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The
Telecom Operating Segment
is engaged in the manu-
facture of cable systems and connectivity products used in
telecommunication networks. The product portfolio includes
optical fibre, optical cables, connectivity components and
accessories, OPGW (Optical Ground Wire) and copper cables.
With centres of excellence in Battipaglia (Italy), Eindhoven
(the Netherlands) and Douvrin (France), and 5 production
sites around the world, Prysmian Group is one of the leading
manufacturers of the core component of every type of optical
cable:
optical fibre
. A wide range of optical fibres is designed
and made to cater to the broadest possible spectrum of
customer applications, including single-mode, multimode
and specialty fibres. The Group also has at its disposal
every currently available technology for the manufacture of
optical fibre, allowing it to achieve optimal solutions for the
different applications.
Optical fibres are employed in the production of a wide range
of standard optical cables or those specifically designed for
challenging or inaccessible environments, from underground
ducts to overhead electricity lines, from road and rail tunnels
to gas and sewerage networks.
Prysmian Group also supplies passive connectivity solutions
that ensure efficient management of optical fibre within
networks. Growing demand for higher bandwidth has seen
the deployment of optical fibre moving closer to the end
user. The Group is extremely active in this rapidly growing
sector of the market, known as FTTx, where its approach is
based on combining existing technologies with innovative,
new solutions allowing fibres to be deployed in high-rise
buildings and multi-dwelling units. Many of the cables used
in FTTx systems feature Prysmian's bend-insensitive Bend-
Brightxs optical fibre, which has been specially developed for
this application.
Prysmian Group also produces a wide range of copper cables
for underground and overhead cabling solutions and for resi-
dential as well as commercial buildings. The product portfolio
comprises cables of different capacity, including broadband
xDSL cables and those designed for high transmission, low
interference and electromagnetic compatibility.
The Group also produces cable solutions serving communi-
cation needs in infrastructure, industry and transport, for a
diverse range of applications: cables for television and film
studios, cables for rail networks such as underground cables
for long-distance telecommunications, light-signalling
cables and cables for track switching devices, as well as
cables for mobile telecommunications antennae and for
communication networks.