Pirelli reveals fiber cable designs at NFOEC

July 11, 2001 During the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC), Pirelli Cables and Systems (www.pirelli.com/cables) will display the 1,728-fiber Ribbon-In-Loose-Tube (RILT) MassLink cable; a higher-fiber-count Premises Ribbon Distribution cable with 288 optical fibers; and CurbLink Plus cable, a high-fiber-count composite cable for remote powering and fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) applications.

"By continuing to advance the state of cable design and increasing fiber counts, we are responding to our customers' needs for cable solutions that provide maximum transmission capacity and compact design," said Brian DiLascia, vice president and general manager of Pirelli Communications Cables and Systems North America. "Pirelli's cable designs place a premium on high carrying capacity, ease of installation, and robustness to hold up to the stresses encountered during installation."