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NASA Beams HD Video from International Space Station to Earth

NASA successfully beamed a high-definition video 260 miles from the International Space Station to Earth Thursday using a new laser communications instrument.

9 Jun 2014

Bristol Holds International Meeting to Discuss Development of Critical Optical Solutions

Bristol’s High-Performance Networks Group (HPN) in the Faculty of Engineering hosted a plenary meeting of the EU-funded IDEALIST project, which discussed the development of critical optical solutions to cope with the forecasted dramatic increase of internet traffic demand.

4 Jun 2014

New Big Data Transport Solution from ADVA Optical Networking Offers Efficiency, Scalability and Security

ADVA Optical Networking today launched its Big Data Transport (BDT) solution. Designed specifically to transport enormous amounts of data in the most efficient, scalable and secure way possible, BDT will help to define a new era of data center connectivity.

2 Jun 2014

C Spire Crews Begin Installing Fiber Optic Cable in Quitman, Mississippi

Quitman, Mississippi will soon be famous for more than just serving as the hometown of former NBA star Antonio McDyess.

30 May 2014

Bolt Selects Alcatel-Lucent to Deliver 1 Gbps Broadband Connectivity to Rural Northeastern Oklahoma

Bolt Fiber Optic Services, the fiber-to-the-home subsidiary of Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative has selected Alcatel-Lucent to supply an end-to-end triple-play solution for delivering up to 1 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) broadband connectivity as well as voice over third-party VoIP service and television services to communities in rural northeastern Oklahoma.

28 May 2014

EMCORE Unveils Optiva OTS-ODLS Internal Fiber Delay Line Systems

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optics and space solar power markets, announced today the introduction of the Optiva OTS-ODLS 18, 22 and 40 GHz Internal Fiber Delay Line Systems for delay times up to 40 microseconds.

From Emcore Corporation 26 May 2014

Comprehensive Overview of Laser-Based Moon-Earth Communication Uplink to be Presented at CLEO: 2014

If future generations were to live and work on the moon or on a distant asteroid, they would probably want a broadband connection to communicate with home bases back on Earth. They may even want to watch their favorite Earth-based TV show.

From Optical Society Of America 23 May 2014

Vtesse Uses ADVA FSP 3000 with Advanced Encryption Technology in New Enterprise Service

ADVA Optical Networking announced today that Vtesse is using the ADVA FSP 3000 with advanced encryption technology in a new enterprise service. Called Optical Secure, the new service is focused upon enterprises with specific needs to ensure the integrity and privacy of mission-critical data.

21 May 2014

Tektronix Introduces the BSA286CL BERTScope Bit Error Rate Tester

Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, today introduced the BSA286CL BERTScope Bit Error Rate Tester. The BSA286CL is designed for the low intrinsic jitter and precision impairments required for testing a broad set of 100G communications standards including OIF-CEI, CAUI, and InfiniBand Standards.

21 May 2014

China-based Telecom OEM Places Follow-on 100G Orders with Advanced Photonix

Picometrix®, LLC, an Advanced Photonix® company, announced today that it has received follow on orders from a leading China provider of telecommunications equipment and networks solutions to supply the CR-100D for their 100G optical transport network equipment. These orders total approximately $700K to be delivered over the next three months.

20 May 2014