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As partner to leading telecom operators worldwide, Prysmian
Group produces and manufactures a wide range of cable
systems and connectivity products used in telecommunication
networks. The product portfolio includes optical fibre, optical
cables, connectivity components and accessories and copper
cables.
Optical fibre
Prysmian Group is a leading manufacturer of the fundamental
component of every type of optical cable: optical fibre.
The Group is in the unique position of being able to use all
existing manufacturing processes within its plants: MCVD
(Modified Chemical Vapour Deposition), OVD (Outside
Vapour Deposition), VAD (Vapour Axial Deposition) and PCVD
(Plasma-activated Chemical Vapour Deposition). The result
is an optimised product range for different applications.
With centres of excellence in Battipaglia (Italy), Eindhoven
(Netherlands) and Douvrin (France), and 5 production sites
around the world, Prysmian Group offers a wide range of
optical fibres, designed and manufactured to cater to the
broadest possible spectrum of customer applications, such as
single-mode, multimode and specialty fibres.
Optical cables
Optical fibres are employed in the production of standard
optical cables or those specially designed for challenging or
inaccessible environments. The optical cables, constructed
using just a single fibre up to as many as 1728 fibres, can be
pulled (or blown) into ducts, buried directly underground or
suspended on overhead systems such as telegraph poles or
electricity pylons. Cables are also installed in road and rail
tunnels, gas and sewage networks and inside various buildings
where they must satisfy specific fire-resistant requirements.
Prysmian Group designs cables specially to meet all these
needs, including solutions such as Optical Ground Wire (OPGW)
protection cables, Rapier (easy break-out), JetNet (mini blown
cable), Airbag (dielectric direct buried cable) and many more.
Connectivity
Business and residential customers are demanding ever faster
connections that can be provided only by high-performance
networks with high standards of fibre management. Prysmian
Group supplies passive connectivity solutions that ensure
efficient management of optical fibre within networks.
Prysmian’s highly versatile range of OAsys® products covers
every section of the network connection, from overhead and
underground installations to optical distribution frames,
through to residential buildings where the ultimate goal is
Fibre To The Home (FTTH).
FTTx
Growing customer demand for higher bandwidth has seen
the deployment of optical fibre moving closer to the end
user. Prysmian Group is extremely active in this rapidly
growing sector of the market where its approach is based on
combining existing technologies - such as the SiroccoXS blown
fibre system – with innovative new solutions such as the
QuickdrawXS pre-connectorised cable and the new VertiCasaXS
system, which provide efficient solutions for deploying fibres in
high-rise buildings and multi-dwelling units.
The Group has developed a portfolio of solutions for this
market called xsNet. Products such as VerTVxs, RetractaNetxs,
EaseNetxs and JetNetxs have been designed to solve telecom
infrastructure’s most complex problems. Many of the cables
used in FTTx/FTTH systems feature Prysmian’s bend-
insensitive BendBrightxs optical fibre, which has been specially
developed for this application.
Copper cables
Prysmian Group also produces a wide range of copper cables
for underground and overhead cabling solutions and for both
residential and 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.
Multimedia Solutions
The Group produces cable solutions for a variety of applications
serving communication needs in infrastructure, industry and
transport: 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.
