Tech Know

An in-depth look at how telecoms technology functions with essential facts on emerging technologies and a general glossary of telecoms terminology.

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  • C3PO


    11 May 2012

    The C3PO research project, which stands for Colourless and Coolerless Components for Low Power Optical Networks, is seeking to address the issue of growing power consumption in optical networks. To achieve this goal, C3PO is producing a new generation of photonic components, which are designed to be colourless and coolerless, resulting in greater energy efficiency, whilst still enabling bandwidth growth at an affordable price.

  • Vectoring technology


    01 Mar 2012

    Vectoring technology has emerged as a means of increasing broadband speeds without investing in an extensive fibre roll-out.

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glossary

The comprehensive guide to terminology for the telecoms industry.

To stay abreast of technological developments in our industry, you need to be in the know. As a strong advocate of knowledge-sharing Capacity magazine provides this online reference of words that shape our telecoms world.

Click through on the image or heading and you will find the glossary contains the most essential new terms for emerging technologies as well as the more familiar.

With the industry constantly evolving it can be difficult to show all current telecoms terminology, so if you don't find a term that you are looking for please contact the Capacity team and we will make sure the glossary is updated.

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