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Booming fibre market

According to estimates in a recent report from Absolute Markets Insights, the global fibre cable market is to reach a market value of US$ 6,783 million this year and US$ 10,140 million by 2027, growing at CAGR of 5.2% over the forecast period.

The telecom and broadband market segment is expected to dominate during the period to 2027, owing to growing technology adoption in data transmission services and growth in cloud based services such as video on demand. Multimode market, which accounted for over US$ 3.3 billion in 2018, is estimated to witness robust growth in the period to 2027.

Fibre market growth

A report from Credence Research Inc. claims that the global fibre cables market is set to hit US$ 7.95 Bn by 2026, growing with a CAGR of 7.2% between 2018 and 2026.

Growth is attributed to demand for higher bandwidth and increasing internet usage across sectors such as e-commerce and online payments. As this penetration continues, the fibre optics cables market should see robust growth over the forecast period. Further drivers include uptake of smartphones and other handheld devices such as tablets and laptops. Credence Research also sees Telecom dominating the market going forward, along with marked growth in APAC.

Prysmian in 2019 DJSI World

Following the review of the RobecoSAM sustainability rating agency, Prysmian has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) Electrical Components & Equipment industry (Capital Goods) category with a score of 84/100. This is an increase of 5 points over the 2018 performance and a significant improvement on the Economic and Environmental dimensions. Scores for the social dimension are in line with the previous year and with industry best results.

Open Fiber invests €5m in Seregno FTTH

Open Fiber, a wholesale-only venture from Italian utility giant Enel and state lender CDP, is bringing FTTH services to Seregno in the northern Lombardy region. The required investment is around € 5 million. 15,000 homes in Seregno should be able to access gigabit broadband services after the rollout of 120 kilometres of cables is completed in early 2021.

The wholesale provider had connected 5 million homes throughout Italy by the end of 2018 and has confirmed plans to bring FTTH connections to some 19.5 million homes and businesses in 271 of the country’s major cities plus over 7,000 smaller localities by 2022.

Prysmian panel at OpenRAN 5G event

Historically, incumbent Radio Access Network (RAN) vendors supplied equipment to MNOs with proprietary hardware and interfaces, making interoperability among vendors impossible. As a result, MNOs would be locked in by OEMs, the pace of innovation is driven by vendors and not MNOs and RAN infrastructure CAPEX and OPEX becomes unsustainable, especially for 5G deployment and 4G enhancements. One solution is RAN disaggregation, basically running network functions on Off-the-Shelf servers, interoperating over open, well-defined interfaces.

The most notable RAN disaggregation initiative is OpenRAN, part of the Telecom Infra Project consortium launched by Facebook and backed by the world’s largest MNOs such as Vodafone, Telefonica and Deutsche Telekom. It is estimated that OpenRAN can deliver 25% overall cost improvement per radio site in a year. Prysmian will host a panel in its NExsT Telecoms Forum on April 2nd 2020 in Venice, with several protagonists of this revolution, discussing OpenRAN’s status and challenges.

Revolutionary 10 Gigabit Adelaide program

Prysmian has partnered with TPG Telecom to realise a fibre network specifically designed for big data users such as the creative, biomedical, finance, defence, advanced manufacturing, information management and cyber security sectors. Prysmian supplied a solution including Flextube and MINISM@RT mini loose tube cables, a range of large LMJ joints plus installation training.

The program aims to offer all businesses 10 GB/s and creates potential for Adelaide to become one of the world’s smartest cities. “The support, collaboration and new technology from Prysmian has been one of the major factors in delivering this important project” says Reggie Naik, GM Fibre Operations, TPG Telecom.

Prysmian at FT-ETNO: no shortcuts to 5G network

Telecoms operators should avoid ‘quick and cheap’ shortcuts and invest in a robust and reliable cable infrastructure capable of supporting the coming waves of innovation for the next 20 to 30 years, Philippe Vanhille, Prysmian Group Executive Vice President for Telecoms, recently stated at the FT-ETNO Summit.

The economic potential of 5G services cannot be unleashed unless the underlying network is absolutely rock solid – avoiding blackouts and breakdowns. A high-quality passive infrastructure may cost more up front, but it will reduce operational costs for maintaining and upgrading the network in the long term.

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