Fibre Optic Cables

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ALTOS® Fibre Cable with FastAccess® Technology

Faster and easier to install, with all the durability of a traditional outside plant cable.

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Ribbon Cable

Higher fibre counts and density combined with fast mass-fusion splicing.

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Fibre Optic Cables

Corning's invention of the first low-loss optical fibre ignited the critical spark that began a communications revolution that forever changed the world. Today, there are more than five billion kilometers of fibre cable installed around the globe, and Corning continues to lead the fibre optic cable industry in product quality and innovation.

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Outdoor Cables

Indoor/Outdoor Cables

Indoor Cables

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ALTOS® Loose Tube Cables

MiniXtend® Micro Cables

RocketRibbon® Cables

RPX® Ribbon Cable

Cables with Flow Ribbon Technology

Resources

Outside Plant Fiber Optic Cable Product Ordering Guide

FR Cable Offering Guide

The First Consideration with Fibre Optic Cable is the Environment

Fibre Optic Cables by Environment

The first consideration in choosing a fiber optic cable is the environment that you will be using it in. Corning has fibre optic cables for outdoor, indoor/outdoor, and indoor environments in a variety of types and applications.

Outdoor Cables

Fibre optic cables for outdoor applications are engineered to withstand the more demanding conditions seen outside, from environmental extremes to mechanical forces.

Product Categories:

• Aerial

• Duct

• Direct Buried

• Microduct

loose tube indoor outdoor fiber optic cable

Indoor/Outdoor Cables

Indoor/Outdoor fibre optic cables are flame-retardant (FR) cables that are designed to meet both the rigorous environment of the outdoors and be routed indoors, where flame rating requirements also apply.

Product Categories:

• Aerial

• Duct

• Direct Buried

• Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH)

• Plenum

• Riser

Indoor Cables

Indoor Fibre Optic Cables are used exclusively within buildings and must have a flame-retardant jacket to fit this purpose.

Product Categories:

• LSZH

• Plenum

• Riser

Outdoor Cables by Type

Corning offers a comprehensive portfolio of outdoor cable types including loose tube, ribbon, and microduct with a wide range of fibre counts and construction designs for terrestrial networks.

Loose Tube Cables

Corning ALTOS® cables provide stable performance over a wide temperature range and are compatible with any telecommunications-grade optical fiber.

Ribbon Cables

Ribbon cables offer higher fibre counts and fiber density than any other OSP cable. It's becoming the easiest, fastest way to plan for future network needs.

Micro Cables

Corning’s MiniXtend cabling solution solves the demand for today’s unlimited bandwidth capacity and addresses escalating network duct congestion.

Outdoor Cables by Application

Outdoor fibre optic cables can be strung along telephone poles (aerial), installed inside underground ducts, or buried directly below ground. Cable designs vary based on the installation application.

Duct Cables

Ducts (or conduits) offer a highly protective environment for fibre optic cables. They are typically buried, and then the cables are air-blown, jetted, pulled or pushed into the duct.

Microduct Cables

Microducts are miniaturized plastic conduits that sub-divide internal duct space into smaller compartments into which micro cables can be installed by blowing, jetting or pushing.

Direct Buried Cables

In the absence of duct infrastructure, cables can be buried directly into the ground in a trench or using a vibratory plow.

Aerial Cables

Aerial outdoor cables are suspended from poles or pylons or mounted on buildings. Some are self-supporting, requiring no separate messenger wire between poles to support the cable’s weight.