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Picometrix, a business of $25 million-capitalized Advanced Photonix supplying high-speed optical receivers and terahertz instrumentation, has announced a 100G DP-QPSK design win with a tier 1 China-based telecom equipment and [...]

As business IP emerges as the predominant element in network traffic, progressive service providers are positioning themselves to deliver the mission-critical, IPdriven services (e.g., electronic data interchange, e-commerce and VoIP) […]

Ubiquitous VoIP call capabilities from public-to-private networks or private-to-private networks are only possible with native IP peering. However, interconnecting networks is a stringent task--one with which today's VoIP equipment architectures […]

Maintaining Quality Voice Transmission Transmission grade of service (GOS) is a measure of users' opinions of the quality of the speech heard during a telephone conversation. GOS is measured on […]

In Remote Links, A Modem's Speed Equates to Power When it comes to linking computer equipment, speed means power. It's that simple. The more quickly data moves between devices, the [...]

Responding to the challenge of divestiture and deregulation, and the growth of multi-vendor networks, suppliers of data test equipment are making their devices smaller, lighter, more capable, easier to use [...]

Telecommunications companies, for years operated by their national governments, have begun to be privatized as result of the increasing international nature of the industry. British Telecom, AT & T, and the telecommunications companies of Italy, West Germany and the Netherlands are in various stages of privatization. Technological advances have also contributed to internationalism and increased competition in the telecommunication industry. Various European telecommunication companies are profiled, and their telecommunication services and equipment offerings are described.

Linking Up with Fiber Optics Though the basic technology has been around for several years, fiber optic communications continue to spark the imagination of engineers. The advantages of fiber networks [...]

PBXs: Office Controller Exchanges Communications is a competitive business weapon, and telecommunication is rapidly becoming the most common form of business communication. Private branch exchanges (PBXs) are the telecommunications device […]

HOW TDR PROBES OUTSIDE PLANT FOR GLITCHES ONCE a technique reserved for laboratory or engineering personnel, Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) is finding its way into daily use for cable fault [...]

Path length problems yield to smart circuit Surprising side effects from the breakup of the Bell System and the proliferation of Other Common Carriers (OCCs) are surfacing as the North [...]

Echo cancellers help meet network needs On May 30, 1985, a significant step forward will be made for telecommunications in the Arab world. The Arabsat satellite will be launched by [...]

How does fiber measure up? Fiber optics is a new and dynamic technology. It is an impatient technology, rushing to push the state-of-the-art to its limits. Emphaticallly it is not [...]