Corning Cable Systems Provides OPGW Fiber Optic Cable in Panama; Products supplied to Consorcio Andino for its turnkey contract with Panama's Etesa.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2003 Corning Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GLW GLW Glasgow Airport (UK) GLW Gross Laden Weight GLW Good Lady Wife (Australia) ) today announced that fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power and connectivity products from Corning Cable Systems are now being installed for use in Panama's 400-km national fiber optic backbone project. In November 2002, Consorcio Andino awarded Corning Cable Systems a multimillion dollar contract for its fiber optic cable and connectivity products. The installation of these products recently began. Etesa is a state-owned full-service power and telecommunications provider in Panama. Consorcio Andino, based in Panama, was awarded a turnkey contract with Etesa for delivery and installation of equipment for the optical transmission technology needed to construct a link connecting several cities in Panama This is a list of cities in Panama.
Corning Cable Systems provided more than 400 km of optical ground wire (OPGW OPGW Optical Power Ground Wire OPGW Optical Ground Wave OPGW Optical Pilot Ground Wire ) cable using Corning(R) LEAF(R) optical fiber. Corning LEAF fiber, the world's most widely deployed non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber (NZ-DSF NZ-DSF Non-Zero-Dispersion Shifted Fiber (Fujitsu) ), is a G.655.B-compliant fiber optimized for amplified DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing , 1550 nm transmission in long-haul and metro networks. Corning Cable Systems also provided all of the passive optical connectivity products used during the installation of the project, including fiber optic hardware, fusion splicers, optical test equipment and fiber optic splice closures. Corning Cable Systems, wholly owned by Corning Incorporated, is an industry-leading manufacturer of fiber optic and copper communications network infrastructure solutions. For additional information on Corning Cable Systems products or services, call (+1) 828-901-5000, international, (52) 55 5545-7460 in Mexico, or visit the Web site at www.corning.com/cablesystems. About Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is a diversified technology company that concentrates its efforts on high-impact growth opportunities. Corning combines its expertise in specialty glass, ceramic materials, polymers and the manipulation of the properties of light, with strong process and manufacturing capabilities to develop, engineer and commercialize significant innovative products for the telecommunications, flat panel display A thin display screen for computer and TV usage. The first flat panels appeared on laptop computers in the mid-1980s, and the LCD technology became the standard. Stand-alone LCD screens became available for desktop computers in the mid-1990s and exceeded sales of CRTs for the first time , environmental, semiconductor, and life sciences industries. |
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