Fire rated, fire resistant, or fire performance cables?
When it comes to cables, we often hear the terms 'fire resistant,' 'fire rated,' and 'fire performance,' but which is correct?
The topic of fire safety, particularly in buildings, has rarely been out of the news in recent years. Since the Grenfell tragedy in 2017, it has become an even bigger concern for the construction industry.
II-VI Incorporated Powers All its European Sites with 100% Renewable Electricity
II‐VI Incorporated (Nasdaq: IIVI), a global leader in engineered materials and optoelectronic components, today announced that it is powering all its facilities in Europe with 100% renewable electricity sources.
The renewable electricity is supplied to II-VI’s manufacturing operations, research and development sites, and sales offices throughout six European countries (Belgium, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, and the U.K.), encompassing 615,000 square feet, or 57,000 square meters, of facility space across 12 sites.
Corning and AT&T Expand Collaboration as Corning Works to Meet Record Broadband Demand and Support Growth of U.S. Manufacturing
Investments in fiber network capacity and job creation to strengthen AT&T’s position as a leading broadband provider
Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today announced it is expanding its longtime collaboration with AT&T (NYSE: T). The two companies will work together to extend investments in fiber infrastructure, expand U.S. broadband networks, and accelerate 5G deployment. Based on AT&T’s long-term commitment to its network buildout, Corning is investing $150 million in optical cable manufacturing in North Carolina, initially adding 200 jobs. more>>
Lumentum Receives Fujitsu Supply Chain Excellence Award for Optical Transport Solutions
Lumentum recognized for exceptional performance and support to the Fujitsu optical transmission system, Fujitsu Networking 1FINITY™
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MWC Barcelona is the world’s most influential event for the connectivity industry. It’s where world-leading companies and trailblazers share the latest thought leadership about the progression and future of connectivity. And it’s the best place for networking opportunities with mobile and tech industry influencers.more>>
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Haier and Huawei Win "Most Innovative Edge Computing Product" Award at the 2021 5G World Summit [London, UK, October 11, 2021] At the 2021 5G World Summit, Haier and Huawei received the Most Innovative Edge Computing Product Award with their jointly developed Cloud-edge Collaborative 5G Industrial Machine Vision Inspection solution. The award also represents recognition of Haier and Huawei's outstanding achievements in digital transformation and the economic and social benefits that this can bring.
Nokia selected by T-2 Slovenia in five-year 5G deal as sole supplier Nokia to expand T-2’s Single RAN footprint and introduce enhanced 5G services across the country Nokia today announced that it has been selected as the sole vendor by Slovenia’s T-2 in a five-year deal to supply equipment from its comprehensive AirScale 5G portfolio. The new deal will see Nokia upgrade T-2’s existing Single RAN radio footprint as well as introduce enhanced 5G new radio (NR) services. The project is expected to deliver ultra-fast, low-latency, and high-capacity 5G connectivity delivering superior coverage to businesses and consumers alike.
Verizon, Samsung and Qualcomm Continue Driving Innovation on 5G Ultra Wideband Technology Verizon, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., continue to push the limits of 5G technology, using innovation to continuously drive greater performance from this transformational technology. Recently, the companies reached upload speeds of 711 Mbps in a lab trial using aggregated bands of mmWave spectrum.
Enterprises
Hengtong appears at the GITEX Technology Week The 41st GITEX Technology Week in Dubai, the largest technology show in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, was held from October 17-21, attracting many internationally renowned IT companies from all around the world. With the theme of "Enlightening the Future", Hengtong took part in the exhibition with products and solutions such as AC charger, air-blowing micro cable, rail transit, industrial cable series, 5G indoor distributed connection solution, charging products system solution, FTTX Solution, and so on.
Win in the Digital Future | Application of Smart Optical Network in 5G Bearer Under the development trend of digital economy and new infrastructure, optical network has formed a solid foundation for information and communication infrastructure, and its role has moved from behind the scenes to the foreground, supporting the digitalization process of thousands of industries. Digital transformation has promoted new requirements for the development of cloud and network integration. The future network needs to meet multi-cloud access. The best-effort service model must be transformed into a deterministic and reliable guarantee model. In terms of operation and maintenance and service commissioning capabilities, it is necessary to improve efficiency and shorten time.
Prysmian Group extends its partnership with Openreach to support full fibre broadband plan
CEO M. Del Brenna: “Prysmian investing in telecom innovation to ensure cutting-edge solutions to our partners”
Milan, October 11, 2021 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, today announced an extension to its partnership with Openreach, the UK’s largest digital network business, with a new three-year contract. Prysmian Group will provide innovation and expertise to support Openreach’s updated Full Fibre broadband build plan which will be fundamental to the UK Government achieving its target of delivering ‘gigabit capable broadband’ to 85 per cent of UK by 2025. This is as Openreach follows an extended investment commitment by its parent, BT Group meaning that it’ll now build Full Fibre technology to a total of 25 million premises, including more than six million in the hardest-to-serve parts.