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“The nuclear industry has been developing and improving reactor technology for more than five decades. Because every reactor design has a unique DBE profile, General Cable’s integrated test program was designed to prove that its cables could withstand the worst possible environment or outcome out of numerous possibilities.

improved polarization mode dispersion (PMD), whilst maintaining a 9.2 micron nominal mode field diameter to minimize splice loss to existing single-mode fibers. AllWave+ fiber is a combination ITU-T G.652.D and G.657.A1 compliant fiber designed to prevent network disruptions from inadvertent fiber bending that can occur in closures or terminals, and enables smaller cable packaging to help ease cable handlingand lower cable installation costs. "Service providers are deploying more applications such as FTTx, FTTH, mobile backhaul, and metro CWDM, operating at longer bend-sensitive wavelengths between 1,490 to 1,625 nm to meet higher bandwidth demands and grow revenues. As bending sensitivity increases, AllWave+ fiber increases reliability by helping to prevent bend-induced service outages, and enabling faster, more compact installations by helping to further shrink micro-cables and enclosures," explained Peter Spehr, executive director sales and marketing, EMEA cable and connectivity, adding: "AllWave+ fiber enables consistently low loss splices for our customers when matched either to itself, AllWave fiber, or other quality G.652.D fibers. This helps eliminate splice remakes in the field, and speeds network testing.” Optical module reaches 150m Panduit Corp’s Signature Core™ fiber optic cabling system has enabled Cisco’s 40G BiDi optical modules to reach 150m, to date the only multimode fiber that allows Cisco to achieve this capability. Using the Signature Core systemwith Cisco’s 40G BiDi

Ultrol ® 60+ low voltage safety-related class 1E 60-year-life cable from General Cable

“With documented performance at higher radiation and temperature levels, we are reasonably assured that Ultrol 60+ low voltage cables will continue to perform their intended function under extreme environments,” saidKoksal Tonyali, director, product engineering and development, specialty cables, General Cable North America. New fiber product OFS has introduced AllWave ® + zero water peak (ZWP) single-mode optical fiber, a full spectrum fiber for FTTx, metro, and backhaul networks. AllWave+ fiber offers the same specifications as OFS AllWave fiber, but has extra features including 40 percent smaller bend radius, 50 percent lower bend loss, and 33 percent

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