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New Optical Wave Expert - DWDM Channel Checker and OTDR

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New Nova SensAI - revolutionary, real-time automated assurance solution

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Ethernet/IP networks

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NFV/SDN

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Remote PHY and fiber deep

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Featured Introduction to testing with OTDRs

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5G future: Our world in 2025 By Dr. Konstantinos Stavropoulos | February 2020

5G network slicing: what, why, what, how By Dr. Konstantinos Stavropoulos | December 2019

Ten interesting facts about network outages By EXFO | December 2019

The road to 10G cable networks

Jimmy Gagnon | January 30, 2020

Our 5G world in 2025: what to expect, how to make it happen

Dr. Konstantinos Stavropoulos | January 28, 2020

Telco network transformation in the 5G era: maximizing analytics and automation

Dr. Konstantinos Stavropoulos | December 12, 2019

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Analytics-driven 5G launch (with EXFO’s Nova Services)

EXFO and Zain unlock the value of network data to boost CX and revenues

Hawaiki ushers in a new era of digital communications in the Pacific

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Loss Budget

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The total calculated power loss in an optical link or span. Calculation is derived from the sum of all losses including fiber attenuation, splices, components and connections plus a margin of error. Measured in total dB.