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As partner to leading telecom operators worldwide, Prysmian
Group produces and manufactures a wide range of cable
systems and connectivity products used in telecommunication
networks. The product portfolio includes optical fibre, optical
cables, connectivity components and accessories and copper
cables.
Optical fibre
Prysmian Group is a leading manufacturer of the core
component of every type of optical cable: optical fibre.
The Group is in the unique position of being able to use all
existing manufacturing processes within its plants: MCVD
(Modified Chemical Vapour Deposition), OVD (Outside
Vapour Deposition), VAD (Vapour Axial Deposition) and PCVD
(Plasma-activated Chemical Vapour Deposition). The result
is an optimised product range for different applications.
With centres of excellence in Battipaglia (Italy), Eindhoven
(The Netherlands) and Douvrin (France), and 5 production
sites around the world, Prysmian Group offers a wide range
of optical fibres, designed and manufactured to cater to the
broadest possible spectrum of customer applications, such as
single-mode, multimode and specialty fibres.
Optical cables
Optical fibres are employed in the production of standard
optical cables or those specially designed for challenging or
inaccessible environments. The optical cables, constructed
using just a single fibre or up to as many as 1,728 fibres, can
be pulled (or blown) into ducts, buried directly underground
or suspended on overhead devices such as telegraph poles
or electricity pylons. Cables are also installed in road and
rail tunnels, gas and sewage networks and inside various
buildings where they must satisfy specific fire-resistant
requirements.
Prysmian Group operates in the telecommunications market
with a wide range of cable solutions and systems that respond
to the demand for a wider bandwidth by major network
operators and service providers. The product portfolio covers
every area of the industry, including long-distance and urban
systems, and solutions such as optical ground wire (OPGW),
Rapier (easy break-out), JetNet (mini blown cable), Airbag
(dielectric direct buried cable) and many more.
Connectivity
Whether deployed in outdoor or indoor applications, Prysmian
Group’s OAsys connectivity solutions are designed for
versatility, covering all cable management needs whatever the
network type.
These include aerial and underground installations, as well as
cabling in central offices (or exchanges) or customer premises.
Prysmian Group is at the forefront of designing next
generation products specifically for Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH)
networks.
FTTx
Increasing bandwidth requirements, from both business
and residential customers, are having a profound effect
upon the optical network performance level required, which
in turn demands high standards of fibre management.
Optimal fibre management in every section of the network is
increasingly a matter of priority in order to minimise power
loss and overcome the problems caused by ever greater space
limitations.
The Group has developed the suite of xsNet products for “last
mile” access networks, which is also very suited to optical fibre
deployment in sparsely populated rural areas.
Most of the cables used in FTTx/FTTH systems feature
Prysmian’s bend-insensitive BendBrightxs optical fibre, which
has been specially developed for this application.
FTTA (Fibre-To-The-Antenna)
xsMobile, which offers Fibre-To-The-Antenna (FTTA) solutions,
is an extensive optical fibre-based passive portfolio which
enables mobile operators to upgrade their networks easily
and quickly. Incorporating Prysmian’s experience in Fibre-to-
the-Home (FTTH) and its unique fibre innovations, xsMobile
consists of different product solutions for three applications:
antenna towers, roof-top antennas and Distributed Antenna
Systems (DAS) for small cell deployment. The technology
offers three access types for outdoor and indoor FTTA
deployment, as well as backhaul solutions – incorporating the
latest fibre technologies.
Copper cables
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.
Multimedia solutions
The Group produces cable solutions for a variety of
applications serving communication needs in infrastructure,
industry and transport: 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.
