Members Releases

July 19, 2010
AFL Expands Interconnect Premise MicroCore™ Cable Product Line

May 28, 2010
Fluke offering online interactive demo of Wi-Fi tester

May 28, 2010
High-density fiber-trunk distribution cable

May 03, 2010
High-density fiber system for data centers

April 26, 2010
Draka launches fiber cables designed especially for data centers

April 23, 2010
Free poster highlights 10 fiber-safety rules

April 09, 2010
Optical patch cord paves way for 100G migration

April 07, 2010
High-density fiber system for data centers

March 29, 2010
FOA Publishes New Textbook On Premises Cabling

March 29, 2010
OFS researching next-generation transmission fibers

March 22, 2010
AFL Releases New Noyes OFL250-50 Model Replacing the OFL200 Fault-locating OTDR

February 22, 2010
Corning Cable Systems intros multi-fiber preconnectorized OSP line

February 22, 2010
Sumitomo Electric says PureAccess-R5 optical fiber exceeds ITU-T G.657.B3 standard

February 19, 2010
Solving network technicians' top 10 problems

February 16, 2010
Draka introduces pre-terminated cabling for data centers

February 09, 2010
Draka, Plumettaz partner on FTTH productivity tools

January 21, 2010
Legrand|Ortronics unveils Lumen pre-polished fiber connectors

January 18, 2010
Legrand-Ortronics' Brian Ensign elected to BICSI board of directors

January 13, 2010
OFS launches bend-optimized LaserWave FLEX multimode fiber for data centers, LANs

January 04, 2010
High density small form factor fiber cable assemblies target SAN, data centers

September 23, 2009
FOA Publishes New Textbook On Fiber Optics

August 13, 2009
Fluke Networks acquiring wi-fi test firm AirMagnet

August 13, 2009
Infrastructure Performance Remains a Priority for Data Centers During Economic Downturn

July 14, 2009
Corning receives IEEE innovation honor

June 17, 2009
Corning debuts bend-insensitive solution for data center

June 03, 2009
CommScope plant earns ISO environmental certification

March 19, 2009
CommScope offers SYSTIMAX 360 integrated network solution

March 19, 2009
OFS commercially debuts EZ-Bend cables, assemblies

March 11, 2009
Fluke Networks names Toyo Corp. as exclusive Japanese sales channel partner

March 02, 2009
Alabama Co-op Deploys FTTH with Draka Cable

February 03, 2009
Tyco Electronics intros QSFP 40G active optical cable assemblies

January 19, 2009
Sumitomo’s FutureFLEX Air-blown Fiber Infrastructure Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine’s 11th Annual Product of the Year Award

January 05, 2009
FOA Creates Comprehensive Reference Web Site For Fiber Optics

Cost Model

Hierarchical Star, Centralized Cabling or Fiber-to-the-Telecom Enclosure -- which architecture is best for your installation?

Find out with the FOLS Cost Model.

This interactive cost model is a tool that helps you compare the installed first costs of several standards-compliant architectures using fiber and copper cabling. The Cost Model lets you input your own data to most accurately allow you to compare different media choices.