Fiber-optic transmission has surely transformed the telecommunication industry. Optical Fiber Cables (OFCs) have emerged as a highly effective physical infrastructure of new-age networks, in response to the rising demands for higher bandwidth and faster data-speed for a variety of industrial and residential purposes. The two most common outdoor OFC-installations are Pole-line Aerial Installation and Underground...

Technology certainly is an extension of human abilities and capabilities. The new and better technological tools, facilitating individual and societal transactions, are shaping up future’s hyper-connected world. The empowerment to find each other and network in new ways, access to information and services at fingertips, higher-quality entertainment in homes and in hand and ease to...