This website lists recent articles related to
OFS in the press. Each listing includes the title of the report,
the magazine / newspaper / journal / website name, the date
of publication, and a short abstract of the article, plus a
link to the publication’s website. The page is updated and expanded
periodically, so we recommend that you review it frequently.
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Bend-Capable Fibre Variations Target Application Needs (Lightwave Europe Magazine)
This article explains why understanding the various types of bend-capable fibers, applications and benefits is more important than ever.
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Coming to Grips with Loss – Fusion Splicing Guidance for Single-Mode Fibers (OSP Magazine)
Despite the advances in fiber and fusion splicing technology, there are still many aspects of splicing that might be taken into account. This article helps to understand them.
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Optimizing the Fiber Distribution Hub (Broadband Properties Magazine)
Can PON fiber management be simple, flexible and cost-effective? This article discusses how advances in fiber technology, along with a rethinking of design, offer new solutions.
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Bend-Optimized Fibers are Best Chosen by Application (FTTH Prism, February 2008)
Bend-capable fibers provide significant value to many applications. This article discusses how to choose the optimal solution for each application, to achieve the best balance of reliability and optical performance.
This article is reproduced (with permission) from FTTH Prism Newsletter, February 2008 issue. For the complete issue of the newsletter, please visit www.chaffeefiberoptics.com.
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Improving Economies and Quality of Life Through FTTH (FTTH Prism, January 2008)
Video applications with increasing definition and personalization can help drive both bandwidth growth and successful business cases in FTTX. What is the economic impact of a suite of video-based services enabled by fiber optic bandwidths?
This article is reproduced (with permission) from FTTH Prism Newsletter, January 2008 issue. For the complete issue of the newsletter, please visit www.chaffeefiberoptics.com.
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Save on Data Center Cabling (CommunicationsNews Magazine, December 2007)
Andrew Oliviero discusses two new architectures that offer options for lost-cost, high-speed fiber-optic networks.
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Fiber to the MDU: Compact V-Linx Architecture for Easier Installations (Broadband Properties Magazine, October 2007)
This article from Dan Hendrickson, Hongbo Zhang and Peter Weimann explains how OFS uses mini-hubs every five floors, rather than one large hub in the basement, to distribute fiber. Compact on-floor concentrators can handle up to 60 units a floor.
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Advanced Optical Fibers Help Navigate the Bends inside MDUs (Broadband Properties Magazine, October 2007)
Until this year, most “bend-tolerant” fibers could withstand a 12- to 15 mm bend, but the limit is getting smaller. Here’s how vendors make the stuff, according to David Mazzarese.
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A New Approach to Speed Fiber to the MDU (FTTH Prism, September 2007)
A new Spooled Distribution System can improve the business case for fiber to each unit within MDUs and homes. This solution can lower installation labor costs by up to 50 percent, reduce inventory requirements, and speed system deployments.
This article is reproduced (with permission) from FTTH Prism Newsletter, September 2007 issue. For the complete issue of the newsletter, please visit www.chaffeefiberoptics.com.
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On the Road to 100-Gbits/sec Transmission (Cabling Installation & Maintenance Magazine, August 2007)
What are the applications and key network points driving the need for 100-Gbits/sec? OFS' Andrew Oliviero answers and explains why temporary solutions are not ideal.
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OFS Among Broadband Properties' Top 100 FTTx Companies (Broadband Properties Magazine, July 2007)
OFS is one of this year's leaders in the fiber market that continue to innovate and drive FTTx deployments.
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Carrollton firm [OFS] Donates Cable (Newnan Times-Herald Newspaper, July 2007)
OFS recently donated more than $217,000 in fiber-optic cable to help improve communications systems at the University of West Georgia.
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Video-Optimized Fiber is All About the Bends (Lightwave Magazine, July 2007)
There is no longer any ambiguity about the killer application: It’s personalized, on-demand, multifaceted, symmetrical, ever higher definition, bandwidth-gobbling video, according to OFS' John George and David Mazzarese.
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Pulaski, Tenn. Joins the Global Fiber-Connected Community (FTTH Prism, June 2007)
Pulaski, Tennessee is excited and proud to join the growing ranks of global fiber-connected communities using OFS products and solutions.
This article is reproduced (with permission) from FTTH Prism Newsletter, June 2007 issue. For the complete issue of the newsletter, please visit www.chaffeefiberoptics.com.
