panoramaNo. 02/2014 · Dätwyler Cabling Solutions Customer Magazine

Reference Projects : One-stop solution provider for telecoms infrastructure

Preassembled solution for Huawei Data Centre

INNOVATION Data centrE Solution: Peak values surpassed yet again 02

INDEX

Editorial 03 High-speed communication – an increasingly important competitive driver

Reference Projects 04 Abu Dhabi: One-stop solution provider for telecoms infrastructure 06 Nürtingen gets “information superhighway” 08 Preassembled solution for Huawei Data Centre Solutions provider for telecoms infrastructure – page 04 09 A fibre optic network for 10 Multimedia network for new University building in Basel

Market 11 Trade fair in Finland 11 2nd place at the 2014 DCS Awards 12 Still on the road to success in China 13 Mexico, a “Hidden Champion”

Innovation 14 Data Centre Solution: Peak values surpassed yet again

News 15 New Managing Director for Datwyler Middle East Trade fairs in October Trade fair in Finland – page 11

Imprint

Publisher and Dätwyler Cabling Solutions AG, editorial responsibility 6460 Altdorf / Switzerland, www.cabling.datwyler.com Editors Dieter Rieken, Verena Durrer Translation Bedford Translations, Bedford/UK Layout Carmela Letschert Printing Gisler Druck AG 6460 Altdorf / Switzerland Circulation 8,000 German / English Publishing frequency semi-annually Sources of images Datwyler Cabling Solutions photo archive, www.fotolia.com Reproduction of articles Permitted only with attribution Data centre portfolio expanded further – page 14 to © 2014 Datwyler 03

editorial

High-speed communication – an increasingly important competitive driver

Dear Readers In highly industrialised countries we are used to a lot of luxuries which many of us would prob- ably not describe as such, since we have long taken them for granted. These “luxury goods” include the uninterrupted availability of means and opportunities for high speed data commun- ication. We use apps such as Google Maps, consult online flight schedules and timetables and book hotels and restaurants by smart- phone as if we had done it all our lives. We no longer store photos locally but prefer the cloud, and are firmly convinced that we can access material whenever and wherever we need it. Efficiency in business processes is an important Some of us may even have complained about competitive driver. Modern means of commun- temporarily having to make do with 3G instead ication and the rapidly increasing data traffic of LTE or 4G in the toilet of a public building... have long made us dependent on the consist- ently excellent functioning of our communicat- Yet not so long ago we had to grapple with ions infrastructures. At Datwyler Cabling Solut- downloads which took hours, airline tickets ions we play an important role in ensuring and were still pieces of paper and mobile phones enhancing the efficiency of our customers’ were used for virtually nothing but phoning. business processes with our products, integrat- ed solutions and services – and we are proud of Recently I was forcibly reminded of the old days it. You will find up-to-date examples in this is- when I wanted to change my holiday travel ar- sue of “Panorama”. rangements in an emerging Asian nation: I had trouble getting through on the phone, it was I hope you enjoy reading about them. hard to understand and various interruptions made things even more difficult. I couldn’t ac- Datwyler Cabling Solutions cess my booking confirmation as the online mailbox was not available at precisely that mo- ment, nor could the seats in the plane be con- firmed directly due to IT problems. And to cap it all, the hotel couldn’t find the reservation... In the end I managed it – after two hot and sweaty hours. Not the most efficient of processes, as Johannes Müller my wife remarked. CEO 04

Reference Project One-stop solution provider for telecoms infrastructure

Over the past two years Datwyler has been acting as general contractor for the cabling of thousands of new offices, shops, apartments and villas on Al Reem Island and in the Rawdhat district of Abu Dhabi.

High-rise buildings domin- ate the skyline of Al-Reem Island – as here in the Marina Square district 05

Datwyler implemented a CCTV monitoring system in the Sky Tower PoP room

Al Reem Island is a residential, commercial and wers, Mangrove Palace and Sky Towers, several business project in Abu Dhabi on the north coast major commercial properties, the Paragon Bay of the . The new neighbour- Mall and one villa. By August 2013 Datwyler had hood, developed by Sorouh (), handed over seven multi-storey residential Reem Investments and Tamouh, is being created blocks in Rawdhat. on a natural island in the about half a kilometre off the coast. The island is planned to These projects included structured cabling for provide 6.5 million square metres of residential 1160 homes, when around 430 kilometres of and working space for around 180,000 people. copper data cable and 75 kilometres of single- The total cost is estimated at 30 billion dollars. mode fibre optic cable were installed. The ONT This gigantic project has attracted international installations – always including patching and interest, not least due to the fact that it is one of measuring the fibre optic backbone – even the Abu Dhabi’s first free trade zones. took in more than 2500 apartments in 12 build- ings, involving the testing of around 9700 fibre The Rawdhat development area in Abu Dhabi is optic links. “modest” by comparison: it will comprise 18,000 residential and business units covering approxi- The tender specification stipulated horizontal le- mately 800,000 square metres and costing vel structured cabling comprising Category 6A around 5 billion dollars. cables and connecting technology, data outlets – some in floor boxes in the offices – and wall- Datwyler Middle East was appointed general mounted housings with signal converters for contractor for the telecoms infrastructure of the fibre-to-copper signal conversion. Twin-fibre op- buildings in both projects. Amongst other tic cables were used to connect the apartments things this includes structured cabling systems to the cabinets in the floor telecom rooms (FTR). for data, voice and TV/video, fibre optic back- Each FTR cabinet is connected to a dedicated bones, home automation cabling, the installat- 42 U rack in a main telecom room (MTR) using ion of optical network terminals (ONT) and video riser fibre cable with 12 to 48 fibres depending monitoring systems (CCTV). The contract was on floor capacity. Patch cords were provided at awarded by the Emirates Telecommunications FTR for linking twin fibre with riser fibre cable Corporation (Etisalat) and UT Technology, the and at MTR for linking riser cable with the service authorized subsidiary of Etisalat acting as Tele- provider’s racks. All the connections are labelled com Authority & Service Provider in Al Reem at both ends and all the fibre optic links were Datwyler cabled 481 dwelling units in Mangrove and Rawdhat. tested prior to handover. Palace alone

