Fiber Optic: Connectivity Technology: Cabling Installation and Maintenance

New datacom product manufacturer opens for business (Aug 4, 2010)

QuickTreX offers preterminated fiber assemblies as well as copper connectivity and installation tools.

ADC settles FTTX patent suit with AFL Telecommunications (Jul 30, 2010)

ADC says that its patent infringement suit against AFL Telecommunications has been settled.

N-Tron expands Industrial Ethernet switch line with high voltage fiber series (Jul 23, 2010)

The switches provide the ability to configure fiber rings and fiber uplinks with a high degree of EMI resistivity from an ultra compact footprint.

USConec adds 'push-pull' tab to MTP high density multi-fiber line (Jul 21, 2010)

This flexible extension tab can be used to extract as well as to insert the plug into the adapter port.

iPhone app offers fiber-connector training, support (Jun 2, 2010)

Training videos, direct line to customer support available for Senko's XP Fit Plus LC and SC connectors.

Leviton launches lockable secure keyed LC fiber system (May 24, 2010)

The lockable system works with any industry compliant LC duplex or quad adapter.

Optical Cable Corporation launches cabling, connectivity lines for oil and gas market (May 21, 2010)

Optical Cable Corporation (OCC) has brought forth a full line of fiber optic cable and connectivity products for the petrochemical, oil and gas industry.

High-density fiber system for data centers (Apr 7, 2010)

Fitting 864 fibers in 1U saves cabinet space and allows architecture flexibility.

Sumitomo's Lynx2 splice connector allows for custom SC, LC and FC field terminations (Mar 24, 2010)

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave says the new Lynx 2 eliminates the crimping process for customized field termination in data center, FTTx, optical network terminal (ONT), fiber distribution hub, and other fiber optic network applications.

Black Box intros fiber patch cables in 12 standard colors (Mar 12, 2010)

The cables offer custom options but with the convenience of standard part numbers.

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Guest Blog: Master Format 2010 - What's new?

by Felix ZayasJuly 28, 2010In the telecommunications field the term "MasterFormat" can be somewhat of a convoluted term. For the next 350 words or so I will go through the finer details of MasterFormat and how it relates to telecommunications.MasterFormat...

Tweet this: New data center for Twitter is overdue

Twitter announced on its Engineering Blog that later this year it will open its own dedicated data center in the Salt Lake City area. The microblogger's Jean Paul Cozzatti said in his post that the dedicated data center will allow Twitter to "have full...

Legal investigation underway in Tyco's ADC acquisition

Several law firms are taking a look at the Tyco Electronics acquisition of ADC for approximately $1.25 billion to determine whether or not ADC's board accepted an offer from Tyco that represents the best value for shareholders. Such investigations are not...

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