With the addition of a Samsung application, users can enable their smartphone, tablet, and PC access to the Optical Smart Hub.

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And the product examples you cite attest to Alcatel's U.S. market leadership in the fast-growing optical submarine network, ADSL broadband Internet access and digital-loop carrier product areas.

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Key to the device is what's missing: Instead of the optical drive built into most other portable devices, the MacBook Air can wirelessly borrow another device's optical drive, so that it can access software or data stored on a disk.

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The team describes its breakthrough results and their applications in a paper published today in the Optical Society's (OSA) open-access journal Optics Express.

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All of the new line of computers boast a 250-watt power supply, a sliding front door allowing for easy access to four USB ports and dual optical disk bays.

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Like other local storage technologies, optical storage for content distribution faces new competition from cloud based content access.

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The new Optical SMART Hub can be accessed from your tablet, smartphone, and Smart TV and up to four devices can access simultaneously.

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