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ON TOPIC: Filling Coverage Gaps, Enhancing Public Safety

Jan. 30, 2025
With the ongoing drive to support AI and the need for high-speed data center interconnection, the call for higher-speed 800G optical technology is emerging. Initially focused ...

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On Topic: New Fiber, New Applications

Oct. 25, 2022
New fibers are beginning to transition from the R&D lab to commercialization. Hollowcore fiber and multicore fiber are two salient examples. The articles in this On Topic describe...
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Applying Network Automation

Sept. 27, 2022
Service providers and data center network operators continue to investigate how software-based capabilities can improve the efficiency of their infrastructures. This On Topic ...
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ON TOPIC: What Will Be Hot in 2022?

Dec. 17, 2021
What trends and technologies will drive optical network deployments in 2022? Some will already be familiar, if evolving, as these articles illustrate. Find out what will be key...
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5G and Converged Networks

Nov. 23, 2021
As they roll out their 5G networks—as well as extending their fiber broadband networks—some operators are considering whether a single network could fill both requirements (and...
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ON TOPIC: Options for Next-Generation PON

Aug. 31, 2021
An increasing number of operators are looking at 10G PON as the next step in their fiber access evolution. But how long will 10G PON meet their requirements -- and are their other...