Yes, the time has come. Much like GBICs, 10 gigabit XFPs, SONET gear, and woolly mammoths, support for and availability of the 100 Mbps fiber transceiver is coming to an end.   Remember when 100 Mbps

As networks push toward higher speeds and longer distances, a familiar tradeoff keeps resurfacing: the farther data needs to travel, the more complex and expensive the infrastructure becomes. Optical

Champion ONE’s full line of WDM passive filters come in a wide variety of configurations and form factors to meet all your network needs. Our outside plant cassettes can be mounted into industry-stand

Question: What is a Small Cell? Larry Legg says: The term “Small Cell” refers to Small Cell Antennas vs. the dedicated free-standing towers with many antennas attached. It’s easy to m

Being the leading provider of optical transceivers over the past two decades, we know how fast open networking is changing. The need for more bandwidth is increasing across all industries, and solutio

Approved Networks, a brand of Legrand, provides a broad range of direct attach copper cables (DACs) and active optical cables (AOCs). This application note illustrates the use cases in the data center

The promise of high-capacity IPoDWDM is occurring. With the commercialization of 400ZR/ZR+, we can build high-capacity circuits in a solid, straightforward system. We can build a robust course u

In the rapidly evolving world of networking, staying ahead means adopting the latest technologies that can drive efficiency and performance. Approved Networks' 800G state-of-the-art transceivers set

It’s been just over a year since ChatGPT was made publicly available. According to a study by UBS Research, two months after its launch, the application reached over 100 Million users, makin

It’s bad enough there are chip shortages, fiber shortages, hardware shortages and component shortages affecting the fiber optic industry. Now there’s another layer causing concern: a labor short

Question: Why are Edge Data Centers a hot topic? And what are they exactly? Larry Legg says:  An Edge Data Center is, basically, a smaller data center, providing the same service closer to t