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The
Telecom business
makes 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 sewage 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 BendBrightxs
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 both
residential and 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
communication 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.
