copper
RSS copperO2 considers high fibre rollout
News Ofcom's current regulatory regime was set up for copper-based infrastructure and was largely a response to BT's former monopoly in this market. Carphone Warehouse's spokesperson also claimed that fibre and copper could "exist in parallel", as fibre... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News A BT spokesman told silicon.com these barriers include a universal service obligation to put copper wire into new homes, something which is high cost but which fibre takes away the need for. An Ofcom spokeswoman told silicon.com: "There may well be... [15 Jul 2008]
Carrier-Ethernet Puts Triple-Play Provider in the Lead
White Paper Lyse Tele wanted to increase revenue with bundled services for installed base of utility customers and build out an access network with better throughput and reach than afforded by Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) over copper. [11 Jul 2008]
A High-Channel-Density, Ultra-High Bandwidth Reference Backplane Designed and Manufactured for 10 Gb/S NRZ Serial Signaling
White Paper In the last 12 months 10Gb/s serial data transmission in copper backplane has moved from being a good possibility to a practical reality. Today it is feasible to build, in volume production, a long reach multiple channel copper backplane that can... [10 Jul 2008]
MPC Industries Headquarters Travel with CEO
White Paper MPC Industries is a 52-year old, family-owned manufacturing company with 42 employees, offering plastic injection molding as well as precision machining of both ferrous and non-ferrous alloys including aluminum and copper in cast and forged forms... [10 Jul 2008]
ASMi-54 G.SHDSL.bis Modem Extends High-Speed Network Over Existing Infrastructure
White Paper The company wanted to use existing copper infrastructure to deliver high-speed data services. Lattelecom deployed RAD's ASMi-54 G.SHDSL.bis Ethernet modem which extends Ethernet over copper pairs, offering cost-effective delivery of high bandwidth... [07 Jul 2008]
Transport Firm Gains Effective Job Management, Multicurrency Transactions
White Paper Kasembo Transport is a leading Zambian transport company, situated in the copper belt region. Kasembo Transport needed to upgrade its stock and cost control systems, which were run on an outdated version of the Pastel accounting system. [01 Jul 2008]
IBM puts money on solar power
News The partnership will focus on developing new methods for printing copper-indium-gallium-selenide (CIGS) cells that can turn more than 15 per cent of sunlight into power - a significant improvement on the six per cent to 12 per cent efficiency that... [16 Jun 2008]
Network Rail on track with IP
News The IP network will be integrated into Network Rail's FTN project which aims to replace 16,000km of copper cabling with 11,000km of fibre optic cabling to support a digital driver-to-signaller radio system. [10 Jun 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo Pictured are the different layers of the cable, including the fibreoptic itself, a protective steel sheath, copper sheet which carries 12kV of charge to power the optical amplifiers, and finally white plastic insulation. [29 Apr 2008]
Ofcom - high-fibre diet ordered for Broadband Britain
News Telecoms regulator Ofcom has launched a review into the most financially viable ways of replacing the existing copper networks. The speed offered by fibre optic cable - up to 100Mb - is much faster than broadband speeds of existing copper networks... [16 Apr 2008]
Photos: Australian broadband goes for a deep-sea dive
Photo This is, in turn, coated in a copper sheet, which carries 12kV of charge to power the optical amplifiers. Installing an internet connection can be difficult - especially if the cable is about 9,000km long and very deep underwater. [14 Apr 2008]
Considerations in the Selection of Enterprise & Data Center Fiber Patching & Splicing Cabinet Systems: An Integrated Approach to Managing Fiber & Copper Connectivity
White Paper Ratification of the TIA/EIA-568 Commercial Building Cabling Standard in 1991 was a major stimulus for the replacement of incompatible, disparate, and often difficult to manage computer and telecommunication equipment cabling with an orderly and... [11 Apr 2008]
Gigabit Ethernet over Fiber or Copper
White Paper Today’s servers are designed to process larger files and move more data faster than ever before. But when networks aren’t designed to support equivalent levels of performance, availability is compromised, and performance and bandwidth are reduced. [10 Apr 2008]
FSO and Fiber: Complementary Technologies for Today’s Networks
White Paper Despite new technologies that enable legacy copper telephone lines to carry information more efficiently, optical networks remain the most ideal medium for ultra high-bandwidth communications and true connectivity. [10 Apr 2008]
