OFS has signed a license agreement with BTexact Technologies to allow it to use BTexact's blown fiber technology and know-how.
The blown fiber technique is designed to reduce the cost and increase the reliability of installing optical fiber in duct networks. OFS will use the technology in its fiber-to-the-home solution, the Access Advantage System.
The Access Advantage System is a solution that enables economical optical connectivity to homes, businesses, and multiple dwelling units, including those in previously hard-to-reach areas. The pairing of BTexact's blown fiber technology with OFS' industry leading optical fiber and cable innovation is designed to lower optical fiber deployment costs related to FTTx builds.
"Previously unavailable right-of-ways, such as gas lines and sewer pipes can now be utilized to reach the customer," says Paul Neuhart, president of the OFS Optical Cable Division. "The BTexact technology coupled with OFS' fiber and micro cable capabilities will provide a quantum leap in the development of economic FTTx solutions."
OFS' XpressTube; FX blown fiber unit designs can be blown into inexpensive duct networks, eliminating invasive and disruptive excavation costs, and expenditures on costly procurement of rights of way. Initial investment costs are likewise kept to a minimum as optical fiber can be deployed as needed based on customer demand.
Btexact Technologies is a research and technology business of British Telecommunications plc. OFS, based in Atlanta, Ga., is a designer and manufacturer of optical fiber products. For more information visit www.ofsoptics.com.