its fibre services at the end of June 2017. The Fastweb ultra-broadband network is made up of both Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC) and Fibre To The Home (FTTH) systems. Fastweb, which is 100% owned by Swisscom Italia, says […]

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QSFP-DD MSA Group announces form factor specification

By Matthew Peach

QSFP-DD module enables up to 400 Gbps solutions, quadruples bandwidth in network applications. The Quad Small Form Factor Pluggable Double Density (QSFP-DD) Multi Source Agreement group has released a specification for the new QSFP-DD form factor. In total, 52 companies came together in support of the QSFP-DD MSA to address the industry need for high-density, […]

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MDB Series Is Coming

Deploying and maintaining your fiber infrastructure needs to be a routine not a challenge – Easier, Faster and Cost Effective. Therefore Micos Telcom – PLP have designed the brand-new Fiber Optic Boxes MDB to simplify deployment, maintenance and control your costs. The boxes can be configured to address a wide range of fiber optic splice and/or connectivity applications for PON, GPON and 5G networks.