Optocap Ltd. a provider of advanced packaging and assembly services for optoelectronics and microelectronics, has released a turnkey packaging platform for fiber coupling of optoelectronic devices. The platform utilizes the company’s proprietary designs, materials, and process knowledge for prototype and volume quantities.

Smithville, a privately held telecom provider in Indiana, had completed the first segment of an FTTH overbuild valued at more than $100 million for all of its residential customers. The technology will allow Smithville’s customers access to faster broadband services, including a 100-Mbps package. The company says it is the first ISP in the Midwest to offer speeds higher than 50-Mbps for residential customers.

Expanding its No Polish Connector line, 3M has introduced the new No Polish LC connector for both multimode and single-mode fiber applications and the No Polish connector LC/APC for single-mode fiber applications.

TeliaSonera International Carrier, a fully owned affiliate of TeliaSonera AB, the incumbent telecommunications provider in Sweden and Finland and the largest operator in the Nordic and Baltic regions, has selected Infinera to build a new nationwide network in the United States.