6 WISPAPALOOZA SHOW I OCTOBER 9 – 12, 2023 www.bekabusinessmedia.com DAY 1 L Z OO 2023 Clearfield Inc., a leader in community broadband fiber connectivity, has released ClearPass Dust Cap. Clearfield’s patented, integrated solution helps operators ensure the fiber end face has a clean, dust-free connection surface. With a 92 percent cleaning effectiveness rate when used on a Clearfield terminated product, the ClearPass Dust Cap adds to the Clearfield Labor Lite solution set, delivering a simple-to-use, integrated cleaning tool that improves network turnup, reliability and first pass yield – a critical key performance indicator maintained by fiber providers. “At Clearfield, we are committed to providing our customers with top-quality products, enabling networks to run to their maximum potential while reducing the cost of deployment and ensuring deployment with minimal training,” said Kevin Morgan, chief marketing officer at Clearfield. “The next five years will be crucial for our industry, and we want our customers to be ready to deploy with innovative, comprehensive fiber connectivity solutions that have an immediate and long-lasting impact on their ability to succeed.” Left unchecked, minute particles of dust can cause permanent damage to networks, blocking fiber transmission signals, pockmarking end faces and causing reflection. These issues often result in additional deployment costs and service disruption. Many engineers cite the lack of a clean end face as a key factor impacting network deployment success. Given the reality of deploying equipment throughout the outside plant, dust and dirt is everywhere. Having a ready-to-use solution designed to create a smooth, clean connection is critical to getting fiber broadband services up and working correctly right away. The ClearPass Dust Cap simplified cleaning method began appearing in March on all applicable Clearfield jumpers. The ClearPass Dust Cap is available for all SC, FC and ST connectors with 2.5mm ferrules, and it is Clearfield’s latest innovation in fiber connector cleaning technology, purpose-built to streamline its customers’ ability to move through all stages of network deployment from planning, to provisioning to service activation. “As states begin to develop their plans to distribute NTIA BEAD grant allocations, network operators can leverage Clearfield’s solutions to quickly meet deadlines and expand network footprint all while playing a critical role in helping expand fiber broadband, taking us one step closer to closing the digital equity gap,” Morgan said. m The solution will be featured at Clearfield’s booth 352. Clearfield Releases ClearPass Dust Cap Baicells Technologies, a LTE and 5G NR vendor in the development of turnkey wireless network solutions for the WISP community, is showcasing a new fiber-based product line of OLT and ONTs at WISPAPALOOZA. The Dallas-based network vendor launched in North America in 2015 and brought innovative and cost-effective LTE solutions to help WISPs solve NLOS last mile deployment challenges across all kinds of rural and remote environments. As a result, Baicells can count more than 500 commercial networks in operation across the United States today. Building on that national presence, Baicells is introducing a new fiber product portfolio that will offer a competitive blend of functionality at highly competitive price points. WISPs and enterprises can look to Baicells to help integrate the domains of their fiber network with their wireless infrastructure, offering operational flexibility for better managing their business while securing new service opportunities with residents or enterprises. New products include a low-profile OLT (Optical Line Terminal) supporting a variety of multiple PON (Passive Optical Network) interfaces such as: XGS-PON, XG-PON, NG-PON2, GPON, EPON, in the same lowcost chassis, with the uplink/trunk capacity to the network up to 100 Gbps. The OLT can be bundled with an indoor or outdoor ONT (Optical Network Terminal), also available from Baicells, to help deliver these new, very high speed, connectivity services to the end user or network elements like a small cells. Included are an Indoor ONT, Outdoor ONT, and an Enterprise focused ONT (Optical Network Terminal) devices that offer multiple user side access interfaces for support of WiFi, GE, 10 GE, USB, and Voice (POTS), ideal for residential or enterprise applications. Backhauling to the network core, flexible support for XGSPON, XG-PON, 10G EPON, GPON, and EPON interfaces are all options. As a result, these new OLT and ONT platforms can be deployed in several brownfield or greenfield environments to help WISPs, enterprises, and communities remain connected with the latest technology. Baicells will continue the tradition of democratizing cutting-edge network solutions and making them available to service providers of all types so they can quickly expand their service footprints and build new revenue opportunities. For a smoother introduction, Baicells fiber products can be integrated into existing operations, administration, and management (OAM) platforms of service providers. Baicells recognizes the ongoing network evolution and today’s need for building hybrid networks that can be easily tailored to the environments and communities they serve. WISPAPALOOZA attendees can visit Baicells booth 349 to view the company’s new fiber products. These OLT and ONT products are already available for beta testing with a target release scheduled for December 2023. Baicells plans to continue expanding this product line to include MoCA solutions in Q1 2024. m To learn more about Baicells fiber products, and take technical deep dive into the products, contact sales_na@baicells.com to set up a meeting. Baicells Showcases New Fiber Product Portfolio for WISPs
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