Corning Incorporated Introduces Revolutionary Fiber Designed to Accelerate Network Transformation to 5G, Cloud, and Beyond
June 03, 2021 at 08:06 am EDT
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Corning Incorporated introduced its latest innovation, Corning SMF-28® Contour optical fiber, to help telecommunications operators address the ever-expanding number of connected devices, build-out of 5G networks, and advances in cloud computing. Networks perform at their best when errors are minimized during fiber installation and when existing infrastructure is used efficiently during upgrades. Corning engineered SMF-28 Contour fiber to meet those needs. This groundbreaking product will allow customers to seamlessly upgrade their optical infrastructures, enabling the cost-effective deployment of future-ready networks. The fiber offers: Superior bendability designed to reduce the impact of errors during installation and optimize reach in densely cabled environments where 5G networks are being deployed. SMF-28 Contour fiber is an ITU-T G.657.A2 fiber that has 10 times the macrobend resilience of G.652.D fibers and seven times the macrobend resilience of G.657.A1 fibers. The associated increase in microbend resilience enables dense, high-fiber-count cables needed to meet the demands of future high-capacity networks. Exceptional compatibility with legacy networks while providing superior bend protection, which can mean up to 50% faster installation by minimizing corrective splice-loss work. Other G.657.A2 fibers also provide bend protection but with a compromised, lower mode field diameter. SMF-28 Contour fiber does not compromise, providing both G.657.A2 bend protection and a matched 9.2-micron mode field diameter in the same product. Wide spectrumand low-loss transmission across all the wavelengths that constitute the communication systems of now and tomorrow. First, SMF-28 Contour fiber’s low attenuation delivers 10% longer reach in all networks and up to 20% wider access-network coverage. Second, SMF-28 Contour fiber’s bend loss protection enables up to twice the network reach in new long-wavelength fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) systems. Together, these features enable larger FTTH subscriber areas and greater revenue potential. SMF-28 Contour fiber is available in a standard 242-micron configuration and a smaller 190-micron configuration. Smaller-diameter designs are increasingly important because while bandwidth demands have grown, the space available for network infrastructure has not. The 190-micron version of SMF-28 Contour fiber enables smaller cables with higher fiber counts – maximizing use of existing infrastructure.
Corning Incorporated is the world leader of the production and the marketing of substrata of glass and ceramic of specialty. Net sales break down by market as follows:
- telecommunications (29.6%): products of fiber optical, cables, etc. for networks of communication;
- electronic large public (26%): glass substrata intended for screens of televisions sets LCD, PC and laptops;
- environment (13%): substrata of ceramic and filters intended for systems fight against vehicles emissions;
- life science (7.1%): in particular optical biosensors for pharmaceutical research;
- other (24.3%): solutions based on plastic and glass of specialty intended notably to the sectors of semiconductors, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (32.7%), North America (3%), Asia/Pacific (51.5%), Europe (11.3%) and other (1.5%).