Latest Optical fiber Stories

L-com has greatly expanded its offering of MPO and fan-out fiber optic cables available off-the-shelf with over 130 new items in 8 family groups. Included are MPO male to male, female to female, and MPO to 6 or 12 fiber fan-out with SC, ST, or LC connectors. North Andover, MA (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 L-com, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of wired and wireless connectivity products, announced today that it has expanded its line of MPO fiber optic cables. Previously, L-com offered only...

WALLINGFORD, Conn., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Times Fiber Communications, a business unit of Amphenol, today announced PowerOptX hybrid cables that combine optical and power connectivity in a single cable. Available in standard and custom configurations with high performance to support 4G wireless protocols, PowerOptX cables are significantly lighter than designs using corrugated metal shielding, allowing easier installation and less tower loading. PowerOptX cables enable cell...

Noxgear, LLC launches futuristic, fiber optic sports and safety vests on Kickstarter. Dayton, Ohio (PRWEB) April 27, 2013 Noxgear, LLC has created the future in sports and athletic safety with their flagship fiber optic vests. Both the Torch Illuminated Sports Vest and the Tracer360 Illuminated Safety Vest are revolutionizing the way we think about sports and look at nighttime safety for runners, cyclists and everything in between. Like many unknown startups, Noxgear enlisted the help of...

CARLSBAD, Calif., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GridCOM Technologies, Inc. has secured seed funding to develop its "future-proof" quantum encryption solution that protects vulnerable communications between millions of automation devices currently controlling the electrical grid. Using quantum entangled photons and optical fibers, a decentralized key server is created over a geographic region. For a monthly subscription fee, wired and wireless devices can access this "quantum" key...

Recycling Light Technology (RLT(TM)) increases brightness at low-cost VALENCIA, Calif., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wavien, Inc. has introduced a proprietary Recycling Light Technology (RLT), LED based illumination platform suitable for architectural and signage applications at the Light Fair in Philadelphia from April 22 to April 25, 2013. The architectural illumination system is being promoted by Ushio America at Booth # 2901, and the signage illumination system will be...

TeraWave(TM) ULA Fiber Enables Higher Transmission Speeds with More Wavelengths over Trans-oceanic Distances PARIS, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative fiber optic network products, has introduced TeraWave(TM) ULA Ocean Fiber, a new single-mode fiber designed for 100 Gb/s coherent transport in submarine systems for distances up to 12,000 km. A breakthrough in ocean fiber technology, TeraWave ULA Fiber offers a unique...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Google has acquired Provo, Utah’s existing fiber-optic network as part of a deal making the home of Brigham Young University the third city to receive the Mountain View, California-based company’s high-speed internet service, various media outlets are reporting. The announcement that Google Fiber would be coming to the city of over 110,000 people was made earlier this week, but it wasn’t until Friday that financial details...

Low-cost RLT(TM) increases fiber optic brightness in surgical operating systems VALENCIA, Calif., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wavien, Inc. has introduced a LED based medical illumination platform based on its proprietary Recycling Light Technology (RLT(TM)). RLT technology, which is implemented using a single RLT reflector, significantly increases the brightness available to fiber optic bundles used frequently in surgical operating systems. Wavien is actively looking to...

ROANOKE, Va., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Optical Cable Corporation (Nasdaq GM: OCC) ("OCC(®)" or the "Company") today announced the declaration of a regular quarterly cash dividend to OCC's shareholders. OCC's Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.02 per share on the Company's common stock effective April 15, 2013. The dividend will be paid on or about May 15, 2013, to shareholders of record on April 29, 2013. The dividend announced today implies an annual cash...

NEW YORK, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed and successfully demonstrated a photonic Floquet topological insulator, a new device used to protect the transport of light through a unique, lattice of 'waveguides.' The advancement may play a key role in the photonics industry. A description is published in the current issue of NATURE (11 April 2013). The photonics industry is at the heart of modern...