WCA November 2010

Industry news

BendBright success

Pacific Fibre Ltd and Pacnet have announced joint plans to build a subsea fibre optic cable between New Zealand, Australia and the United States. The aim of the cable is “to make fast, inexpensive, unlimited broadband a reality” and to de-bottleneck capacity at peak times. The proposed plan will cost around US$400 million (NZ$550 million), and on completion in 2013 will connect Sydney, Auckland and Los Angeles with 5.12 Terabits per second of capacity, upgradable to over 12 Terabits per second. Faster, cheaper connection planned between US and Australia

Draka Communications has reported that year-to-date 2010 shipments for its flagship bend-insensitive fibre BendBright-XS have doubled over the year, bringing cumulative output to over 2 million kilometres since its launch. “This growth is predominantly due to a leap in FTTH project expansion around the world,” says Alain Bertaina, product marketing, single-mode fibre Draka Communications. “It underlines the fact that the challenges of accelerating FTTH deployment, reflected in the latest ITU G.657 recommendations, are comfortably accommodated with BendBright-XS.”

Pacific Fibre Ltd – New Zealand Website : www.pacificfibre.net

Pacnet – Singapore Website : www.pacnet.com

Draka Communications – The Netherlands Website : www.draka.com

Taking the cutting edge to Europe

brush de-burring, end finishing and automated tube cutting systems. Fullstage Technologies will also offer wire benders from Japan, under its brand Taihei.

Fullstage Technologies has acquired exclusive rights to represent Haven Manufacturing, of the USA, as the company’s sole agency in Europe. Haven Manufacturing is a producer of tube and bar cutting machines, particularly known in the automotive industry. Its product range includes dual-blade shear cutting, KleenCut supported shear cutting, flying shear tube cutting, wire

FullStage Technologies GmbH – Germany Fax : +49 8024 60834 29 Email : info-europe@fullstage-tech.com Website : www.fullstage-technologies.com

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Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2010