Regulators: Switch off copper networks at 80 percent FTTH

The Bundesnetzagentur is presenting its concept for the gradual shutdown of Germany's copper networks. The legislator is now ...
Computerworld

Will fiber optics overtake copper in backbone?

Every child of the ’70s remembers the first mainstream application of fiber optics: Color-changing lamps that were as cheap as they were mesmerizing. Nowadays fiber has to handle more serious but just ...
EDN

PHY-layer ICs replace fiber with copper

Devices deliver up to 25 Gbits/s over copper, and operate over both Infiniband and UTP cable The D-PHY 5GC/2.5GC physical-layer transceiver ICs allow designers to replace fiber optics with ...
EDN

Fiber versus Copper Links

Industrial environments are particularly challenging for data communications network designs for a variety of reasons. Typically rife with electromagnetic interference (EMI), unless every precaution ...