Alcatel-Lucent Stretches DSL to 300 Mbps, Easing Transition to Fiber

PARIS – By combining a 19th-century analog technology with today's most advanced technologies, Alcatel-Lucent engineers...

Gigabit Home Gateway From ZyXEL

ANAHEIM, CA – Broadband equipment vendor ZyXEL Communications announced a new integrated access device for...

AFL Releases New FlexTester

AFL announced the Noyes OFL280 FlexTester, a handheld, multifunction OTDR and loss test set offering...

HomePlug Joins the IEEE Family

Portland, Ore. – HomePlug has been a popular protocol  for in-home networking over powerlines for...

Clearfield Unveils Small-Port-Count Fiber Enclosure

MINNEAPOLIS — Clearfield Inc. announced a new addition to its fiber management series, the FieldSmart...

200 Mbps Is the New 100 Mbps

Zeewolde will become the ?rst town in the Netherlands with symmetrical Internet speeds of 200...

Multicom Announces Wide-Bandwidth Optical Transmitter for FFTx, HFC

ORLANDO, FL – Multicom announced a new, wide-bandwidth 1310nm MUL-1310TX-1000 Optical Transmitter, suited for use...

OFS Announces Fiber-to-MDU Solution

SAN DIEGO, CA - Fiber optic product supplier OFS announced the EZ-Bend Bundled MDU Cabling System, which...

FTTH Council to Offer Professional Certification

WASHINGTON, DC - The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council is developing the first certification program aimed at...

Lynx2 Splice Connector From Sumitomo Eliminates Crimping

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC —  Sumitomo Electric Lightwave introduced the Lynx2 CustomFit Splice-On Connector with SC...

Zhone Adds EFM to Platform for Fiber Migration Path

Oakland, CA — Access network equipment supplier Zhone Technologies announced Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM)...

OFS Solution Connects Fiber to Cell Sites

SAN DIEGO -- The deluge of wireless data generated by smart phones has led wireless...

Tunable FTTH Receiver Offers Low-Cost Upgrade Path for GPON

WOBURN, MA -- Plans for upgrading GPON networks to accommodate future bandwidth demands have focused...

PON Equipment Market Tops $2 Billion in 2009

CAMPBELL, CA — Worldwide PON equipment revenue jumped 26 percent sequentially in 4Q09, driven by increased...

AFL Releases New Test Equipment

AFL introduced the Noyes OFL250-50, a handheld, single-mode (1550 nm), fault-locating OTDR with an integrated...

Exclusive Contracts Continue for PCOs: IMCC Report

by Valerie M. Sargent, Director of Membership & Communications, IMCC The Independent Multi-Family Communications Council...

Clearfield Introduces New WDM Packaging

MINNEAPOLIS — Clearfield Inc. announced four application-specific packaging alternatives for wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM), in addition...

IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 Call For Papers Ends March 15

NEW YORK – The Call for Papers for the IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM...

FTTH Council: Huge Job Gains with Modest Fed Investment in Superfast Broadband

WASHINGTON - A $19 billion proposal to use tax-credit bonds to fund the deployment of...

Is Your County on the Fastest 25 Broadband List?

NORTHFIELD, MN — Nassau County, N.Y., tops a new list of counties with the 25...

Access Network Equipment Sales Robust in 4Q09

REDWOOD CITY, CA -- Revenue from high-bandwidth access network equipment grew 10 percent sequentially and...