For years, copper has dominated the telecommunication market for data transmission. However, driven by the explosive demand for faster speed transmission, today’s networking needs an infrastructure capable of handling higher and higher dat…

There are many copper-based applications existing in telecommunication networks, although the fiber has dominated the market. Twinax cable, twisted pair cable, and coaxial cable are three commonly used copper cables in our daily life, and …

By using just one switch, you can power a number of different devices using PoE. Ubiquiti Network, as one of the most famous American technology companies, who focuses on manufacturing wireless data communication products for enterprise an…

When selecting networking cable for your project, fiber cable or copper cable as shown below, which one do you prefer? Actually, both of them have advantages and specific features. Copper cable has already existed in many places and it is …

CWDM (coarse wavelength division multiplexing) is the low-cost type of WDM technology, which is often used in metropolitan area network access networks. It is considered to be a flexible and economical solution to expand the existing netwo…

Although the 10 Gigabit Ethernet system has become the dominant deployment in telecommunication market, there are still many 1GbE infrastructures existing in today’s networks. SFP optical transceiver, as a critical component to support 1G …

Cleaning fiber optic connectors is necessary to keep the quality connections between all fiber equipment. It is one of the most important preventative maintenance procedures to avoid premature failure of the system. It is known that fiber …

The exploding demand for Internet access to web-based applications, as well as integrated multimedia applications, has fueled the need for higher-bandwidth networks. 10G Ethernet, which takes the advantages of fast data transmission, good …

As we all know, common optical transceivers, like SFP+, SFP, normally require two fibers to achieve data transmission between switches, firewalls, servers, routers, etc. The first fiber is dedicated to receiving data from networking equipm…

As we all know, in every communication system, all the sending and receiving devices, like fiber optic switch, need to adopt massive bundles of wires or cables to achieve connections for data transfer. Nowadays, the most common cable types…

As we all know, fiber optic patch cable plays a vital and significant role to achieve connectivity between optical equipment in telecommunication field. According to different fiber core diameter, there exist two types of fiber patch cords…

As we all know, a fiber optic amplifier is often installed where optical signals are weak and need to be enlarged. But what if there is too much power level of an optical signal which should be reduced? To solve this issue, fiber optic att…

The increasing need for higher bandwidth and faster data transmission drives the evolution of network Ethernet. 40G Ethernet is gradually becoming commonplace in telecommunication networks, as 10G cannot satisfy the never-stopping longing …

There is no doubt that we live in a high-speed world. From fast food to the way we walk from one place to another, everything is seemingly done as quickly as possible. So does the data transmission. The speed of data transmission has evolv…

In all fiber optic system, it is necessary to join two fibers together with low signal attenuation while maintaining low reflection levels depending upon the type of system used. Fiber optic connectors are used as the mechanical and optic …

In 2002, the IEEE ratified the 802.3ae standard for 10GbE over duplex fibers (one fiber transmits and the other receives) terminated with duplex LC-style connectors and vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) transceivers. With the …

Although 10G/40G has become the mainstream on telecommunication network market nowadays, service providers and enterprise data centers are still demanding higher data transmission speed to achieve higher level of performance and scalabilit…

As new applications, devices and architectures continue to demand ever higher speed networks, 40G and 100G Ethernet links are rapidly coming on line. Many vendors have put forward various solutions for 40/100G migration, including optical …

Until few years ago, SC connector was the dominant interface available for fiber optic connections in LANs (local area networks) and data centers. However, the ever-increasing density in network deployment is requiring smaller connection i…

As the added complexity, power needs and cost of additional GbE adapters will not allow customers to scale to meet current and future I/O demands, it is necessary to migrate to 10GbE. Moving to 10GbE addresses the increased bandwidth needs…

When buying bulk cables or cable assemblies, you’re probably concerned about things like conductor AWG size, shielding for EMI/RFI, connector molding construction, etc. Why would you spare a thought to the jacket that just goes around the …

To cope up with modern day fiber optic network’s needs and stringent requirements on performance, security, safety and modularity, many new technologies and high-performance equipment are needed. Fiber optic splitter, which can distribute …

A variety of technological advancements and trends are driving the increasing need for 10GbE in the data center. There are many media options for 10G Ethernet on the market, such as 10GBase-CX4, SFP+ fiber and SFP+ direct attach cable (DAC…

Communication networks never go slower, never get simpler, and never stay the same. Likewise, certification testing for fiber-optic cabling has also changed. Various test equipment and enhanced testing regiments are manufactured by many ve…

Whenever we install a connector on the end of fiber, loss will be incurred. Some of this light loss is reflected directly back down the fiber towards the light source which can damage the laser light sources and disrupt the transmitted sig…

With the fast growing of telecommunication industry, fiber optic cable jumpers have been increasingly needed in applications, such as data center, local area network and Ethernet network to achieve smooth connectivity between fiber optical…

As we all know, field termination has been widely used during the deployment of data center in the past years. However, with the data center increasingly depending on high-density cabling, traditional field termination methods will result …

As data center consolidation, server virtualization, and new applications require higher data transmission speed, it is imperative to migrate from 10G network to 40G network. However, to support the 40G connectivity, data center managers h…

In order to satisfy the increasing demand for greater bandwidth and the growing amount of data transmission In today’s enterprise data center and networking environments, various kinds of high-performance and reliable cables are designed, …

As the increasing growth of bandwidth-intensive applications, like virtualization and high-performance computing, the need for faster data transfer rates is relentless and carries significant implications with regard to network productivit…