Draka Comteq Announces BendBrightXS Fiber for FttX Applications
Up to 100x Improvement in Bend Performance
Reduces FttX Cost & Footprint
Claremont, North Carolina USA - September 19, 2006...
Draka Comteq, a leading provider of optical fiber and cabling, introduced today BendBrightXS
- a singlemode fiber optimized for fiber access to homes and
businesses. By providing unprecedented bend performance, BendBrightXS
simplifies the deployment of reliable cost-effective fiber networks
while providing full compatibility with existing singlemode fibers and
ITU G.652D compliant performance.
Network operators deploying a variety of Fiber-to-the-X (FttX)
architectures can leverage lower labor costs and smaller footprints to
reduce both the initial installed cost and total cost of ownership.
BendBrightXS
can be coiled in a 15mm (0.6 inch) radius loop - inducing only a 0.002
dB/turn loss at 1550nm and 0.01 dB/turn at 1625nm. The relaxed
restriction on fiber routing enables smaller enclosures, pedestals, and
terminals while improving network reliability. "BendBright XS is
specially designed to capture light and keep it in the core - making
easy work of bending, connecting and storing fibers", states Gerard
Kuyt, Product Manager for Draka Comteq Optical Fibre.
In addition, BendBrightXS provides dramatic protection
against accidental bends and small diameter "kinks" that can cause
transmission error or loss of traffic, a growing issue with the
increasing use of inherently more bend-sensitive C and L wavelength
bands. "Fiber handling like copper wire - this is what's needed to
simplify widespread deployment where there are lots of hands,"
according to Allen Griser, VP Marketing for Draka Comteq in North
America. "It's just one more way we are making life easier for our
customers in their real world."
BendBrightXS is now available in all Draka Comteq fiber
cabling - including its popular ezDROP™ Fiber Drop Cables, ezPREP™
Loose Tube Cables, and ezPATCH™ Cords and cable assemblies, all of
which will be featured at the upcoming FTTH Conference in Las Vegas,
Nevada on October 2-5, 2006. To find out more, visit us at Booth #127
or online at www.drakacomteq.us.
About Draka Comteq
Draka Comteq provides optical fiber and cabling solutions for
telecommunications carriers, utilities, installers and enterprises to
deliver broadband services. A jointly owned company of Draka and
Alcatel, Draka Comteq leverages its leadership in optical fiber
technology, cabling solutions and applications expertise to bring value
to its customers' broadband infrastructure.
Draka is a 96-year old wire and cable company engaged worldwide in
providing innovative cabling solutions for a wide range of
applications. A top five cabler worldwide, Draka focuses its solutions
through:
• Draka Comteq, providing communications cabling solutions.
• Draka Cableteq, providing low-voltage and specialty cabling solutions.
For more information, visit Draka Comteq on the Internet: http://www.drakacomteq.us
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Draka Comteq Media Contact:
Tina Bryant
Phone 828.459.8772
Fax 828.459.9312
Tina.Bryant@draka.com |
