EoW March 2012

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Reducing the cost of deploying FTTH in rural communities

requirements is removed, eliminating the need to redo preliminary drawings or cost calculations and create multiple scenarios for the business case. Draka-developed network design and engineering capability was instrumental in the successful FTTH showcase of CityNet in Amsterdam, currently with 40,000 connections. The same automation benefits also apply to smaller broadband communities, streamlining the deployment of a 6,000-connection FTTH network for a small town close to Rotterdam in the Netherlands, for example. Additionally, a consulting agreement with the city of Biberach in Germany is helping to extend and maintain its fibre network as it grows. An agreement with atesio, a Berlin-based research institute deploying powerful computing tools, adds the capability to visualise FTTH networks of thousands of dwellings in Google Earth. Prysmian Cables & Systems Ltd – UK Email : cables.marketing.uk@prysmian.com Website : www.prysmiangroup.com Draka – Italy Website : www.draka.com

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Prysmian Group, a leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, has announced that the combined portfolio from the recent integration of Prysmian and Draka FTTH solutions opens up new opportunities for fast, cost-effective deployment of high-speed fibre networks in rural communities. engineering services, provides rural customers with a wide choice for building end-to-end passive FTTx infrastructure that is fine-tuned to local conditions, while helping build a business case to apply for BDUK Broadband Development funds. The new Prysmian Group portfolio combines an extensive range of fibre optic and matched connectivity components, ducting solutions, indoor and outside plant options and engineering services and a broad range of cable choice. In addition there is the benefit of Prysmian Group’s XSNet proprietary network design software, which can map, configure, optimise and cost a network concept in seconds, ensuring a strong focus on total cost of ownership (TCO). “Today, the Prysmian Group reinforces its position as a major UK player in FTTH products, systems, software and services,” commented Adam Ashenden, connectivity and fibre systems manager, Prysmian Group, telecom solutions. “Our strong UK manufacturing presence means we can readily supply our products nationwide, through an excellent logistics distribution network. "We provide one-stop shopping for easy-to-integrate, standardised solutions, the broadest choice of cable, connectivity and deployment technologies as well as expert engineering and consulting services to help build a winning business case for rural projects.” Prysmian Group XSNet, the new, expanded suite of products and

offer communities, parishes and county councils the opportunity to build a custom aerial network based upon BT poles with approved components. This follows BT’s recent decision to reduce the price of pole access to offer ‘certainty and low prices’ to other companies. Studies show that network optimisation – using optimising software and algorithms – can decrease the cost of building a rural FTTH network by an average of 20%. Material and labour requirements can be reduced by identifying the best site to place a local exchange or network splitters, for example, and optimise the number of times a cable needs to cross a road. Using in-house developed software Prysmian Group can help to engineer and design FTTx networks using the latest products and connectivity innovations. As a part of the combined offer, Prysmian Group XSNet Engineering & Design team can help create an efficient network by using automating, sequencing and simplifying components and processes. By applying intelligent mathematical algorithms the ‘guesswork’ for material local

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