News from 2021

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HFCL starts production of FTTH cables from new facility in Hyderabad

New Delhi : Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd’s (HFCL‘s) new fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) cable manufacturing facility in Telangana has started commercial production of optical fibre cables for fibre-to-home applications. With this, HFCL and its subsidiary company HTL Ltd has become the largest manufacturer of FTTH cables in India with a capacity of six lakh km per year. The company had earlier […]

27 Jan 2021 →

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5G and fibre: Present and future

Juan Manuel Pérez Cortijo, EMEA marketing director, Corning Optical Communications, says the more revolutionary aspects of 5G capability will need higher frequency bands and since these signals are more fragile, it will need many more antennae than existing macrocell sites can support, and these will all be driven by fibre. Corning SCIENTISTS DR. Robert Maurer, Dr. Donald Keck, […]

26 Jan 2021 →

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Prysmian Group sets new speed record

1 Pbps corresponds to simultaneous 8K-TV broadcasting for 10 million people MILAN, ITALY – 01/19/2021 – 11:00 AM Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, Nokia Bell Labs and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) announce a record-setting 1 Petabit per second transmission over […]

25 Jan 2021 →

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2021 to Bring Further Boost for Networks

R&M, the globally active developer and provider of cabling systems for high-quality network infrastructures, based in Wetzikon, Switzerland, is expecting a further boost for the data and communication networks market in 2021. In all sectors, demand for bandwidth, new fiber optic technology, and extensive, tightly meshed cabling is increasing. This is detailed by […]

25 Jan 2021 →

Studies & White Papers

FTTH : Stakes & keys of deployment

The very high throughputs assure the reference infrastructure society of Information of the century. It will be the accelerator of the Information and Communication technology industry development. The Sofrecom and Orange experts and consultant provide us in this publication the main stakes of FTTH for the development of economic and social, write an assessment of […]

13 Jan 2021 →

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With 5G at our doorstep, can we do without fibre?

The foreseeable performance levels are such that operators wonder whether it even makes sense to invest in costly and complex fiber deployments, when 5G is just around the corner. Is it realistic to choose 5G over fiber, though? To determine the best strategy, players will need to carefully compare the availability, speed, service quality, technical […]

13 Jan 2021 →

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Benya PRL Launch of the GAB

Benya is proud to appoint three board members to the GAB, effective November 2020. The appointments include Mr. Lacina Koné, Director General of Smart Africa, Mr. Hesham Mekawi, former BP Regional President North Africa, and Mr. Vincenzo Nesci, former President of Alcatel AME, and former Executive Chairman of DJEZZY in Algeria. Ahmed Mekky, Chairman […]

11 Jan 2021 →