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Milan
Sep 08, 2008
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Prysmian's blown fibre system breezes past 1million fibre kilometres
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Milan, September 8th, 2008 - Prysmian Telecom Cables & Systems announces that
it has reached the "1million installed Fibre Km" mark for its Sirocco®, Blown Fibre System,
maintaining its position as the leading global supplier of the technology, traditionally deployed
in access networks.
The principle of blown fibre involves the pre-installation of an empty tube network into
which optical fibres are subsequently blown - using compressed air - as the network evolves under
the demand for customer connection.
With the current trend towards higher speed, higher bandwidth services and the resulting need
to bring the optical fibres in a telecom network closer to the final end-user, the Sirocco® system
provides an ideal and cost effective way to achieve this. It is particularly well suited to
greenfield residential sites where an empty tube infrastructure can be included at the time of
construction with the fibre investment deferred until actual consumer demand occurs
Sirocco®, produced at Prysmian's UK facility in Bishopstoke, has now been supplied around the
world to more than 20 countries in all 5 continents with the landmark project taking place last
month in Denmark. The system includes everything required to build a complete passive network - all
tubing, fibres, joints and connectors together with specialist installation equipment and
engineering services. The optical fibres - also produced by Prysmian - are blown into the tubes in
units of 2, 4, 6 (new product), 8 or 12 with the new CasaLightTM family of bend-insensitive fibres
being fully available and compatible with Sirocco technology
PRYSMIAN
A leading player in the industry of high-technology cables and systems for energy and
telecommunication, the Prysmian Group is a truly global company with sales exceeding 5 billion euro
in 2007 and a strong position in higher-added value market segments. With its two business, Energy
Cables & Systems (submarine and underground cables for power transmission and distribution, for
industrial applications and for the distribution of electricity to residential and commercial
buildings) and Telecom Cables & Systems (optical cables and fibres and copper cables for video,
data and voice transmission), Prysmian boasts a global presence with subsidiaries in 36 countries,
54 plants in 21 countries, 7 Research & Development Centres in Europe, USA and South America,
and over 12,000 employees. Specialising in the development of products and systems designed to meet
clients' specific requirements, Prysmian's key strengths include: a focus on Research &
Development, the capacity to innovative on products and production processes, and the use of
advanced proprietary technologies. Prysmian is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange Blue Chip index.
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