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CONTENTS FOREWORD
F BRESYSTEMS Formerly FibreSystems Europe Issue 01 • Autumn 2013
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News The latest fibre systems news from around the world Feature Debunking FTTH myths
Tartwig Tauber says objections to Fibre to the Home do not stack up
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14 18 22 29 32
Feature Juggling terabit trade-offs
Pauline Rigby investigates the present and future of the 100G market
Feature Programming the network
There are plenty of challenges in the world of software-defined networking, says Roy Rubenstein
14 Feature Submarine cable technologies
Katia Moskvitch takes a deep breath and looks at the latest developments in underwater communication
Preview of ECOC 2013
Information on exhibitors at the biggest European optical communications event
22 Products A selection of the latest fibre systems releases Cover: Willyam Bradberry/Solarseven/
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Foreword
just at the point when the whole industry seems to have renewed life and vigour. Across all sectors of modern life – science and
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technology; business and commerce; entertainment and the internet; personal telephony – the demand for information is growing without check. And with that comes a demand for big ‘pipelines’ through which that information can travel. Mobile backhaul is just one example; although it is well known in our industry, it appears paradoxical to outsiders. Because so many people now want to access the internet and other information via their mobile phones, or through wifi in public places, there is a huge demand for fibre-optic capacity to get the data to the mobile phone masts before it can be broadcast. Tis general thirst for information is driving
the industry to develop higher speed networks, as Pauline Rigby discusses on page 14, while the need to get information to and from data centres is leading some carriers to apply techniques from within the data centres to transport networks. Roy Rubenstein analyses the development of soſtware-defined networking on page 18. As we look to the future, it is hard to recall that the first fibre-optic transatlantic cable was installed only 25 years ago; yet now, as Katia Moskvitch writes on page 22, they are an indispensable part of the global information and telecommunications infrastructure. Tere is, however, still a long way to go (and
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therefore a lot for us to write about!). Hartwig Tauber, director general of the FTTH Council Europe, uses this issue of the magazine to launch a rallying call for Europe to invest in the future by speeding up the installation of fibre to the home on the continent. Te magazine is available in both print and
‘turning-page’ electronic format and is backed up by an email newsletter and website:
www.fibre-systems.com. Formerly known as FibreSystems Europe, the magazine ceased publication during the recession. We have acquired it from its founders, the Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP), and have re-launched the publication: we think that now is a very exciting time to be in the fibre-systems business.
Dr Tom Wilkie Editor-in-Chief
Issue 1 • Autumn 2013 FIBRE SYSTEMS 3 Plenty in the pipeline
elcome to the first issue of the re-launched Fibre Systems. It is exciting for Europa Science to be able to bring the magazine back
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