Released on = October 1, 2006, 7:47 am

Press Release Author = HS Dataline

Industry = Accounting

Press Release Summary = So where does fibre see it's future and what developments
are on the horizon?

Press Release Body = HS Dataline (www.hsdataline.co.uk) one of the market leaders in
the installation of Data Cabling has today announced its assessment of the latest
developments in Fibre Optics.

Whereas the emergence of applications such as 10GBaseT have driven developments for
copper cabling to focus on the need for improved transmission performance, the
transmission requirements for fibre optics
have been much more stable.
10 Gigabit fibre solutions have been available for some time and OM3 high bandwidth
50/125 multimode fibre is an industry standard offering.

Of course technology does not stand still, and whilst developments do progress to
improve the capacity of fibre even further, optical technology development has
focused much more on making fibre more acceptable and reducing cost.

So where does fibre see it\'s future and what developments are on the horizon?

Plastic Fantastic

Within the next few months we are going to enter a new era in the development of
cabling systems as plastic optical fibre (POF) cables arrive on the market. By using
a revolutionary new type of material, the limitations of previous POF products have
been overcome and plastic cables that are capable of carrying IP traffic at gigabit
speeds will become available.

POF combines the installation benefits of copper with the transmission advantages of
glass. The big advantage of POF is that it overcomes the problems that can arise
with glass fibre, which for certain types of application can prove to be too brittle
and difficult to terminate. The new type of POF will be much easier to install.
This, combined with the added flexibility of the cable, will mean installing POF in
challenging locations will take much less time that it would to install conventional
fibre or copper cables.


Density Matters

One of the inherent benefits of fibre over copper has been the small size of the
cables, enabling huge bandwidth to be installed in limited duct space.

Read more at - (www.hsdataline.co.uk/fibre-optics-pr.htm)


Pre-Termination

There are always occasions when it is a challenge to meet customer needs, in terms
of performance and delivery timescales. The use of factory-produced pre-terminated
cabling can provide a very convenient solution.

Read more at - (www.hsdataline.co.uk/fibre-optics-pr.htm)


About HS Dataline

HS Dataline specialise in data cabling solutions solutions> and has been involved in many of the largest UTP and STP Installations
using Cat 5/5e for many years and more recently the new standard Category 6
components as well as having our own Specialist Fibre Optic Cabling
Division.

Visit our website for more information on Fibre Optical Networking
, wireless networking
and structured cabling
solutions .

For more information, please contact:

Lee Davies
HS Dataline
Tel: +44 (0) 121 460 1922
E-mail: enquiry@hsdataline.co.uk

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