Back in the 90's part of my job called for terminating fiber optic cable into ST connectors. The process was to bake the connector, glue, and fiber in this little heater, then put it into a puck and ...

As fiber optic cabling becomes an increasingly important aspect of local area network (LAN) communications infrastructures LAN installers have to be well schooled in the fundamentals of terminating ...

Welcome to part two of the Align InfiniBand series. In this post, Rodney Willis, Align’s VP of sales and sourcing, completes a deep dive into the various types of cabling media and termination types ...

The Ethernet Optolock transceiver combines a pair of fast-Ethernet fiber-optic components in a miniature housing to provide instant termination for bare POF (plastic optical fiber). Integrating a CMOS ...

A crimp-style, pre-polished connector has been added to the Opti-Jack line of fiber-optic connectors. The new duplex connector, called Opti-Crimp, eliminates the polishing and adhesion steps in the ...

The dispute over the freedom of choice of terminal equipment for passive fiber optic networks, which has been enshrined in the Telecommunications Act (TKG) since 2026, is entering the next round. The ...

Compared with copper wire, optical fiber’s dominant advantage is the overwhelming information carrying capability, and its high bandwidth and low attenuation easily offset its higher cost. FTTx (fiber ...