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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 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 residential 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 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.