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DSIT and Ramot Receive Grant for Fiber-Optic Based Perimeter Security System Interrogator

DSIT Solutions Ltd., a subsidiary of Acorn Energy, Inc., disclosed today that the company and Ramot, the technology transfer company of Tel-Aviv University, were jointly awarded a grant from MEIMAD. MEIMAD is a collaborative program between the Israeli Ministry of Defense, the Office of the Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Finance, to jointly promote new ideas and new technologies that can serve both commercial applications and military needs.

4 Sep 2013

Fiber Optics Enables High School Marching Band to Include Guitars and Keyboards

Howard High School's music department started the school year with an unusual marching band program that combines brass and drums with guitars and keyboards, thanks to fiber optic connectivity by FiberPlex Technologies.

3 Sep 2013

Researchers Detect Single Nanoparticle with Special Kind of Optical Fibre

Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in identifying the world's most sensitive nanoparticle and measuring it from a distance using light. These super-bright, photostable and background-free nanocrystals enable a new approach to highly advanced sensing technologies using optical fibres.

2 Sep 2013

EXFO Introduces Integrated 400G Test Solution

EXFO Inc. announced today the introduction of the IQS-610P-HS-400G solution. This high-speed testing offer builds on EXFO’s new IQS‑88100G Power Blazer module, and is the industry’s only integrated 400G testing solution.

From EXFO Inc. 30 Aug 2013

OFS Introduces Two New Offerings in Single-Mode Bend-Optimized Fiber Line

OFS, a leading designer of optical fibers, cables, and connectivity solutions, has upgraded its single-mode bend-optimized fiber line with two new offerings, available to the market today, responding to customer needs for tighter bends to extend fiber into buildings and living units.

From OFS 28 Aug 2013

New Optical Conversion Product Extends Life of Secure Fiber Optic Infrastructure

As data security breaches escalate and IT budgets fall precipitously in government and private sectors, FiberPlex Technologies announces a new optical conversion product that extends the life and reach of secure fiber optic infrastructure currently in use by the vast majority of data centers and secure networks today.

21 Aug 2013

Market Share for Fiber-Optic Broadband to Increase to 19% by End of 2013

Worldwide fixed-line broadband subscriptions continue to grow at a healthy pace in 2013. According to ABI Research’s “Broadband Subscribers” Market Data, fiber-optic broadband market share will reach 19% by year-end 2013, from 16% in 2012.

20 Aug 2013

Shentel Updates DWDM Fiber-Optic Network with Cisco's Coherent Technology to Support 100G Speeds

Cisco today announced that Shenandoah Telecommunications Company, a leading regional U.S. telecommunications service provider, has updated its dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) fiber-optic network with Cisco's Coherent DWDM technology to support 100 Gigabit per second speeds to its subscribers throughout Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland. The Cisco ASR 9000 Series router will provide resilient high-speed IP services.

19 Aug 2013

August Sunday Experiment to Explore NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host this month's Sunday Experiment on Aug. 18 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EDT. It's a free afternoon for elementary school-aged children and their families with a look at how NASA sends and receives its data.

12 Aug 2013