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Choosing the Network Cabinet is crucial to ensure the organization, safety, and efficiency of IT equipment. A well-selected cabinet not only optimizes space and facilitates cable management but also ensures operational continuity and the integrity of the equipment. In this guide, we will cover essential aspects...

Sérgio Coutinho
Sérgio Coutinho

barpa Technical Advisor

Fiber Optic Cables are a crucial element in the transmission of data, voice, and video in communication networks. They are widely used in various applications such as telecommunications, cable TV transmission, high-speed Internet, and data center infrastructure. Pre-connectorization is a technology that has become increasingly...

Luís Taveira
Luís Taveira

Production Manager

The fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, is transforming the way we live and work. This new era of digitalization and automation is bringing about significant changes and opportunities, but it also presents new challenges that must be addressed. It is crucial for...

Ana Barbosa
Ana Barbosa

I&D

Effective stock management is essential for the success of any company. Stock is a valuable asset that can directly impact the level of service provided to customers and the liquidity of the business. In this article, we will explore the importance of efficient stock management,...

Francisco Marques
Francisco Marques

Purchases Manager

In today's increasingly connected world, efficient structured networks are essential for the success of businesses. In this article, we will explore the key questions about GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) networks and provide clear answers to help you better understand this advanced technology. barpa, a...

Rute Araújo
Rute Araújo

CEO

People and their importance within organizations The business sector worldwide continues to grow and create new companies, startups, and new business niches every day. The main reason for this constant development of new companies is mostly due to the need for economic and financial development. We...

Pedro Bessa
Pedro Bessa

Commercial & Marketing Director

Introduction PoE (Power Over Ethernet) technology allows ethernet cables to transmit data and power simultaneously using a single network cable, eliminating electrical infrastructure need, minimizing installation costs. The concept of Power Over Ethernet is necessarily related to Alexander Bell and analog telephony, since the telephone is...

José Perdiz
José Perdiz

Telecommunications Promoter

Other Applications of Fiber Optic Cables We all know the benefits of optical fibers for telecommunications. Either for long distances for communications between cities, countries or even continents, as for short distances such as in a trunk of a building. We could not imagine telecommunications or...

Leonardo Martínez
Leonardo Martínez

Spain Business Manager

Currently, for a company to evolve, it is essential that it constantly seeks to develop its processes, products and services in order to remain competitive in the market. Continuous Improvement has been adopted by several organizations as a differentiating factor, since it allows for increased efficiency,...

Ana Arnaud
Ana Arnaud

Quality and Continuous Improvement Manager

Optical fibers are flexible filaments made of transparent materials, such as glass or plastic fibers, and are used as a light propagation medium. Despite their many applications, data transmission is one of the most common. Although they are very thin, with each fiber measured in micrometers,...

Luís Taveira
Luís Taveira

Production Manager

To design a structured network, among other aspects, we must take into account the type of cable we should use. For this purpose, I begin by presenting the different types of cables that exist at our disposal: Twisted pair cable construction   Unshielded Cable U/UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) cables...

Sérgio Coutinho
Sérgio Coutinho

barpa Technical Advisor

The changes on our Planet Earth have emerged at an overwhelming pace and represent serious threats to the health and well-being of the population, biodiversity and the future of nature. From the increase in the global average temperature, to the extinction of several species of...

Juliana Rocha
Juliana Rocha

HR Manager

Introduction A splitter is a device used to split a light beam that travels over a fiber and send it over 2 or more fibers, increasing the number of links in a network. Today we will talk about the meaning and purpose of a fiber optic...

Luís Taveira
Luís Taveira

Production Manager

OM5 is a multimode fiber cable designed for high bandwidth and short to medium range applications. Is the first approved as WBMMF (Wide Band Multimode Fiber) designed to specifically handle high-speed data center applications. It was created to support shortwave wavelength division multiplexing (SWDM) applications that...

José Perdiz
José Perdiz

Telecommunications Promoter

The telecommunications market is constantly changing. It is mainly reflected in the way innovations lead to a need for adaptation by everybody. Constant changes are, without a doubt, a new reality with which we must live. Thus, there is an undeniable certainty - adaptability has to...

Luana Santos
Luana Santos

Marketing Manager

We hear, see and read a lot that the circumstances are harder, more demanding. It’s harder to create a company, information changes quickly, we need to adapt quicker, consumer change their habits, etc. It’s what we call a VUCA world - "Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and...

Rute Araújo
Rute Araújo

CEO

In the current days, Data Centers are expanding, each day, mainly because of the high demand of users that has been greatly increasing throughout the years. And with these last 2 years, mainly during the COVID-19 pandemic which made people work from home, causing an...

Alexandre Araújo
Alexandre Araújo

Export Sales Manager

MPO, Multi-fiber push on, is a plug & play solution that combines several fibers in a single connector. Available in connectors of 8, 12, 24, 32, 48, 60 and 72 fibers, they are used a lot in high density applications, like data centers for example. In...

Rute Araújo
Rute Araújo

CEO

Do I need Multimode or Monomode? Multimode fiber is suited to use in local area network (LAN) for short transmission distances. In this kind of fiber light rays are carried simultaneously through the waveguide. The bit rate can reach 10 Gbit/s for a transmission distance of...

Rute Araújo
Rute Araújo

CEO

The Construction Products Regulation (CPR), EU Regulation No 305/2011, lays down the harmonized conditions for the market of construction products. As a regulation to be applied throughout the European Single Market, it refers to the harmonized standards of CENELEC EN50575: 2014 and EN50575: 2014 /...

Rute Araújo
Rute Araújo

CEO

The demand for pre-assembled cables is increasing, and their versatility is one of the main reasons. At Higgs the personalization is one of our main focuses and it is possible to customize the products from the begin to the end according to your needs. In addition...

Rute Araújo
Rute Araújo

CEO

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