The next time your network goes out right in the middle of March Madness, you won’t have to wonder just where the heck the problem is. Agilent has developed the installer’s new best friend, the Fiber Break Locator, a handheld device to locate faults in fiber-optic networks. The Fiber Break Locator lets maintenance technicians view […]
Tyco helping eliminate "spaghetti wires"(2)
Tyco Electronics is releasing a new line of cable management products, Amp Netconnect, to help cable installers and network administrators organize and maintain distribution cable and patch cords in rooms wired for telecommunications. According to Tyco, the new product line addresses the need for simple solutions for managing increasingly complex copper and fiber cabling systems. […]
Aerie project "one of the more interesting"(2)
Aerie Networks, a Denver-based company that is building a broadband technology and business platform designed to host an indefinite number of new networks, has inked a deal with Ericsson. Ericsson, which manufactures fiber optic cable and optical fiber ribbon technologies for long-haul networks, will provide fiber optic cable with the bandwidth capacity to accomplish Aerie’s […]
Merry Christmas…not(2)
RCN gets the award for crummy employee Christmas gifts. The cable system overbuilder handed out pink slips to 70 people just before the holidays when it revealed that it would scale back its operations, a company spokeswoman said. RCN says the reason for the pink slips is its capital is drying up. RCN was focused […]
Corning gives nod to fiber demand, expands
Acknowledging the high demand for fiber, Corning expects to boost its fiber manufacturing capacity by 25 percent through 2004, starting with expansion at its North Carolina production facilitiy. The Corning board of directors voted in favor of a plan to invest $450 million in the North Carolina plant. Corning, the world’s largest fiber-optic cable firm, […]
New broadband alliance in China
All the action seems to be overseas these days. Shanghai Telecom (STC), AT&T and Shanghai Information Investment Inc. (SII), have inked a deal to bring broadband IP value-added services to commercial customers in Pudong New Area, Shanghai. China is experiencing fast growth in the telecom sector, with China NetTV Holdings and China Broadband establishing firm […]
Corning makes what?
You think Corning, you think cookware on your mother’s shelf. You know, the stuff that goes from the fridge, to the oven to the table. Well, that was true, but Corning wants to show us their 21st century image. Corning’s primary focus in these highly technical times is making the hair-thin glass strands that snake […]
That’s a lot of yen
Japan’s recently deregulated telecom market is apparently too good an opportunity to pass up. UK-based Cable and Wireless plans to spend about $1.4 billion to build an optical fiber network connecting 80 Japanese cities over the next five years. The company plans on building a network of cable “loops” linking office buildings in Osaka and […]