Fiber optic cable enters the era of custom development

In the first half of the year, the domestic fiber optic cable market still maintained a relatively high demand, but due to the continuous, high-intensity expansion of domestic mainstream fiber optic cable manufacturers in the “cable-fiber-stick” industry chain in recent years, these production capacities have been accompanied by The gradual release of the current industry has appeared in the phenomenon of optical fiber inventory, which shows that the fiber optic cable industry is further intensified competition, indicating that the industry's development "inflection point" is approaching.

How to do a good layout in advance to cope with the homogenization of competition and the economic operating cycle? Beacon Firestorm Technology has begun to explore actively seeking ways out. The answer given by the users is: Differentiated product solutions and the development of overseas markets are the only way for sustainable development! To meet the specific needs of different operators, different application scenarios and overseas markets, fiber optic cable products are no longer the same of. Customized product development and localized tailoring services have enhanced the competitiveness of FiberHome and achieved a steady improvement in FiberHome's optical fiber and cable performance.

1. Customized Development of Trunk Cables – Low-Loss Optical Fiber Adapts to New Generation of Backbone Optical Cable Network Construction Under the drive of a new generation of national broadband strategy, a new round of backbone optical cable network construction has been started in China. The new trunk will carry 100Gbit/s and above high-speed transmission systems. Due to the adoption of coherent communication technologies, loss and nonlinearity will again become the main limiting factors for system transmission.

Low-loss fiber developed by Fiberhome Technology can meet the needs of a new generation of backbone optical fiber network. Attenuation after cabled at 1550 nm can achieve excellent characteristics of 0.185dB/km, which is better than the average level of low-loss optical fiber in the industry. Due to the improvement in the drawing process, the low-loss optical fiber of Bonfire is also superior to similar products in its bending performance. Table 1 shows the comparison between low-loss fibers and common single-mode fibers.

In the first half of 2013, China Telecom’s tendering was the most technically demanding and most technically important tender in the country, which best reflected the technical strength of the manufacturers and the quality of the products delivered. This flame-retardant fiber adopts completely self-produced low-loss optical fiber, which fully supports system upgrade to 100G with excellent loss characteristics, provides more OSNR, and stands out among many manufacturers with excellent historical delivery performance and complete after-sales service. There are two of the four main lines.

In addition, Fiberhome Technologies has custom-developed a series of trunk fiber cable solutions for domestic operators, such as double-layer steel wire armored cable for the plateau and alpine zone, which is well-operated in the China Unicom grid-pull project; it has excellent physical rat-proof effect. The stainless steel armored cable used for the construction of the Nangui-Kunming trunk line, etc., was greatly affirmed and welcomed by the operators.

2. Custom development of air-blow and fiber-optic cables for pipelines – Application of micro-pipes and micro-cables in the construction of FTTH As the FTTH continues to advance, and urban “clean air” action has led aerial cables into the ground, urban pipe network resources are becoming increasingly tense and pipeline bottlenecks will be the future. The biggest obstacle to cable construction.

Air blown microcable technology is an effective solution to the shortage of urban pipe network resources. Micropipe microcables are laid in pipelines through air blowing equipment to achieve one pipe and multiple cables, improving pipeline utilization, which can effectively alleviate the scarcity of pipeline resources. With the pressure, short construction period and flexible networking, it can guarantee the operator's profit maximization, and provide flexibility for future pipeline expansion.

The diameter of the 96-core air-blown microcable newly developed by Fiberhome Technology is only 6.0mm. The airtight performance of the microcables has been certified by VETTER, a professional professional air-blowing test organization. It has excellent air-blowing performance. The air-blow distance can reach more than 1.5 kilometers at a time and the average speed can reach 80m/min.

In 2013, Guangdong Mobile's air-blown micro-cable tendering was a new model for tendering cable projects by domestic operators. It is a typical domestic Turnkey project. With a comprehensive solution that includes air blow pipes, fiber optic cables, construction, and maintenance, Fiberhome Technology has won one of the bids, which demonstrates FiberHome's cable engineering integration capabilities and provides operators with more service products in the future. Laid the foundation.

3. Customization of Overseas Optical Cables - Adapting to the Localization Demand As one of the representative companies of the “going out” of China's optical fiber cable industry, Fiberhome Technology has always attached great importance to the development strategy of internationalization and has made the international market one of the company’s main battlefields. The core competency to participate in global competition. According to the actual conditions of overseas markets and the differentiated needs of customers, we adopt unique marketing strategies and product marketing strategies to help customers establish competitive advantages.

The product technology standards of overseas optical cable market and the use environment of customers are different. Generally, sales of optical cable products must obtain the product certification qualification and product access of the country's operator. In response to the different needs of different overseas regions to develop corresponding localized customized optical cable solutions.

In 2013, a certain Taiwanese customer invited a certain type of 12-core indoor optical cable. The optical cable used in the tender used a round structure. FRP was added as a reinforcing element in the jacket. However, the local structure had patent protection and the product could not be delivered. FiberHome technicians communicated with customers in-depth, on-site inspection of customer usage scenarios and product technical requirements, and borrowed from the existing two-core butterfly cable to introduce the optical cable product structure, and successfully developed a brand new one by replacing the original structure with an elliptical structure. The optical cable structure successfully circumvented the patent problem; and designed the mold and optical fiber take-off system for the new structure, solved the problem of the uniformity of the optical fiber in the optical cable, and the performance requirements of the product were recognized by the customer. The customer's product technology for the FiberHome technology Innovation ability gives a high evaluation.

In 2012, CNT, the country’s largest fixed-line operator in Ecuador, plans to build 1 million-line FTTH in the next three years and launch a GPON fiber-optic cable assembly project. FiberHome Technology has obtained 90% of the project's share, and has become a major supplier of fiber optic cables to important local operators in the country. It has also refreshed its overseas single order record and established a leading position in the regional market. In this project, Fiberhome Technology not only provides fiber optic solutions with excellent quality, but also provides tailored local service solutions for customers' differentiated needs, including warehousing, transshipment, cutting, training, construction supervision, and project management. Figure 2 is a scenario in which FiberHome preaches training for CNT customers.

Through differentiated strategies and the implementation of overseas custom development of fiber optic cables, Fiberhome Technology has successively broken through many multinational mainstream operators in Southeast Asia, Europe, Latin America, etc., and has undertaken a number of international optical cable turnkey projects, and has extensive overseas engineering construction and management experience.

Concluding remarks Innovation is the main theme of the development of China's fiber optic cable industry. Innovation drives China's optical fiber cable industry into the custom development era. In the face of numerous market demands, major fiber and cable manufacturers have only shifted from homogenous competition to differentiated products and solutions, and have continuously expanded the application fields of optical fiber and cable; providing tailored products and services for different customer needs. Can go higher and further.