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    • ICT Today — April/May/June 2026 (Vol. 47, No. 2)

    April 2026 · Vol. 47, No. 2

    • Optical Fiber Connectivity Trends: Practical Termination Choices for High Bandwidth, Low Loss Networks
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      Megan Wolfe, Katherine Asbeck, Elizabeth Pezeu*Across the optical fiber market, networks continue to grow more complex as they support an expanding range of devices and data-intensive applications across security, industrial, and enterprise environments. This article examines cabling trends and their effect on approaches used today, including mechanical connectors, splice-on connectors, fusion-splice pigtail cassettes, and pre-terminated solutions.*      16 min

    ICT Today — April/May/June 2023 (Vol. 44, No. 2)

    April 2023 · Vol. 44, No. 2

    • Scalable Passive Optical LAN Cabling Enabling Retrofit Installations
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      John GeorgePassive optical LAN (POL) systems, which have been deployed in fiber to the home (FTTH) builds for decades, are now scalable to 10 Gb/s with increasing data rates on the horizon. Thanks to technological advancements, optical fiber and cabling are now compact and nearly invisible, making them ideal for retrofit POL or FTTH builds that have limited or no available pathways and spaces.      9 min

    ICT Today — January/February/March 2023 (Vol. 44, No. 1)

    January 2023 · Vol. 44, No. 1

    • How to Optimize New Short-Reach Singlemode Deployments with Verified Ultra-Low Loss (ULL) Components
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      Gary Bernstein, RCDD, CDCDNew advancements in signaling, transceiver, and optical technology and IEEE optical fiber Ethernet standards are meeting the growing demand for increased bandwidth as global digitization continues to expand. Singlemode fiber (SMF) is becoming the application of choice in hyperscale and cloud data centers to support higher gigabit speeds, but newer short-reach singlemode applications are most cost-effective. Data centers should be aware of vendor insertion loss and return loss specifications.      17 min

    ICT Today — April/May/June 2022 (Vol. 43, No. 2)

    April 2022 · Vol. 43, No. 2

    • Overcoming the Challenges of Next-Generation Speeds in Data Centers:
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      James Young, CDCPAlong with advancements in transceiver and signaling technology, the latest fiber cables and connectors support increasing transmission speeds. There are now several options for 400 Gb/s applications. Driven by hyperscale cloud data centers, ongoing developments in 800 Gb/s, 1.6 Tb/s, and future 3.2 Tb/s are leading to additional advancements in optical fiber technologies and the need for high-performance connectivity.      16 min

    ICT Today — January/February/March 2021 (Vol. 42, No. 1)

    January 2021 · Vol. 42, No. 1

    • Keeping Up with Optical Fiber—Fiber is the NOW
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      Zoren Bullock, Rodney Casteel, RCDD, NTS, OSP, DCDC, CBRS CPI, Tony Irujo, Robert ReidThe increases in bandwidth throughout every segment of the network are going to require more optical fiber everywhere in the network. Capacity per cable is the main driver supported by both increases in capacity per fiber and the number of fibers in cables. Similar requirements will emerge in the access and data center market segments as 5G rolls out.      18 min

    ICT Today — April/May/June 2020 (Vol. 41, No. 2)

    April 2020 · Vol. 41, No. 2

    • Data Center Optical Fiber Cabling Decisions Based on Scale
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      Mike Connaughton, RCDD, CDCD, Brooke Ford, Joost Grillaert, Ph.D., Michael WangDecisions Based on Scale: For the purposes of comparison, there are three categories of data centers: traditional enterprise, cloud scale, and hyperscale. Learn how each of these categories has a different set of cabling and connectivity requirements when considering transmission, data rate, installation, latency, density, maintenance and migration.      15 min

    ICT Today — January/February/March 2020 (Vol. 41, No. 1)

    January 2020 · Vol. 41, No. 1

    • Discover How to Convert Multimode Optical Fibers into Singlemode to Support Growing Bandwidth Demands
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      Kevin Lengle, Ph.D.Nearly 75 percent of the optical fibers deployed in the LAN are multimode. Bandwidth-intensive applications and latency-aware traffic are becoming ubiquitous. With MPLC-based technologies, there is no need for large costly cabling projects; simply convert multimode optical fibers into non-dispersion singlemode.      14 min

    ICT Today — January/February 2019 (Vol. 40, No. 1)

    January 2019 · Vol. 40, No. 1

    • 400 Gb Layer-1 Connectivity: Total Cost of Ownership for Singlemode Optical Fiber Based Infrastructure
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      Mike Connaughton, RCDD, Rakesh SambarajuMany data centers are already planning for 400 Gb. Optical transceiver architecture options involve parallel optics and WDM that have opposing effects on the cost of cabling and connectivity. Learn about the costs of 100 Gb and 400 Gb links—vital information for choosing the right architecture.      11 min

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    Vol. III

    • Optical Fiber Cabling Media
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