Request InfoBroadcom Inc.Avago Technologies, a leader in the fiber optics industry, will showcase its AFCT-5745 and AFCT-594x series of OC-48 SFP transceivers which are part of the company’s extensive Metrak family of metro/SONET products. The AFCT-5745/594x series are applicable for SONET ADMs, multiservice edge platforms, xDSL applications and metro switching. It has digital diagnostics and monitoring capabilities, is RoHS compliant, and available for use in industrial temperature applications. 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