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Crews increasing fiber through Clear Creek Canyon
Parts of U.S. 6 west of Denver will be closed on several days this month as crews install a fiber optic line through Clear Creek Canyon.
2012-05-06
Global Industry Analysts, Inc.:Surging Demand for Medical Fiber Optic Systems Drives the Global Medical Fiber Optics Market
Innovative and new areas of medicine, in which fiber optics can be used, have created abundant opportunities for medical fiber optics. Of late, fiber optic sensors have gained prominence in the medical field, owing to their accuracy, small size, and safety (non-electrical). Fiber optics are primarily used for site illumination in a majority of medical applications. They are used as standalone light sources (as in surgical lights, dental lights) or as integrated components in endoscopes. Fiber optics are also used as laser delivery devices for laser surgery in urology, cardiology, and ophthalmology applications. Other areas of fiber optic applications in the medical field include image transfer, medical X-ray, and sensors. Also, fiber optics are increasingly being used in developing equipment and tools, which aid in minimally invasive surgery and diagnostics. Growing demand for fiber optics in the healthcare sector is pushing suppliers to expand product capacity and manufacturers to focus on developing fibers, which provide enhanced performance and control feature, when compared to the previous versions. For instance, lasers have become more precise than their former versions and cost much less than before. Fibers, on the other hand, are coated with fluorescent dyes, to enable them to transmit weak signals and signals that have to go through curved paths in sophisticated instruments. Additionally, advancements in fiber optic networks are transforming the medical world by merging diagnostic radiology and communication technologies.
2012-05-06
Infonetics pegs optical transceiver sales at $3.3 billion in 2016
Growth in 100-Gbps, tunable, and SFP+ optical modules points toward an overall expansion of the optical transceiver market, according to Infonetics Research. The market research firm expects the optical transceiver market to be worth $3.3 billion, according to its newly released 10G/40G/100G Optical Transceivers Market Size and Forecast.
2012-05-03
2012: Vytran To Feature Compact, Semi-Automated Optical Fiber Splicer At CLEO
Vytran, an innovative supplier of optical fiber splicing and processing solutions, will feature its newest optical fiber splicer, "CAS-4100," and show a selection of other high-performance fiber processing equipment, at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2012 exposition (booth #1426). CLEO: Expo is scheduled for May 8-10, 2012, at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California.
2012-05-03
Dark Fiber Network Operators In The US Industry Market Research Report Available From IBISWorld Now
Despite a marginal setback during the recession, the Dark Fiber Network Operators industry has maintained strong growth, due to growing broadband use. Expanding broadband connections and rebounding corporate profit will continue to support revenue growth in the next five years. Further, industry players are engaging in strategic acquisitions to gain a competitive edge. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Dark Fiber Network Operators industry to its growing industry report collection.
2012-05-03
Calix Selected for Five Additional Fiber Access Broadband Stimulus Projects
Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that an additional five communications service providers have selected the Calix Unified Access portfolio to support approximately $35 million of fiber access Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP) Stimulus projects across the United States, of which only a portion of this value is access equipment. With today's announcement, aggregate Calix vendor selections by Broadband Stimulus winners for "last mile" and "middle mile" awards have now reached 94 different projects representing over $1.8 billion in Stimulus-related grants, loans, and private investment for plant engineering, materials, labor, and other costs, including access equipment.
2012-05-03
Corning Gets IEEE Milestone Award For Invention Of First Low-Loss Optical Fiber
Corning Incorporated announced recently that it has received a Milestone Award in Electrical Engineering and Computing from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for the invention of low-loss optical fiber, which played a pivotal role in changing the way the world communicates. The IEEE Milestone Award recognizes significant technical achievement and innovation that occurred at least 25 years ago.
2012-05-03
Telco Systems provides carrier cloud gateway & aggregation platform
Telco Systems, a BATM company (LSE: BVC), says its new T-Metro 8000 carrier cloud gateway aggregation platform is the industry’s first open architecture, high-density Carrier Ethernet 2.0 cloud services Ethernet/MPLS switching platform. In addition to cloud services applications, the T-Metro 8000 will meet mobile backhaul and business service requirements as well, Telco Systems adds.
2012-05-02
Southern Photonics announces optical modulation analyzer targeted R&D
Southern Photonics says the new IQScope-30G is an economical option for optical modulation analysis (OMA) in the research and development environment. With 30 GHz of bandwidth, the IQScope-30G is ideally suited to measure 100-Gbps signals, the company adds.
2012-05-02
Equinix bolsters Asia-Pac data center presence by acquiring Asia Tone for $230.5M
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is bolstering its Asia Pacific data-center holdings by acquiring Hong Kong-based data center provider Asia Tone for $230.5 million.
2012-05-02