Keys to success Datwyler has always been able to complete the projects implemented to date within the time specified and within budget – despite the chal- lenges typical of this size of construction site. These challenges include, for example, architec- tural modifications at short notice and delays caused by other construction trades. The two most important factors for success were contin- uous design optimization, material and resource A look into a wall-mounted cabinet in Rawdhat ONU cabinet in an apartment house in Rawdhat planning as well as close coordination with the clients, the other firms operating on site and the Datwyler is responsible not only for planning, Datwyler used Category 6 cable, the appropri- respective installation partners. supplying and installing the telecoms infrastruc- ate connecting technology and separate wall- ture for these projects, but also for overall pro- mounted enclosures for cabling the home ject management including cost control. On top automation systems – monitoring and control of this there is network commissioning and ac- panels, motion detectors, thermostats and ceptance as well as reporting and documenting equipment for shading and access control. the systems installed. Here again all the connections were labelled and tested. Numerous high-rise buildings cabled Over the past two years Datwyler has completed To date Datwyler has implemented CCTV mo- Nabeel Shrajudeen projects in 17 buildings on Al Reem Island, inclu- nitoring system in the two PoP rooms on Al Senior Project Manager ding the Reem Diamond, Marina Bay, Amaya To- Reem Island, one of them being in Sky Tower. [email protected] 06

Reference Project Nürtingen gets “infor- mation superhighway”

Nürtingen’s Municipal Utilities will continue to expand the city’s fibre optic network for private and business customers with its NT-net Service Division. The company is relying on Datwyler products and services to connect its NT-net customers.

The city of Nürtingen, with a population of just for example the connection of intelligent energy under 40,000, is an important business and ser- consumption meters. vice centre in the Stuttgart region. In order to lay the technical foundations for new communica- Gradual expansion tions services in the urban area and surrounding Since October 2011 both Fiber-to-the-Curb region, in 2010 Stadtwerke Nürtingen GmbH (FTTC) and Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks created the NT-net broadband supply division, have been created in Nürtingen. This was done which will set up an extensive fibre optic access first of all by accessing street distribution cabinets network (AN) over the next few years. This with fibre optic cables in three sub-municipalities. new “information superhighway” provides com- Here multifunction devices provide connections mercial and private customers with high band- to the existing copper cables for FTTC. For FTTH, width access of currently up to 100 megabits per cable distribution frames were installed in the second, allowing superfast Internet and high- street cabinets and additional fibre optic connec- definition television among other things. At the tions into the buildings created at what is known same time it forms the basis for future offerings, as network level 3. Blowing fibre optic cables into ducts 07

Cable to building entry point in the Hohes Gestade Business Park

F ibre optic splice closure in a manhole W all breakthrough Fibre optic data outlet at Hölderlin Grammar School in Hohes Gestade Business Park

Nürtingen’s Municipal Utilities found Datwyler Since then – in line with the Municipal Utilities’ work and telephone or telephone system here. to be an expert and reliable product and instal- requirements – Datwyler has been responsible for Some of the cables, however, were also routed into lation partner for their broadband expansion, the turnkey implementation of around 50 other the network cabinets of larger companies and and this successful collaboration has proved its projects. In addition to the work described above connected directly to type OV-A patch panels. worth in many individual projects since Octo- these included blowing, installing and connect- ber 2011. Initially private households and small ing various types of cable in manholes and build- In recent months 30 commercial and over 200 businesses in the district of Reudern were able ings both inside and outside urban areas. private customers have been connected to the to surf and telephone using cutting-edge tech- new “information superhighway”. To date all nology from autumn 2012 onwards. Since early By summer 2014 approximately 17 kilometres of the installations and respective start-ups have 2014, the districts of Raidwangen and Neckar- cable had been installed, around six kilometres of proceeded without a hitch, so the Nürtingen’s hausen have also been benefitting from the which were used to link the central distribution Municipal Utilities are very happy with Datwyler’s services provided. points (Point-of-Presence, PoP) to street cabinets, products and services – and will also make inc- with about eleven kilometres of cable entering the reasing use of them during subsequent exten- Over 50 sub-projects completed buildings. The connection of private households sions of their network. Datwyler is expanding the fibre optic network was realised for the most part with 12-fibre cable, in close cooperation with trained, certified in- that of business customers with Datwyler’s 24-fibre stallation partners. The first orders, executed in Micro and S-Micro cable. Christian Conrad 2011, included connection of the Municipal Project Manager Utilities control room, of IT company Bürotex In FTTH projects the fibre optic cables are normal- [email protected] Metadok and green roofing company ZinCo ly terminated in a wall-mounted cabinet which is Dachbegrünung. These projects focussed located in the basement of the building. As a rule Andreas Weng primarily on creating the requisite fibre optic an optical / electrical media converter is installed Area Sales Manager splice closures, splicing and measurement work at the building entry point (BEP). Depending on the Baden-Württemberg and drawing up the relevant documentation. contract, users can connect their own home net- [email protected] 8

