For almost a decade now, I have been watching the BICSI not-for-profit organization grow and prosper. My personal interest has come, not just from my involvement in the cabling...
Most optical-fiber cables have no redundancy contained within. If the cable is accidentally cut or crushed, several, if not all strands may be lost. The client's network could...
Q: I just received a shipment of Berk-Tek Category 5e plenum cable. I cut off a piece about 18 inches long and removed the conductors from the outer jacket. I noticed that the...
CommScope Inc. (www.commscope.com) will partner with Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. of Japan to acquire the fiber-optic cable business of Lucent Technologies
The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA-www.necanet.org) is proposing that the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) incorporate an "Integrated Building Systems...
The TIA (www.tiaonline.org) hosted a number of venture capital (VC) firms at "Ventures 2001" on July 19 at the McLean Hilton in Tysons Corner, VA. A venture capital firm is one...
As the name implies, fusion splicers (see table, page 66) are instruments that make a fusion splice; that is, at the junction where two or more optical fibers are brought together...