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OPERATORS
ARE IN NEED
OF SOLUTIONS
WHICH ARE EASY
TO INSTALL,
RELIABLE AND
FUTURE-PROOF.
at the home end is also required so that the
fibre connector can be installed through
potentially congested ducts and through the
home wall.
In order to do this in minimal time, with
minimal disruption and manpower, it’s
essential that the connector on the customer
end can be easily and quickly installed.
To address this need, three leading
companies in their field sat down together
to discuss a concept, a solution which could
enable and accelerate the future of FTTH.
This has led to them working together to
bring a new solution to market that will bring
significant benefits to FTTH deployments in
Europe and beyond.
connector to be installed which is nearly
half the size of the diameter of the
cable – FibreTap combines the abilities
of Emtelle, HellermanTyton and SENKO.
Bringing together the designers, installers
and fibre trainers from three different
sectors in the FTTx industry, the solution
has been created to answer operators’
needs worldwide and has been tested to
withstand extreme conditions.
Addressing operators’ main FTTP pain points,
the plug and play solution has been designed
for overhead and underground use, providing
maximum benefits for FTTP drop connections.
As a non-splice solution, installations at
homes can be carried out with greater ease
and speed as it saves time at the customer
drop through its plug and play connection
method. A design such as this is also
beneficial as the solution can be installed
with minimum training, providing a solution
to the fibre skills gap, while maximising the
opportunity for high-quality fibre connections.
Maintaining a ruggedised design from
the cable to the connector and beyond to
the closure is also essential and ensures
optimum protection of the cable and
connection. This, in turn, will ensure
that the solution remains consistent in
maintaining high-quality, fast and future-
proof connections, even as online bandwidth
demands increase.
Jamie McGee, Product Specialist, Emtelle
online world grows, operators are in need of
solutions which are easy to install, reliable
and future-proof.
For operators, a solution such as this can
open new doors – providing them with the
means to break down the barriers which are
hindering their FTTx and FTTP deployments,
such as lack of trained engineers, costly
rollouts and extensive installation times.
What’s more, this will ultimately result
in lower cost-per-home connectivity and
in some cases, will aid a more feasible
deployment area that would have otherwise
been deemed uncommercially viable.
Three companies, one solution
Satisfying demands
Consisting of cleverly designed closures,
a ruggedised fibre connector and series
of fibre cables – one of which is ‘hollow’
to allow for a specialised miniature fibre
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With an increase in demand for fibre
worldwide and to cope with the ever-
increasing need for broadband speeds as the
This will not only propel operators to satisfy
the demands of governments’ prosperous
FTTx plans, but deliver the high-speed, reliable,
future-proof connectivity which will enable truly
connected homes for their customers. n
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