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The International Top 30 Companies for FTTx (Broadband Properties, March 2007)
OFS has been ranked as one of the top international companies for FTTx. Find out what the magazine wrote about OFS and its FTTx offering.
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Built to Last - The 40-Year FTTH design (LastMILE, March/April 2007)
This reports explains how to achieve cost-parity and future-proofing in an FTTH network design. Learn about the key importance of optical fibers, splitters and connectors.
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Minimizing PMD in Cabled Fibers (Cabling Business, March 2007)
David Mazzarese discusses why it is important to remember that fiber PMD specifications alone do not accurately predict cabled fiber performance, and therefore more data should be required from manufacturers.
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Choosing the Right Fiber for Premises Applications (Cabling
Installation & Maintenance, February 2007)
In this article Tony Irujo says that multimode fiber is usually
best for most situations, but new single-mode technology offers
long-distance punch. Find out about the challenges to choose
the most appropriate solution.
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Optimizing FTTH Economics through Intelligent Network Design
(FTTH Prism, January 2007)
Developing an in-depth understanding of the cost relationships
between networks elements of FTTH and where to best place
them in the network can provide the most economical network
both initially and for the long term.
This article is reproduced (with permission) from FTTH Prism
Newsletter, January 2007 issue. For the complete issue of
the newsletter, please visit www.chaffeefiberoptics.com.
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Increasing Power Margin with High-Performance Optical
Fiber (BICSI News, January/February 2007)
OFS' Andrew Oliviero suggests to specify lower loss cable and
optical fiber for longer distances than the intended use. Find
out why.
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Take-Rate Economics and FTTH Network Design (Broadband Properties,
December 2006)
As Guy Swindell suggests in this article, in every FTTH outside
plant design it is important to understand the cost relationships,
and the business plan of each deployment. Learn how to answer
the questions where, how and when the money will be spent.
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Fiber Suppresses Stimulated Raman Scattering (Photonics Spectra,
October 2006)
Recently, researchers at OFS Laboratories in Somerset, N.J.,
demonstrated how a specially designed, ytterbium-doped fiber
can suppress scattering by coupling the Raman wavelength out
of the fiber core, and this article talks about it.
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Start thinking about 3 to 30 Gbps by 2030! (Broadband Properties,
September 2006)
With video applications offering driving a 42 percent annual
growth in household bandwidth demands, choosing the optimal
Optical Distribution Network (ODN) can maximize the potential
to realize greater revenues through new video based services.
This article provide guidelines for future-proof ODNs.
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Applications Compelling Fiber to the Home (FTTH Prism, October
2006)
What will continue to drive the growth in household bandwidth
demands? This article discusses cost effective ways to maximize
the return on investment and value of FTTH networks.
This article is reproduced (with permission) from FTTH Prism
Newsletter, October 2006 issue. For the complete issue of
the newsletter, please visit www.chaffeefiberoptics.com.
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Broadband Properties Magazine includes OFS in the 2006 BBP TOP
100 List in the Fiber Market (Broadband Properties Magazine,
July 2006)
The
magazine staff researched almost 500 companies to find the best
of the best for FTTH in 2006, and OFS was selected. The report
highlights our corporation's long heritage and tradition of
being the first to market some of the products that are now
standard in the industry.
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Fiber connectivity awakens to a high-density world (Cabling
Installation & Maintenance magazine, July 2006)
Chip
White and John Kamino contribute to this article by executive
editor Steve Smith and explain why choosing a connector is more
than just a matter of "smaller is better."
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New Optical Fiber Improves FTTx Performance (Lightwave Magazine,
July 2006)
Alan
McCurdy writes about the improvements recently made in optical
fiber performance and design that have led to a new class of
optical fiber with exceptional macrobend loss performance, such
as OFS' AllWave® FLEX ZWP Fiber.
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Fiber to the Multiple Dwelling Unit (MDU): Architecture Options
and Considerations for Condominiums and Apartments (FTTH Prism,
June 2006)
John
George discusses the benefits and obstacles regarding the economics
of FTT-MDU compared to FTTH. How can you increase ROI? The secrets
to enable greater bandwidth and revenue-generating potential.
