Wired4Fiber.com - Covering fiber optics news, markets, products, cabling, connectors, testing, devices and more

Your Definitive Source
For Information On
All Things Fiber Optics

The HOT List

What to look for in a Cabling Contractor

The remarkable increases in technology place a challenge on management to design and purchase systems that can support change with relatively minor expense.

Fiber optics gets hotter

- while copper prices rocket up

SAFETY? If the cash is there, we do not care!!!!

Toxic towns: People of Mossville 'are like an experiment' By David S. Martin, CNN Medical Senior Producer.

Megladon Announces New Product Release of TFOCAII Fiber Optic Assemblies with HLC® ScratchGuard(tm) Technology

Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a mighty locomotive. It's Megladon's Tactical Fiber Optic Cable Assembly (TFOCA).

DUPONT in the Safety arena for asbestos exposure to workers AGAIN

DuPont Co. exposed workers in Argentina to asbestos until the late 1990s despite knowing the risks of the material, according to three lawsuits filed Wednesday in Delaware. The lawsuits came from former workers at a Lycra spandex plant in Mercedes, Argentina, that was part of DuPont until the sale of its textile unit in 2004.

April 14, 2009 NOON This webinar on counterfeit electrical products is too important to miss

Megladon Manufacturing Is Added to Corning® Cable Systems' Cable Assembly House (CAH) Program

Join ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR and TED magazines as we host a free, one-hour Web seminar to help you better understand the scope of the problem and how to cope with this growing industry crime. It costs lives and causes property damage, and your liability can destroy your businessMegladon Manufacturing Group announced today acceptance into Corning Cable Systems' Cable Assembly House (CAH) Program. A new product family is now available for immediate shipment that includes Megladon's HLC SCRATCHGUARD™ termination technology and Corning Cable Systems' fiber optic components.

Megladon® Announces New Product Release of LGX Fiber Distribution Panels

By incorporating HLC SCRATCHGUARD patch cords and trunk cables into the distribution product line, Megladon is able to deliver the most robust turnkey solutions of any company in the marketplace. These solutions can be shipped pre-tested and pre-populated for installation time-savings and increased network performance.

Counterfeit Christmas Lights Pose Safety Hazard for Consumers

Megladon Manufacturing Group, Ltd., a leader in passive fiber optic products, announced today the appointment of TelRep Electrical Contractor magazine Initiative Finds Decorations among Counterfeit Electrical Products.

Megladon® Manufacturing Group, Ltd Announces the Addition of TelRep Midwest to Their Sales Force

Megladon Manufacturing Group, Ltd., a leader in passive fiber optic products, announced today the appointment of TelRep Midwest to Megladon’s field sales force covering 14 Western states. TelRep Midwest is a recognized leader in the CATV and Telecommunications industries and has recently expanded their line card to include additional fiber optic products.

Draka chooses Megladon's HLC ScratchGuard® Technology

Draka Communications announces a major advancement through the combination of Draka's BendBright-XST bend-insensitive fiber cable and Megladon®'s Hardened Lens Connector (HLC) ScratchGuard® connector technology.

10 GbE and the data center

Higher-speed standards are on the way for both data centers and computing applications.

Green IT is in style

The recent focus on global warming seems to have sparked a renewed interest in the environment, and, in the process, has focused a great deal of attention to the IT industry.

Megladon Announces New Product Release of Angle Polished HLC® ScratchGuard™ Fiber Optic Patch Cords

The SCRATCHGUARD™ Fiber Optic Patch Cords (by Megladon Manufacturing Group) is a critical step forward in quality. The fiber optic connector is a crucial component and the “gateway to the fiber optic cabling network”.

News You Can Use

Soaring demand for high-speed Internet to sustain fiber's growth

Counterfeits Webinar Archive Available

FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS - the latest and greatest

Registration Open for Integrated Project Delivery Webinar
It’s much better than herding kittens. Don’t miss it.

Heard On The Street - December 2011
Heard On The Street is a monthly column of news and trends by Frank Bisbee at www.wireville.com. Find articles and links to network cabling solutions for copper, coax, and fiber. Stay on top of the latest standards, new products, and technology. Free Internet Directory for the cabling industry, generic cable specs, and a calendar of events.

NOBEL PRIZE to Grandfather of Fiber Optics
Charles Kao, who is often referred as father of fiber-optic communications for his work in the 1960s fiber optics has won a share of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.

Megladon makes some radical breakthroughs in the area of fiber optic cable connectors
The new technology is a major step ahead for fiber optic cabling to surpass the functionality of copper in ease of use.

BICSI WINTER CONFERENCE DELIVERS FRESH START TO THE YEAR
The conference hosted more than 4,800 attendees. In addition to the more than 1,600 registered information transport systems (ITS) professionals, there were 1,888 one-day passes purchased onsite for those who were focused on seeing the new ITS products and solutions that were debuting at the conference.

Great Ideas and products were in abundance at BICSI
BICSI started the year off with one of the best conferences in years. If you missed it, you missed a great opportunity to find new goodies to build and maintain your business.

Megladon Announces New Product Release of Bend Insensitive Fiber Optic Drop Cables with HLC® ScratchGuard™ Technology
Megladon Manufacturing Group answered the request of the CATV industry today by providing bend insensitive fiber for node tail applications. Maximizing the number of customers served by each node has reduced the available space inside the node for fiber management. The result is attenuation and potential intermittent failures which are seen by customers as outages.

Megladon Solves Bend Loss Issues With First-In-Class Bend Insensitive HLC™ Fiber Optic Patch Cords
Megladon’s Bend Insensitive HLC™ low maintenance solution is dust and scratch resistant which provides an extended life span and lessens the frequency of scheduled replacements saving network managers time and money.

ACUTA Offering Hurricane Preparation Checklist to All Colleges and Universities
In the wake of the devastation wrought by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, ACUTA began working closely with the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), a technical planning and standards development organization, and its Network Reliability Steering Committee.

More ‘boom’ ahead for security markets
Market researchers scattered across the globe appear to agree that various segments making up the overall security marketplace are in bull mode.

Megladon’s E2000 HLC® SCRATCHGUARD™ Patch Cords Making Waves In The Marketplace
SensorTran, a leader in designing and supplying rugged and reliable fiber optic-based Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) systems and solutions sees the rare and unmatched value in Megladon’s latest product.

Planning for Safety - New requirements for healthcare security
Any contractor who has worked in healthcare environments knows the systems installation—whether electrical, fire alarm or security—poses many unique challenges.

Copper, Fiber or Wireless?
While the debate over which is better—copper, fiber or wireless—has enlivened cabling discussions for decades, it is becoming moot. Communications technology and the end-user market, it seems, already have made decisions that generally dictate the media.

Building Intelligence: What’s the IQ of Chicago’s UBS Tower?
Within the commercial real estate markets, those commercial buildings that lack IQ will lose tenants and overall value over the next five years.

BICSI transformation begins
Major changes to include launch of a 10-step program designed to 'enhance' education and credentialing efforts.

Draka Communications - Americas Announces Extended Warranty and Contractor Rebate Program
Draka Communications - Americas, a leader in fiber and fiber cable solutions, announces an Extended Warranty Program and Contractor Rebate Program for Private Networks.

Choose Wisely - Network design for fiber optics, part 2
Before you can begin to design a fiber optic cable plant, you need to establish with the end-user or network owner where the network will be built and which communications signals it will carry.