SPARTANBURG, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AFL, an industry-leading manufacturer of fiber optic cable, connectivity, accessories and equipment, today announced the launch of the Apex® X-1. As the most ...

Fiber optics provides a transmission medium that surpasses coax cable in many ways, especially for long transmission runs. But now with HD-SDI, the need for high-frequency capacity and low loss brings ...

Safeguarding your cabling system should be a primary concern. One of the most important parts of an OSP system, a splice is also one of its weakest links. Locations like tap points, taper points, ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a portable worktable that offers an improved way for technicians to use a fiber optic cable fusion splicer," said an inventor, from ...

The Code requirements for optical fiber vary with the type of cable used Fiber optic cable has many advantages over competing technologies, including increased information capacity (by orders of ...

Most fiber optic transmission systems are designed to work with one of two types of fiber optic cable: single-mode or multimode. The glass core in the center of single-mode fiber is thinner than in ...

The new splicing method overcomes traditional barriers to splicing these fibers caused by the difference in their physical properties, including differences in thermal expansion coefficients and the ...

Fiber optic cable is one of the fastest ways to deliver the internet, because its bandwidth is thousands of times greater than, say, coaxial cables—those wires with a pin sticking out from the center ...