In Focus: Fiber

Ericsson agreed to acquire Abentel, a subsidiary of Abengoa that specializes in end-to-end fiber installation and management.  The deal includes ...

3M introduced a new FTTH pathway solution to inconspicuously route fiber from outside to inside residential and commercial settings. The ...

Researchers at NTT, Fujikura, and Hokkaido University have demonstrated the world’s highest density optical fiber. The optical fiber has a ...

Sumitomo Electric Industries announced a new-type coupled multi-core optical fiber suitable for ultra-long-haul transmission/ The coupled-core MCF (CC-MCF) features 4 ...

Business fiber penetration of commercial buildings in the U.S. increased to 42.5% in 2014, according to latest research from Vertical ...

CommScope demonstrated 100 Gbps Ethernet applications using short wavelength division multiplexing (SWDM) over wide band multimode fiber (WBMMF). The technology ...

Corning introduced the industry’s first 200-micron fiber with a 9.2 micron nominal mode-field diameter (MFD). The new Corning SMF-28 Ultra ...

Axiom Fiber Networks, a new telecom infrastructure services provider, officially launched in New York City. Axiom will offer dark fiber ...

Fiber now reaches an estimated 39.3% of commercial buildings in the U.S. with twenty or more employees, according to latest ...

GCI announced plans to deploy Alaska’s first 1 Gbps, fiber Internet service in Anchorage by 2015. GCI is Alaska's largest ...

tw telecom announced a multi-market expansion of its metro and regional fiber network into five new markets across the U.S.: ...

Xtera Communications introduced a next-generation optical repeater for extending high-capacity reach on subsea cable systems. Xtera is leveraging a modular ...

Verizon has completed the installation of fiber-optic cables between the company’s two critical central switching offices in lower Manhattan.  The ...