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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.

  • Corporate social responsibility

    17 Feb 2012

    Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model. The term first came into common use in the late 1960s and early 1970s, after the term ‘stakeholder’ was formed by multinational corporations to define the impact an organisation’s activities can have an on a social environment. CSR can be considered part of a company’s mission and a guide to what it stands for and will uphold to its customers. Like many other market sectors, carriers have also been strongly adopting CSR as part of their business strategy.

  • FD LTE and TD LTE

    11 Jan 2012

    Frequency division (FD) LTE and Time division (TD) LTE are two different standards of 4G LTE technology.


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