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Fiber SenSys inks partnerships to improve robust perimeter security strategy
Fiber SenSys, an Optex Group company specializing in perimeter security solutions, recently announced a series of partnerships with industry manufacturers whose products expand the company’s scope and complement its fiber-optic sensor offerings.
2012-05-22
Polymicro Technologies Earns Medical ISO 13485:2003 Certification, Further Enhancing Molex Presence in the Medical Industry
Molex Incorporated announced today that its specialty fiber subsidiary, Polymicro Technologies, achieved ISO 13485:2003 certification for its Phoenix, AZ location. The facility includes optical fiber drawing, precision laser machining, high-power laser assemblies and an environmentally controlled Class 7 low bio-burden room. The ISO 13485:2003 certification will allow Molex to take projects from prototype through volume production in order to better serve the medical community.
2012-05-22
EXFO, RAD pair for Carrier Ethernet data network monitoring
EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF) and RAD Data Communications have joined to enable both end-to-end and segment-by-segment monitoring of Carrier Ethernet based data networks.
2012-05-21
IEEE standardizes body area networking
The IEEE has announced a new standard, IEEE 802.15.6-2012, designed to support the design of ultra-low power wireless devices operating in or around the human body. The standard aims to address and compensate for the effects of a body on network performance, effectively enabling "body area networking." The IEEE hopes that IEEE 802.15.6-2012 will enable wireless implantable devices, assist in the development of new opportunities for delivering better healthcare, and support other uses for wearable computing devices.
2012-05-21
Casa Systems provides CMTS with integrated CCAP functions
Casa Systems has launched the DS8x96, a downstream module that adds Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) functionality to its C10G Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS). The module is designed to enable cable MSOs to deploy DOCSIS, IPTV, and MPEG video on a single chassis and increase channel density over existing CMTS modules.
2012-05-21
Huawei sells prototype flexible grid WDM
Huawei says it has developed a flexible-grid WDM prototype with a minimum granularity of 12.5 GHz. The prototype aims to address emerging requirements for multi-carrier technologies and bandwidth-flexible optical networks that will support data rates beyond 100 Gbps.
2012-05-21
JT chooses Telcordia OSS for roll out of Gigabit Jersey
Telcordia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), says its network planning, engineering, and design platform has been selected by JT Group (formerly Jersey Telecom) to support the rollout of a comprehensive fiber telecom network on the island.
2012-05-21
Norvado develops GPON FTTx via Zhone MXK
Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE) says that Norvado, a telecommunications provider serving business and residential customers in northwest Wisconsin, has used the systems developer’s MXK platform in a new FTTx GPON deployment. The build out will cover 30 percent of Norvado's customer base in the rural counties of Bayfield, Douglas, Ashland and Sawyer.
2012-05-20
GigOptix tries linear quad driver for 400 Gbps
GigOptix, Inc. (NYSE MKT: GIG) says it is delivering engineering samples of its GX62472, a surface-mounted technology (SMT) Mach Zehnder modulator (MZM) quad linear driver designed with integrated GPPO outputs for 400-Gbps DWDM metro and long-haul optical transmitters.
2012-05-20
OIF announces 56-Gbps electrical interface projects
The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) has announced the start of three new electrical interface projects aimed at high-speed, low-power electrical interfaces for 56-Gbps applications. The interfaces would support the design of products that support data rates in excess of 100 Gbps.
2012-05-20