2017 Yearly Overview | Prysmian Group

CUSTOMER CENTRICITY: OUR KEY TO SUCCESS PRYSMIAN GROUP 2017 YEARLY OVERVIEW BETTERING THE WORLD. FASTER. Prysmian leads the way in the fields of digitalisation and telecommunications, particularly on the new frontier of 5G development. We’re also committed to connecting the most remote regions of the world, such as Amazonia, where we’re working to bring broadband to some 600,000 people. For submarine power links, we’ll be continuing work on a landmark connection project between France and Britain, alongside new projects set to connect mainland offshore wind farms in Northern Europe, fromFrance to Finland. Andwe’re also hard atwork in eastern Asia, helping to provide the Philippines with an interconnector that will become the power backbone of the region. Prysmian is committed to major projects that connect people and societies faster than ever before. Projects that provide the modern energy infrastructures needed for a sustainable and durable economic growth. Brazil Prysmian will deploy optical cables for a broadband project in the Amazon region to connect 12 municipali- ties. It is expected to benefit around 600,000 people with a 10 Gbps capacity. Scotland A first for Prysmian: a cable system connecting the floating Kincardine Offshore Wind Farm, situated 15 km southeast of Aberdeen, to mainland UK. USA Prysmian will foster an IoT digital transformation through the deployment of 5G services partnering with Verizon Communications for its ‘One Fiber’ project.