Prysmian to launch xsMobile – (Fibre to the Antenna) at CommunicAsia, Singapore

Milan, 19 June, 2012 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will use this week’s CommunicAsia 2012 exhibition in Singapore – June 19-22 – as the launching pad for the latest addition to its telecoms cable system portfolio. The Company will unveil its FTTA (Fibre to the Antenna) solution – xsMobile – addressing the fast growing mobile sector of the market.

The xsMobile solutions of Prysmian Group provide the answer to a full optical fibre antenna network necessary to deliver 4G – LTE and finally LTE-Advanced services. xsMobile is built on the long experience of (copper based) mobile cable supply for the current 2G and 3G antennae.

Prysmian Group’s xsMobile solution addresses the next generation wireless broadband deployment and according to Gert Hoefman, Vice President of Telecom Solutions, xsMobile offers a full fibre optic solution for FTTA, from a flexible, easily upgradeable backhaul network through to ‘last mile’ fibre to the Remote Radio Head (RRH) in the antenna tower. “xsMobile provides solutions for three antenna tower configurations – stand alone, roof top and distributed antenna systems (DAS) to deploy FEMTO cells” explains Mr Hoefman.

Prysmian Group’s xsMobile features bend insensitive BendBright^XS optical fibre (ITU-T standard G.652.A2/B2) complemented by a suite of optical cable products (pre-terminated or field-spliced) and a full connectivity portfolio. The new product range utilizes the deployment experience of FTTH and is fully compatible with existing optical fibre networks. xsMobile provides fast, simple plug and play FTTA installation giving the flexibility for modern mobile network demand.

Prysmian Group will be showing xsMobile on its stand 1K2-01 at the exhibition throughout the week of the event.

Prysmian Group

Prysmian Group is world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry. With sales of some €8 billion in 2011, about 22,000 employees across 50 countries and 97 plants, the Group is strongly positioned in high-tech markets and provides the widest range of products, services, technologies and know-how. In the Energy sector, Prysmian Group operates in the business of underground and submarine power transmission cables and systems, special cables for applications in many different industrial sectors and medium and low voltage cables for the construction and infrastructure industry. In the Telecom sector, the Group manufactures cables and accessories for the voice, video and data transmission industry, offering a complete range of optical fibres, optical and copper cables and connectivity systems. Prysmian is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange in the Blue Chip index.