The FOA is an international non-profit educational association that is chartered to promote professionalism in fiber optics through education, certification and standards. The July 2026 FOA Newsletter is now. Fiber optics has become the predominant communications medium used for what today is called "fiber broadband," not just for telephones - including mobile/wireless - and the Internet, but also for cable television, computer networks, surveillance/security systems, industrial controls, traffic. If you are new to fiber optic communications, the FOA Guide To Fiber Broadband book can help you understand how fiber optics is the backbone of the world's communications systems - landline, submarine and wireless. The book is available on Amazon. Founded in 1995 by a dozen prominent fiber optics trainers and industry personnel as a professional society for fiber optics.
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