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Ultra bend-insensitive fiber
 John George, director, systems and applications engineering at OFS, describes the market for ultra bend-insensitive fiber, both in MDUs and elsewhere.
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Optical Cable Corp. acquires Applied Optical Systems
 The acquisition was completed on October 31, 2009, and AOS is now a wholly owned subsidiary of OCC.
ComNet's managed switch provides peripheral device power
 The Comworx CNGE2FE24MSPoE is the company's first environmentally hardened managed Ethernet switch that provide a high port density in a compact package and provides power over Ethernet to peripheral devices such as IP cameras and video encoders.
3S PHOTONICS achieves 20-Gbps transmission test of 1915 LMA laser module
 3S PHOTONICS' new 1915 LMA 1,550-nm analog DFB laser module has been successfully tested at 19-Gbps over 25 km of singlemode fiber without any chromatic dispersion compensation.
SCTE Cable-Tec Roundup
Fiber goes deeper in MSO networks
 Carriers and vendors alike underscored the primacy of DOCSIS and HFC within U.S. MSO networks. However, "fiber deep" HFC architectures and growing deployments of RFoG and PON illustrated the increasing role optical technology will play in cablecos access networks. Check out my blog as well as these stories:

  • GCI extends network capacity with Harmonic's SUPRALINK 1,550-nm DWDM system
  • Aurora Networks' Node PON platform integrates with DOCSIS provisioning technology
  • Comcast to launch extreme 50-Mbps high-speed Internet service in Central California and Santa Barbara County
  • ZTE develops DOCSIS-compliant EPON platform for U.S. market
  • Hitachi designs EPON equipment to support mobile backhaul, residential, and business services growth
  • Electroline adds RFoG receiver to ELink Optical Platform
  • Motorola expands Fiber Deep and CablePON portfolios
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