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    • Sumitomo Electric Lightwave

    Raleigh, NC 27610

    COMPANY OVERVIEW

    About Sumitomo Electric Lightwave

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    201 South Rogers Ln
    Suite 100
     Raleigh, NC 27610
    United States
    https://sumitomoelectriclightwave.com
    800-358-7378

    More Info on Sumitomo Electric Lightwave

    At Sumitomo Electric Lightwave (SEL), we are a recognized leader in innovation, design, and development of advanced and integrated end-to-end solutions. We specialize in the manufacturing of these innovations for data center, enterprise, and communication network centers.

    We are the provider for the industry’s fast, most reliable, and advanced fiber optic technology and solutions. Catering to today’s most well-known optical fiber outside plant and indoor plant deployments, we are committed to not only our shareholders, but our customers. We value providing a high quality customer service experience, designed to meet and tailor to the customer’s desired product solution needs.
    Since 1983, Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, is committed to producing the finest, high-speed quality of fiber optic technology innovations.

    Products

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    Data Center Solutions

    Data Center and Enterprise Network Solutions simplify the complex by offering the latest innovations in the fiber optic industry. By providing a complete end-to-end solution, ...
    Specialty Fiber

    FutureFLEX® Air-Blown Fiber® Solutions

    Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s FutureFLEX® Air-Blown Fiber® offers unprecedented ease of installation, flexibility, and cost savings for current and future network...
    Multimode Fiber

    Optical Fiber Cable Solutions

    Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s vast portfolio of optical fiber ribbon cables ensure that any network can run on the reliability and flexibility that Sumitomo’s products...
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    Splices and Splicers

    Q102-M12+

    Sumitomo Electric announces the release of the Q102-M12+ – the next generation of ribbon fiber splicers. The new AI-enabled Q102-M12+ with NanoTune™ technology is ...
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    Specialty Fiber

    Optical fibers and optical fiber cables

    What is an optical fiber?An optical fiber is made from glass that is as thin as a human hair. This high-performance medium can transmit optical signals over dozens of kilometers...

    Press Releases

    Specialty Fiber

    Networking a Network with an Air-blown Infrastructure

    An air-blown fiber installation is providing the Time Warner Center in New York City with a network that’s designed to adapt to emerging technologies. In one of the largest...
    Other Test, Measurement & Network Management Products

    Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Launches Data Center Initiative Highlighting its Commitment to the Unique Needs of its Customers

    Raleigh, NC – Nov 2, 2023 – Sumitomo Electric Lightwave (SEL), a Sumitomo Electric Industries Group company, announces the launch of a new data center initiative...
    https://sumitomoelectric.com/press/2023/09/prs049
    Multimode Fiber

    Sumitomo Electric Launches World’s First Mass-produced Ultra-low Loss, Multi-core Fiber

    Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. has realized the world’s first mass-production of ultra-low loss, multi-core fiber “2C Z-PLUS Fiber™ ULL,” and will launch its sales in October...

    Videos

    Customer Testimonial: Sumitomo Electric's Q102-M12+ Ribbon Fiber Splicer
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    Customer Testimonial: Sumitomo Electric's Q102-M12+ Ribbon Fiber Splicer

    Sumitomo Electric Lightwave launched the Next Generation of Ribbon Fiber Splicers in 2023 with the introduction of the Q102-M12+. Hear from valued customer Lightwave Construction...
    Sumitomo Electric Lightwave's 3456f Preterminated Cable Solutions
    Multimode Fiber

    Sumitomo Electric Lightwave's 3456f Preterminated Cable Solutions

    Sumitomo Electric Lightwave (SEL) has developed a 3456-fiber pre-connectorized ultra-high-fiber-count (UHFC) optical fiber cable that uses 200 µm Freeform Ribbon™ ...
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    Splices and Splicers

    Fusion Splicing in the Coldest Place in Japan ～Long version～

    This video introduces fusion splicing performed by TSUKEN Co., Ltd. in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, using the new cold-resistant fusion splicer. With the idea of listening to feedback...
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    Resources

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    Data Center Solutions: Unique to You Resource Guide

    Solutions Unique to You Our network professionals will analyze your network to design a solution tailored to you. Data center industry trends, technology advancements, and the...
    Splices and Splicers

    Case Study: Gameday-Ready Networks

    In August 2019, this was the question the University of Notre Dame faced. The university needed to upgrade their fiber backbone to support cameras, remote kits and other related...
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    Receivers

    Wavelength-Division-Multiplexing Optical-Transmission Device Using Signal-Compensation Technique and Low-Bandwidth Optical Receivers

    TECHNICAL REVIEW:In the 5th generation mobile fronthaul (5G-MFH), a wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) optical-transmission device is used to efficiently connect many remote...

    Blogs

    Multimode Fiber

    Unveiling Crucial Yet Overlooked Details in Fiber Optic Data Center Builds for 2024

    The fiber optic industry, ever-evolving, is poised for remarkable transformations in 2024. Keeping abreast of these advancements is crucial for fiber optic experts tasked with...
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    Splice Closures/Modules/Trays

    A Move to Overhead Trays

    Over the last several decades, cable management, routing cross connects, backbone, or trunk cables through a DC facility, has gradually migrated from utilizing the space under...
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    Pre-terminated Solutions For Your Next UHFC Data Center

    The increased demand and massive scale of off-campus data storage and processing have led to the expansion of both multi-tenant and hyperscale data centers. To meet demand, ultra...

    Articles

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    Optical Tech

    Sumitomo Electric becomes an official partner of China’s second vocational skills competition

    The Company will support the event by providing optical fiber fusion splicers and optical interconnection materials.
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    Fiber, Cable, and Ancillary Equipment

    Sumitomo Electric’s fiber cables find utility in Data Center Interconnection (DCI) market

    Company delivers terrestrial ultra-low-loss and large-effective-area fiber cables to a large data center project in Japan.
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    Components

    MaxLinear, Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations pair for FOTON 400G-DR4 Reference Platform

    The reference platform combines MaxLinear’s Keystone 5-nm 400G DSP and SEDI’s newest 100G/lane EMLs and photodetectors to enable what the two companies assert is best-in-class...
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    Components

    OIF completes co-packaging framework Implementation Agreement

    The framework, the first in a series of releases from the OIF that will apply to co-packaged optics (CPO), identifies what the organization called “the critical co-packaged applications...
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    High-Speed Networks

    NEC to build a transatlantic submarine cable network for Facebook

    The system will feature 24 fiber pairs and will have design capacity of half a petabit per second.
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    NEC, OCC, Sumitomo partner on multicore fiber submarine cable trial

    Paired with space-division multiplexing (SDM) transmission, such multicore fiber could help meet future submarine network capacity requirements, the companies posit.

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    Space Savings: UHFC Passive Data Center in a Single Rack

    As data center facilities (DC) expand and change to meet increasing processing and storage demands, time, budget, and physical space needs can become tighter and tighter and harder...
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    Ribbon Splicing. Redefined. Introducing the Q102-M12+ Ribbon Fiber Splicer and JR-7 Thermal Jacket Remover.

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    Sumitomo Electric Lightwave’s 3RU Rack-Mounted Splice Enclosure Honored by 2023 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards

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