Industry News

Light Brigade Releases Its Newest Training Course - Splicing Deep Dive Workshop

Kent, WA – August 1, 2023 – Light Brigade, the longest-established fiber optic training company in the United States, continues the development of its courses with the release of its newest offering, Splicing Deep Dive Workshop. With a maximum ratio of eight (8)...
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Light Brigade Exhibiting & Presenting at the 2023 BICSI Winter Conference

Light Brigade is excited to announce that this will be its first year exhibiting and presenting at the BICSI Winter Conference held in Tampa Florida, February 4th – 8th. 2023 marks the celebration of 50 years of BICSI conferences. In support of the 2023 ...
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Light Brigade Expands East Coast Presence with New Fiber Skills Academy in Charlotte NC and Blown Fiber Academy in Clinton SC

Light Brigade is expanding their fiber skills training capability, with two additional academies on the East Coast. Joining parent company, Hexatronic US at newly established Marketing & Sales office in Charlotte, NC, Light Brigade announces the grand opening...
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Light Brigade Releases Revamped OTDR Testing Deep Dive Workshop

Light Brigade, the longest-established fiber optic training company in the United States, continues development of its courses with the release of the newly-improved “OTDR Testing Deep Dive Workshop”. Featuring a mix of measurement theory and hands-on ...
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Light Brigade and JETTING AB Enter into OEM Partner Agreement for Air Blown Fiber Tooling and Equipment

Light Brigade and JETTING AB have entered into an OEM Distribution Agreement where Light Brigade will be stocking distributor for JETTING’s unique range of fiber blowing machines and provide in-field services for training and support throughout the USA ...
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Nokia and TV Azteca Trial 5G Connectivity for TV Broadcasting

Broadband Technology Report (BTR) announced Nokia and TV Azteca carry out the first test of TV transmission over 5G in Latin America. Test consisted of HD/4K video images transmission directly from cameras to TV Azteca’s encoding server, reducing video latency ...
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PRESS RELEASE: FOC Reports on the Broadband Article Presented at the March 11th Fairhaven, Massachusetts Town Meeting

FOC is known for reporting on news and advancements in their fiber optic industry and found an excellent overview of both what fiber networking is about and how it impacts small and rural towns, right in their own neighborhood....
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IWCS Seeks Abstracts for 2021 Symposium

IWCS has issued a Call for Papers for IWCS 2021 - International Cable & Connectivity Symposium. For 6 decades, the IWCS Symposium has been the leading worldwide conference for peer-reviewed papers and presentations on technologies and trends in cable and ...
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AFL and SENKO Enter Into a License Agreement for the SN® Connector

AFL and SENKO Advanced Components, Inc. (SENKO) announce the signing of the SN Technology Transfer and Patent License Agreement for SN Connectors and Adapters. With this agreement, AFL will begin the manufacturing of SN connectors and adapters while the...
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AFL Honored With 2020 CI&M Gold Innovators Award

AFL, an international manufacturer of fiber optic cable, accessories and equipment, announced today that the Fujikura 90S fusion splicer was recognized among the best in the industry by the 2020 Cabling Installation & Maintenance Innovators Awards. AFL was ...
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