Calient Networks has launched its latest environmentally friendly product, a RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) Directive compliant DiamondWave FiberConnect.

 

With a long history of fostering environment responsibility; from reducing energy consumption to new ideas on reducing CO2 emissions, Calient’s latest offering reduces lead and other hazardous substances below standards set by the European Union.

 

The company strongly believes that they have a corporate responsibility to the communities they live and work in and to the world at large to establish safe, healthy, and economically sustainable products.

 

The DiamondWave FiberConnect is an intelligent fiber optic cross-connect system (FOCS) that offers carriers deploying large amounts of new fiber cost saving, reduced electrical consumption, and a significant contribution to reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

 

Additionally, the FiberConnect streamlines and centralizes network operations. Calient points out that the telecommunications industry has established many initiatives to foster positive environmental positions and products.

 

Calient has consistently delivered incredibly low energy consuming product and creative solutions for reducing greenhouse emissions. Their most recent product, the DiamondWave FiberConnect, consumes less than a quarter of a watt per fiber connection.

 

John Bowers, CTO and VP marketing and business development for Calient said that this is less than 150 watts for a 640 fiber termination fiber optic cross-connect system (FOCS) or less than 1 W/Tbit/s fully loaded.

 

Calient’s FiberConnect allows operators to provision and troubleshoot fiber network problems remotely and with its any fiber-to-any-fiber cross-connect capability can directly resolve many failures. FiberConnect is able to isolate the location when a field visit is required and precisely dispatch the team reducing "windshield" time searching for the cable break.

 

FiberConnect also dramatically reduces the release of cleaning chemicals into the environment. Since the FiberConnect makes and remakes fiber connections with mirrors; no cleaning is required other than with initial installation.