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EuroWire – March 2011

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corporatenews

Draka Communications has completed

installation of an advanced fibre backbone

for the Rotterdam Exchange and World

Trade Centre, using its RiserNetXS

solution.

Designed for internationally operating

entrepreneurs, the original Exchange

WTC building dating back to the

mid-1930s was extended with a stylish

elliptical shaped tower in 1987. The 93m

high tower with its 25 floors and six

elevators is now fully equipped for the

future with a ready-to-connect backbone

of fibres for ultra-fast broadband

communications.

Draka

engineered

the

RiserNetXS

technique to ease the task of modernising

older generation mid and high rise

buildings requiring dense concentrations

of broadband access points. The Draka

solution consists of a cable with a slim,

tough, flame retardant outer sheath and

dielectric reinforcement, housing flexible

micro-modules each with six Draka

BendBrightXS optical fibres. These internal

fibres are colour coded to facilitate

installation on each floor. This design

provides enhanced strain resistance

without compromising the benefits of

simple, direct, field termination.

A special feature of these indoor riser

cables is the optical fibre breakout unit

system that allows for fibre micro-module

retractions of up to 20m. The solution

makes use of window cuts along the cable

allowing individual fibre modules to be

cut and pulled back through an earlier

window on another floor level.

Colour identified fibres are then easily

pushed through separate microducts on

the new floor, ready to be brought to a

termination or distribution point within

the customer premises. The use of flexible

micro-modules provides easier storage,

faster installation and access to the fibres

without the need for special tools.

Draka BendBrightXS fibres are a key part

of this solution – they have the flexibility

to be pushed, pulled, bent, branched

and handled in ways that allow easy

manipulation for installation, without

degrading the transmission signal.

With

ultra

bend-insensitive

fibres

making their way into some of the most

demanding Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU)

environments,

these

modern

fibre

solutions offer an excellent ratio between

cost and bend loss performance.

Draka Holding NV – Netherlands

Fax

: +31 020 56 89 899

Email

:

info@draka.com

Website

:

www.draka.com

Draka completes fibre

backbone in centre