Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp.

Jamie Joshue Seawell

Tsutomu Watanabe

Yukihiro Yokomachi

William Dmytro Charuk

Optical fiber networks, devices, and related methods are disclosed herein. In some aspects, an optical fiber network includes network devices having optical fibers for transmitting and receiving data. In the network, 100% of the optical fibers are utilized end-to-end across the plurality of network devices. Networks herein are also devoid of converters and include only a single direction connection between fibers at interconnect points between devices. Network devices may include ferrules, where at least some of the ferrules are devoid of an optical fiber. A method for providing an optical fiber network includes providing network devices having optical fibers for transmitting and receiving data and transmitting data using 100% of the optical fibers end-to-end across the network devices.

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Fuquay Varina, NC, United States of America

Jamie Joshue Seawell