This article is reproduced (with permission) from FTTH Prism
Newsletter, June 2006 issue. For the complete issue of the newsletter,
please visit www.chaffeefiberoptics.com
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OFS makes the list as one of Broadband Properties' Top 20 International
Organizations in FTTH and Broadband (Broadband Properties, March
2006)
Broadband
Properties magazine publishes an extensive annual global report
on broadband, and OFS is included in the list of the Top 20
international organizations to watch. The magazine highlights
OFS' global reach and our new, bend-insensitive AllWave®
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Be Prepared: Ensuring your Network is Ready for 10 Gigabit Ethernet
(Cabling Business Magazine, March 2006)
Tony
Irujo and Andrew Oliviero help to answer the question how to
prepare a network to provide the best 10 Gigabit Ethernet support
for an organization. The article discusses different options
for 10 Gigabit Ethernet, how to select the best fiber grade,
and how to find the lowest costs - and avoid the hidden ones.
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Brushing up on Multimode Optical Fiber (Cabling Installation
& Maintenance, February 2006)
In
an article by Betsy Ziobron, OFS’ Andrew Oliviero and
Pete Weimann discuss features and benefits of various multimode
fibers, and take a look at current standard developments.
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Laser-Optimized Fiber is Built for Speed (Cabling Installation
& Maintenance, December 2005)
What
do you have to know about "laser-optimized fibers"?
Tony Irujo explains what the term means, to get better prepared
for the latest wave in optical communications for enterprise
networks.
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FTTH Design with the Future in Mind (Broadband Properties, September
2005)
John
George advises to "get ready for 10 Gbps and beyond,"
and states that "all it takes is the right fiber". |
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Push Past the Standards (Communications News, August 2005)
Andrew
Oliviero and John George explain the advantages of specifying
higher-performing products, such as LaserWave Fiber. |
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OFS Chosen as a Top 100 Company in Broadband Marketplace (Broadband
Properties, July 2005)
OFS
has been included in the "Top 100 Companies in the Broadband
Marketplace" List published by Broadband Properties Magazine,
July 2005. |
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Low-Loss PON Designs Yield Cost-Effective Triple Play (Lightwave,
July 2005)
John
George discusses minimizing loss within the optical distribution
network (ODN) and using full-spectrum single-mode fiber and
splitters.
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OFS Saw Value of Key Preform Process (Telegram.com, February
2005)
OFS
continues focusing on technology innovation and improving its
manufacturing processes. |
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FTTH Council Europe Elects New Board, Jan de Groot (OFS) as
Treasurer (M2 Presswire, December 2004)
Jan
de Groot, Marketing & Sales Director for OFS in Europe,
Middle East and Africa and as Managing Director of the Netherlands-based
subsidiary of OFS, is elected treasurer. |
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Selecting the Right Modules for Gigabit, Multi-gigabit Networks
(Cabling Installation & Maintenance, October 2004)
John
George navigates through the complicated nomenclature used for
some optical equipment, helps you understand the role of optical
modules, and the choices you will have to consider for your
application. The article also includes some recommendations
for overall system choices to help achieve maximum performance
and reliability from your network.
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Regulations Scuttle Fiber-optic Industry (Atlanta Journal Constitution,
June 2004)
OFS COO
Paul Neuhart's article discusses the implications of regulations
on the telecom industry. |
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Are You Ready for 10 Gigabit Ethernet? (Communication News,
February 2004)
Making
the right choices depends on an understanding of bandwidth requirements
and system needs, says John George. What is the best optical
fiber technology best suited for each application?
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Manufacturing Multimode Fiber (Cabling Business Magazine, December
2003)
David
Mazzarese and George Dulundsen III explain why fabricating high-performance
fibers requires innovative designs, and outstanding manufacturing
and testing processes.
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Choosing the Best Media for Fiber-in-the-Horizontal (Cabling
Installation & Maintenance, September 2003)
More
end-users are deciding to install fiber in their horizontal
networks, directly to desktops or even to wireless access points,
says John George.
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Tunable Dispersion Compensators Utilizing Higher Order Mode
Fibers (IEEE Photonics Technical Letters May 2003)
OFS
Laboratories’ S. Ramachandran, S. Ghalmi, M. Yan, F. Dimarcello,
and P. Wisk demonstrate a novel tunable dispersion compensator
that utilizes higher order mode fibers and switchable fiber
gratings. |
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Cost-effective Dispersion Management for Emerging Network Upgrade
Paths (Lightwave, February 2003)
Matching
the right fiber with the right dispersion-compensation module
-- and perhaps changing amplification techniques – will
provide the surest foundation for network capacity growth at
the lowest possible network cost, say OFS’ Lars Gruner-Nielsen
and C. Christian Larsen. |
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