Fiber Optic Test & Measurement Made Simple
From OTDR trace analysis to end-to-end network assurance, EXFO helps telecom professionals find the right testing solution for every fiber challenge.
From OTDR trace analysis to end-to-end network assurance, EXFO helps telecom professionals find the right testing solution for every fiber challenge.
Select your application below and we will guide you to the right instrument for the job.
Locate faults, measure splice loss, and certify fiber links with our intuitive OTDR instruments.
Accurate optical power measurement across wavelengths for installation and maintenance verification.
Inspect connector endfaces in seconds with automated pass/fail analysis based on IEC 61300-3-35.
End-to-end Ethernet, IP, and transport testing for carrier acceptance and SLA validation.
Proactive monitoring and analytics to detect network degradation before it impacts subscribers.
Complete field kits, reference cables, adapters, and carrying cases for every testing scenario.
Wherever fiber optics carry critical data, EXFO instruments help ensure signal integrity and network reliability.
FTTH deployment, backbone certification, and PON network testing for service providers.
High-density connector inspection and Tier certification for hyperscale and colocation facilities.
Campus LAN certification, backbone testing, and structured cabling verification.
Fiber installation acceptance, splice validation, and project documentation tools.
Getting the right test instrument should not be complicated. Here is our simple three-step approach.
Describe your network type, fiber count, and testing requirements. Our online selector tool or application engineers can help narrow the options.
Within 2 hours, receive a personalized instrument recommendation with specs, pricing, and an ROI comparison against manual testing methods.
Every purchase includes free onboarding training, a quick-start guide, and 12-month warranty with direct access to our support engineers.
See how telecom teams use EXFO instruments to solve specific challenges in the field.
A regional telecom carrier deploying GPON-based FTTH across 12,000 premises in rural Ontario faced a bottleneck: their existing OTDR workflow required 12 minutes per fiber, and their 8-person field crew could only certify 70 drops per day. After switching to our automated mass fiber test platform with SmartTEST auto-configuration, the same crew achieved 90-second per-fiber certification — reaching 420 certified drops per day. The project was completed 6 weeks ahead of the original 9-month schedule, with a documented first-pass yield of 97.2%.
During a 400G optical upgrade at a 15-megawatt hyperscale data center in Northern Virginia, the operations team discovered that 23% of existing MPO trunk cables failed insertion loss requirements at 400G data rates despite passing at 100G. Using our 12-fiber MPO inspection probe and automated pass/fail analysis per IEC 61300-3-35 Zone D criteria, they identified contaminated endfaces as the root cause. After targeted cleaning and re-inspection — averaging 8 seconds per endface — the failure rate dropped to 1.4%, saving approximately $180,000 in unnecessary trunk cable replacements.
Practical guides and tools from our engineering team to help you test smarter, not harder.
Learn to read dead zones, reflective events, and non-reflective events like a fiber expert.
A simple decision framework to determine the right tool for your testing scenario.
Step-by-step video tutorial on connector endface inspection with pass/fail criteria.
Calculate your link loss budget and verify if your network meets design specifications.
Our application engineers help hundreds of technicians every month find the perfect testing solution. Let us do the same for you.
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