High-tech, fire-resistant cables for London’s tallest building
23 July, 2012The energy and telecom cables and systems company Prysmian Group has supplied approximately 350 km of high-tech, fire-resistant cables for power distribution within the recently inaugurated Shard skyscraper, the tallest building in London and Western Europe.
Lightweight cable technology helps address Brazil’s power demand
23 July, 2012Cable company Nexans has developed the Lo-Sag conductor, which consists of a thermal-resistant aluminium conductor wrapped around a composite carbon core. It has been installed in Brazil to address the country’s increased power demand.
Malcolm Turnbull: NBN rollout slow as “an arthritic snail”
20 April, 2012Malcolm Turnbull MP has criticised the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout, saying it is moving “with the determination and velocity of an arthritic snail”.
NBN to 3.5m homes and businesses by 2015
30 March, 2012More than 3.5 million homes, schools, hospitals and businesses will have access to National Broadband Network fibre services in the next three years, NBN Co has announced.
WL Gore & Associates 18 GHz cable assembly
15 March, 2012A rugged 18 GHz cable assembly has been added to the Phaseflex Microwave/RF test assemblies range. The assembly is specifically engineered for high throughput production test applications in the wireless infrastructure market.
AFC splice cassettes
16 December, 2011The AFC fibre-optic splice cassettes offer several new features including quick-grip, spring-loaded fibre clamps, fibre storage and redirection spools and special hinges.
Yamasaki fibre-optic microscope
08 November, 2011 byThe Yamasaki fibre-optic microscope is designed for laboratory and field use for viewing the polished ends of terminated optical fibres. The microscope - suitable for contractors and technicians - has a precision optical glass and an integrated infrared safety filter.
Project: Communication solution to link Adelaide Zoo with Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary
30 September, 2011Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary in South Australia was established in 1969 by revegetating dairy land with native trees and shrubs to attract native animals and birds. The sanctuary, which contains 14 hectares enclosed by feral-proof fencing, is now home to 100 species of birds and many native mammals, most of which are nocturnal and highly endangered.
Tektronix PXIe-5186 digitiser
12 September, 2011 byNational Instruments has released what it claims is the highest bandwidth PXI digitiser, complementing the suite of instrumentation available in PXI.
NBN rollout continues
03 August, 2011 by Steve Christian*The National Broadband Network (NBN) is a high-speed broadband network that will, through a combination of fibre, wireless and satellite, reach 100% of Australian premises and provide the vital communications infrastructure to help sustain our country for decades to come.
Yamasaki TV650 Visible Fault Identifier
21 July, 2011 byThe TV650 Yamasaki Visible Fault Identifier (VFI) is a device to test any losses of signals in a fibre, such as finding breaks, bends, any light leaking and faulty connectors or splices in fibre-optic cables.
Yamasaki fibre-optic light source
30 June, 2011 byThe Yamasaki fibre-optic light source is used to measure the fibre-optic loss within the singlemode or multimode fibre cable. The light source would transmit light through the singlemode or multimode fibre-optic cable and the power meter would detect how much light has been lost.
AFC Group pre-terminated loose tube cable assemblies
18 April, 2011 byAFC Group has introduced a range of pre-terminated loose tube cable assemblies, now up to 48 fibres.
Yamasaki TP40 FiberSeek PON fibre-optic power meter
26 March, 2011 byThe Yamasaki TP40 FiberSeek PON fibre-optic power meter for testing in the FTTx environment simultaneously measures the PON signals of 1310, 1490, 1550 nm with 1310 nm wavelength upstream burst mode for communication with the ONT. For the fibre-to-the-home, it uses the signal pass through for minimal disruption for customers.
Yamasaki MEC mechanical splice
25 March, 2011 byThe Yamasaki MEC mechanical splice is designed to stably connect and repair two fibre-optic cables. It allows shorter installation time, versatility and low optical loss and is suitable for quick fibre-optic connections out in the field during installation or repairs.
