Industry News

JDSU & Frontier Collaborate to Carry Broadband Services to Rural Communities

April 23, 2012

JDSU today introduced a new installment to its "JDSU from a Different View" campaign focused on its work with Frontier Communications to deliver reliable, high-speed broadband communications services to rural communities throughout West Virginia. Frontier is a leading provider of voice, broadband and video services in 27 states in the U.S.

High-Speed Trading: My Laser Is Faster Than Your Laser

April 23, 2012

A few weeks ago I wrote about Project Express, a new fiber-optic cable being built across the Atlantic that will give a select number of high-frequency traders a tiny speed advantage in trading times between New York and London. Currently, data take 64 milliseconds (give or take a few fractions of an eye blink) to travel round-trip between New York and London along a cable built in 1998 called the AC-1.

IMC Networks announces 10 Gigabit media converter solution for long haul applications

April 23, 2012

MC Networks, a manufacturer of low cost media converters and Ethernet fiber optic access solutions, has launched the new iMcV-10G-Converter XFP/XFP media converter. The SNMP manageable converter can be employed in fiber mode conversion and/or fiber extension applications.