Fibre optics stories

Quantifi Photonics has acquired SmarTest Electronics to fast-track product development for the optical communications test market.

The network solutions specialist distributor is now the exclusive distributor of Montclair Fiber Optics products for New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

The Aussie company’s product uses fibre optics to allow each of the keyboard’s keys to display any required image and enact a predetermined action.

luebird Network chose to build the 26-mile-long fiber network completely underground to protect it from natural disasters.

“We are excited to welcome ISI and its customers to our facility,” comments New Continuum Chairman & CEO, Eli D. Scher.  “ISI has a unique network reach, that combined with our capabilities, can deliver true value in an edge compute model.”

SubCom will monitor around 28 million miles of territory to maintain more than 51,000 km of cable.

NEC Corporation has successfully conducted the very first transmission capacity of 50.9 terabits on a single optical fiber, over more than 11,000 km.

HKT is planning to build a super high capacity fiber optic cable linking the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate to Chai Wan in Hong Kong.

NTT Communications' Asia Pacific Gateway was launched last week, bringing together Asian countries through a high-bandwidth optical submarine cable.

Google has connected its Taiwanese data center to the FASTER undersea cable network, promising better speeds for Taiwan, Japan and Asia.

The increase in the amount of data centers across the globe is driving fiber optic connector growth, according to new forecasts.

Founder John Humphrey will leave his post as CTO at Pacific Fibre.