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Fiber Optic Trends in the Communications Space Ludwig C. Graff
When considering where the fiber optic industry is heading we must look at the piece parts to fully understand the industry at large. To do this, it is important to break down the industry into the following segments: Fiber Optic Infrastructure; e.g. the last mile in fiber to the home deployments, Products and Applications. It is quite clear the trends toward using fiber optic deployments by Phone and Cable companies is where the lion’s share of growth has come from in recent years and more than likely where it is going in the foreseeable future. The driving force is to have ubiquitous broadband, so the customer can have transparency no matter whether they are at home on the computer, in the car on their mobile device or at the oďŹƒce on a tablet type of device.
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