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Big Pipes for Data Transfer: Report from OFC/NFOEC 2008
“Big pipes” is the most succinct way to describe the theme of this year’s Optical Fiber Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) in San Diego. In today’s environment of social networking, online video and triple play, the telecommunications industry is gearing up for unprecedented broadband demand.
After a nine-year hiatus, the 2008 OFC/NFOEC moved back to San Diego in sunny Southern California. The annual fiber-optics conference saw an 18 percent increase in technical paper submissions over the previous year, an indication of the excitement surrounding the resurgence of optical communications.
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