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TAKING FIBRE TO THE LIMIT Welcome to the summer edition of Optical Connections magazine. With FTTH/B rollout continuing apace, we examine some of the nuts and bolts of the physical fibre network. Regular contributor Antony Savvas questions how far fibre cable technology can go, what developments are in the pipeline and whether we will ultimately have to rely on developments in photonics to meet demand for data throughput. In addition, industry veteran John Williamson takes a look at Optical Distribution Network (ODN) and Outside Plant (OSP) systems, equipment and components. Still on the subject of cables, Nesa Scopic, product manager, Fibre Connectivity, at HUBER+SUHNER explains the intricacies of the European Construction Products Regulation (CPR), which provides a set of standards for Europe, including classifications for cable reactions in a fire. Fire is not a problem for submarine cables, but laying them on the seabed comes with its own unique challenges. In a new occasional feature highlighting Women in Tech, we talk to Pioneer Consulting’s Director of Permitting and Marine Environmental Specialist Dr Lorraine Gray about her work, her career and the challenges facing women in a male-dominated industry. Of course, once the cabling and transmission technology is in place, the network has to be monitored and controlled, using Operational Support Systems (OSS). However, with the switch from copper to fibre, these systems are having to change and the move towards running them in the cloud means vendors are having to rethink their offerings. Johan Hjalmarsson, Product Marketing manager at Swedish OSS vendor NetAdmin, talks to Optical Connections about the changing nature of support systems. And finally, don’t forget to register for our webinar on Support Systems for Fibre Networks on 21st June, 2023. If you missed our very successful webinar on Sustainability back in March of this year, you can catch up on all the presentations at https://opticalconnectionsnews.com/webinars.
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Industry News
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Fibre Optic cable Development Antony Savvas
12 CPR-Rated Cables Nesa Scopic 14 Operational Support Systems Johan Hjalmarsson 16 Women In Tech Dr. Lorraine Gray 18 ODN Deployment John Williamson 20 EPIC CEO Interview Nicolas Volet 22 OFC Wrap 24 Optical Connections Webinars 25 AngaCom 2023 Preview 26 ECOC 2023 Preview 29 Product Focus
Peter Dykes Contributing Editor
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ISSUE 33 | Q2 2023
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