Fiber to the X (FTTX) comprises the many variants of fiber optic access infrastructure

PON/Systems

PONs (passive optical networks), Active Ethernet, and RF over glass (RFoG) are the primary FTTH/FTTP/FTTB technologies. PONs include GPON, EPON/GEPON, DOCSIS PON (D-PON), and WDM PON. Here you'll find news and new products for GPON, EPON/GEPON, WDM PON, D-PON, Active Ethernet and RFoG.

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The Lightwave Channel
Leonard Ray, business development manager, FTTH Solutions, in the Access Networks division of Cisco, explains his company's upcoming offering for MSOs looking to extend fiber to the home.
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The Lightwave Blog
Oclaro 2Q12 earnings call tidbits
by Stephen Hardy
Editorial Director and Associate Publisher, Lightwave
Oclaro Chairman and CEO Alain Couder and CFO Jerry Turin discussed the company's results of the company's fiscal second quarter 2012 with analysts January 26...
Jim Theodoras, ADVA Optical Networking
Swimming in 100GbE’s alphabet soup
by Jim Theodoras
ADVA Optical Networking
Recently, there has been a lot of confusion around the area of next-generation 100-Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) development and who is doing what. Given the...
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