wiredinUSA November 2011

Making the switch to smoothwall

Featuring a patented microcell dielectric and foam-filled inner conductor, Heliax FXL is a lighter, stronger and more flexible cable that offers lower freight costs and minimal maintenance. Attenuation is lower, so data moves faster and more efficiently across networks, and the system is de- signed for high weather resistance. Competition for subscribers is intense in the rapidly expanding Indian wireless marketplace, raising the stakes for operators as they balance the need for high performance while keeping costs low. The smoothwall Heliax FXL cable recently won the Golden Award for Green Communication Energy-Efficient Technology in China. Compared with traditional all-copper cables it requires less electric power and fuel to manufacture and transport and, with its aluminum outer conductor, it is a less attractive target for the thefts that have been affecting network components made entirely from copper.

India’s third largest wireless operator, Idea Cellular, has chosen CommScope’s smoothwall RF feeder coaxial cable, replacing most of the traditional corrugated copper cabling in its network. In choosing Heliax TM FXL smooth- wall cable, Idea will utilize the coaxial cable in its base station sites in India. The FXL smoothwall cable, already installed in more than 100,000 sites throughout In- dia and in use around the world, is said to deliver a new level of benefits in wireless network per- formance and reliability com- pared to its corrugated copper predecessor Heliax VXL.

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wiredInUSA - November 2011