What's Up at Integra Optics

Throughout our “Breaking Down Buzzwords” series, we have taken a look at Remote Phy, and FTTX. To continue our series, let’s dive into coherent optics and attempt to provide a simplified (and, dare I say, coherent) explanation of some of the common terms and acronyms associated with this optical solution. Before we dive into the… Read more »

Preparing For The Future There comes a time in every company’s year where it needs to consider what expenditures will make it more capable of responding to operational and market challenges. Testing gear and emergency preparedness spends are a perfect example. Maintaining operational continuity is crucial because downtime is expensive! Many departments look to spend… Read more »

Yesterdays session offered excellent insight into the use of CBRS for Cable companies, especially at Charter. Both Mehmet Yavuz from Celona and Ahmed Bencheikh from Charter offered their knowledge and experience with CBRS to date. The advent of 5G technology, together with CBRS and private LTE/5G, introduces new options for an MSO’s enterprise customers. The… Read more »

How have top Telecom providers managed their networks during the COVID-19 pandemic?   Due to the uncertainty of the COVID pandemic, cable providers have had to accelerate their network capacity to accommodate the increase needs in bandwidth of their consumers. During the seminar at this year’s SCTE Cable Expo, industry leaders from the top Telecom… Read more »

Incredible network speeds are moving out of the lab and into commercial use! 400G is here with several different standards that can be right for your application. Let’s dive right into the leading emerging format: the QSFP-DD 400G and the available variations. Note1: MPO connectors have a default polish based on their fiber type. The… Read more »

In this connected world, our data connectivity is constantly being pushed to transport higher bandwidth and further distances…and need to be compatible with existing platforms… and limiting power usage… and maintaining a small form factor to maintain port density…PHEW!  This is definitely a tall order for pluggables; but technology marches onward. Without using amplifiers and filters… Read more »

Life 2.0 2020 has certainly been a year of change as we’ve navigated digital transition both in the workplace and in schools. The world has seen traditional models of education and business tested, fractured, and revised. It most definitely has been a learning experience; pre-information age models are catching up with the times. There are a plethora of benefits that have come with… Read more »

Active Optical Cable’s (AOCs) have been quickly gaining traction and growing in popularity, especially in data center and enterprise spaces. AOCs offer a variety of benefits that will help turn up your networks faster and keep them up and running. The Basics: What is an AOC (and what are the benefits)? Let’s start really simple;… Read more »

If history has shown us anything in the optical communications world, it’s that fiber resources are precious and costly to install or upgrade. Whether you are pushing to maximize the capacity over your own fiber plant, or looking to reduce leased fiber expenditures, you are not alone; everyone is looking for ways to get the… Read more »

“May you live in interesting times”. We have all heard this saying before that often gives us mixed messages. Are these interesting times going to bring positive change, or negatively impact how we go about our daily lives? While there’s no crystal ball, it is safe to assume that the world is going to look… Read more »