MPO Cable Assemblies

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MPO is the industry acronym for “multi-fiber push on.” It was developed to provide a multi fiber connectivity in one connector to support higher bandwidth and higher density applications. The demand for MPO cables has been driven by the development of 40G and 100G transceivers (QSFP+ and QSFP28 transceivers respectively) with MPO ports.

As 40G and 100G multimode transceivers have been adopted into existing networks, there is a need to connect these to existing 10G host equipment (routers, switchers, servers, storage). QSFP+ and QSFP28 transceivers typically transmit over multimode and require MPO OM3 or OM4 cables –  MPO multimode patch cables. MPO to LC breakout cables enable one 40G (or 100G) port to be connected to up to four 10G ports (or 25G ports).