Prysmian Announces the Launch of Innovative Optical Cable for FTTH
Full Range Of Prysmian's Optical Cable, Fibre & System Solutions Will Be Presented At Communicasia 2007 In Singapore.
Milan, June 18th, 2007 - Prysmian Cables & Systems, a leading player in the cable industry, will launch further additions to its growing FTTH (Fibre-to-the-Home) product range at CommunicAsia2007 in Singapore, tomorrow.
Prysmian will be exhibiting the high rise building break-out cable, the latest addition to the portfolio, which provides a fast, economical and convenient method of getting fibre to the end user in multi level construction applications.
Prysmian will also demonstrate the full range of its passive FTTH portfolio including blown fibre, mini blown cable, pre-connectorised customer solutions and a full range of optical connectivity products.
All of which are fully compatible with Prysmian's G657 compliant, bend insensitive fibre - CasaLightTM.
Mr Giovanni B Scotti, Director of Prysmian's global telecom cables & optical fibres business, who will be present at the event, commented "The Asian market continues to set the pace in terms of global FTTH activity. Broadband will inevitably continue its growth and with the ever increasing level of available content we are convinced that providing fibre to the end user is the only realistic way of delivering the levels of service which the consumer will come to expect"
Optical fibre deployment in the access network continues to gather pace in line with the rapid increase in global Broadband uptake and Asia continues to lead the way in terms of operational FTTH connections.
Visitors to CommunicAsia will get a chance to see the latest advances in telecoms and IT technology from 1500 companies from almost 60 countries in a marketplace where both mobile and ultra high bandwidth fixed line technology are setting new standards in today's Broadband economy.
CommunicAsia, Asia's major communications and IT exhibition and conference will take place in Singapore from June 19th to 22nd. Visit Prysmian in Hall 5, Stand 5G3-07
Also see the Prysmian virtual stand on www.prysmian.com > telecom
PRYSMIAN
The Prysmian Group is a world leader in the energy and telecommunication cables industry, with a strong market position in higher-added value market segments. Organised into two business units, Energy Cables & Systems (submarine and terrestrial cables for electricity transmission and distribution) and Telecom Cables & Systems (optical fibres and cables for video, data and voice transmission, and copper telecom cables), the Prysmian Group has a global presence with subsidiaries in 34 countries, 54 plants in 20 countries, 7 Research & Development Centres in Europe, the United States and South America, and more than 12,000 employees. Specialising in the development of products and systems designed to meet clients' specific requirements, Prysmian's main competitive strengths include its focus on research and development, its innovative products and production processes, and the use of advanced proprietary technologies. Prysmian is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange Blue Chip index.
For further information:
Marketing Department
Richard Thomas, tel +39 02 6449 7939, email: richard.thomas@prysmian.com
