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Video demonstration: Blown fiber into microducts

Aug. 14, 2014

New video from Scandinavia's Hexatronic.

The following new video handily demonstrates the installation process for Hexatronic's Micronet micro cables and air blown fiber into microducts, performed at Hexatronic's test track in Hudiksvall, Sweden. Hexatronic Scandinavia acquired the telecom cable business of Ericsson in November 2013.

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