Modern networks are pushing fiber to the home and desk, where the aggressive demands on cable, along with smaller distribution cabinets and compact fiber management systems, require a greater degree of fiber bending performance. These applications have led OFS to develop a new bend-insensitive optical fiber, AllWave® FLEX Zero Water Peak Fiber, optimized for access and enterprise networks. AllWave FLEX ZWP Fiber has all the advantages of OFS’ industry-leading AllWave ZWP Fiber, as well as additional bend-related performance advantages over standard single-mode fiber. Get the full story in our latest white paper.

OFS optical fiber is in full compliance with the European Union’s Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, designed to restrict the use of hazardous materials in the manufacture of electronic and electrical equipment. The directive, which goes into effect on July 1, seeks to eliminate or reduce the concentration of substances including lead, mercury and chromium. All OFS optical fiber products comply with the directive, including LaserWave® Multimode Fiber manufactured in Sturbridge, Mass., AllWave Zero Water Peak Single-Mode Fiber made in Norcross, Ga. and Mie, Japan, and TrueWave® Non-Zero Dispersion Single-Mode Fiber made in Broendby, Denmark. If you have questions about RoHS compliance, contact Tony Irujo, our customer technical support manager, at tirujo@ofsoptics.com.

Broadband Properties magazine has selected OFS as one of this year's International Top 20 in FTTx and Broadband. In its annual global report on broadband, the publication highlights OFS' global reach and our new bend-insensitive AllWave FLEX Zero Water Peak (ZWP) Fiber

… Andrew Oliviero, OFS’ senior product manager for multimode fiber, has been elected vice chair of the Fiber Optic LAN Section (FOLS) of the Telecommunications Industry Association

… Dave Mazzarese has joined OFS as Optical Fiber Technical Marketing Manager. He will support sales, marketing and product management for the optical fiber product line

… OFS will exhibit its fiber optic solutions for data centers at the BICSI Link Conference (booth 402) in Chicago, June 25 – 27.

Since the introduction of Gigabit Ethernet, multimode fiber systems have been recognized as the lowest cost solution for high-speed transmission over short reach 10 Gb/s applications. So how does one specify a multimode fiber for these high-speed systems? There are several methods that fiber manufacturers use to guarantee the bandwidth of their fiber for these applications. At the same time, bandwidth can be defined in a variety of ways depending on the application. Understanding the differences between various measurement techniques and associated definitions of bandwidth will help you make the best fiber choice for your applications. Get the full story.