500 racks were cabled with a fibre optic system

Reference Project include software production, conference rooms and canteens. The functional hub of the manuf- acturing base, workplace to over 10,000 people, Preassembled is the Research and Development Department of the Communication Products Division.

solution for Huawei Datwyler installed a communications cabling system with Category 6 cables and around 24,000 high-performance connections in the Data Centre extensive building complex. This was supple- mented by the use of backbone cabling in- corporating a fibre optic solution with metal- Huawei trusts in Datwyler cabling systems for free lightning-resistant fibre optic outdoor cables, thus guaranteeing the reliable transmis- its new manufacturing base in Huangzhou. sion of data throughout the complex.

10 gigabits in Data Centre Huawei Technologies, established in Shenzhen well as mobile devices including tablet PCs. The data centre of the Phase II Manufacturing in 1987, is the world’s second largest supplier of Today Huawei services 45 of the top 50 telecom Base in Huangzhou is used primarily by the communications equipment, it is the third largest operators. One third of the world’s population Research Department. Here again Datwyler manufacturer of smart phones and the leading directly or indirectly uses Huawei products. The provided the solution, cabling 500 racks with telecommunications solutions supplier. Its port- company operates in over 140 countries through- an OM3 fibre optic system so as to achieve a folio features integrated solutions for telecom- out the world and employs a workforce of over transmission speed of 10 gigabits per second. munications networks and business networks, 150,000, of which 70,000 work in Research and professional services and software solutions as Development. The solution was tailored specifically to the customer’s requirements and comprised 12- Huawei has collaborated with Datwyler in China fibre cables preassembled with connectors and since 2012, during which time Datwyler has sup- 24-port high-density modules, also supplied plied universal communications cabling solutions preassembled. Using preassembled products for the infrastructure projects on several Chin- meant that installation was simple, neat and, ese sites. above all, fast.

Copper and fibre optic solution One of these projects is the so-called Phase II Manufacturing Base in the Xiaoshan district of Huangzhou, the capital of China’s Zhejiang Pro- vince. The site, which covers an area of over Peter Deng 230,000 square metres, gives Huawei 311,000 South China Sales Manager square metres of floor space for facilities which [email protected] Over 10,000 people work in the Phase II Manufacturing Base in Huangzhou 9

Refec ren e Project A fibre optic network for Al Reem Island

Datwyler commissioned by Etisalat to develop the access network on Al Reem Island off the coast of Abu Dhabi.

As the general contractor appointed by Emirates Datwyler started the requisite work in late Telecommunications Corporation (Etisalat) based December 2011 and completed it in September in the United Arab Emirates, Datwyler Middle 2013, using high-fibre cables, splice closures, East was responsible among other things for de- optical distribution frames and thousands of sign validation and optimisation, the supply and fibre optic patch cables in the aforementioned installation of fibre optic cables and system ac- buildings. cessories, project monitoring and cost control, testing and acceptance, and for reporting and Redundant links documentation. The PoP in the Sky Tower is connected to each individual high rise by one primary and one re- The project on Al Reem Island essentially in- dundant (secondary) fibre optic link. Connecting volved installing a PoP (Point of Presence) – also the Gate Tower involved bridging distances of called a control centre, node or head station – in between 600 and 2000 metres with between the Sky Tower, the installation of fibre optic net- 300 and 1300 single-mode fibres, depending on works in the individual buildings and con- the size of the building. Central fibre rack in Gate Tower 4: nections between the PoP and the high-rise the optical fibres are terminated on blocks. These were Gate Tower 3, 4, 5, 7A and 7C The fibre optic links to the buildings on the the patch panels provided by the client as well as the new buildings on the Sorouh site, Sorouh site consist of 300 to 600 fibres and are i.e. the Sea View, Al Wifaq and Ocean Scape between 850 and 4400 metres long. Towers as well as both Beach Towers. >> 10

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The indoor cabling on the PoP site is of redund- things a large closure was provided in each of structure on the PoP site, where a flexible response ant design, terminated in high-density racks on the individual high-rise buildings as a point of was once again essential. Continual network de- high-density distribution panels. In the individual entry to the outdoor cabling. The cable access sign optimization, cost control, careful material and towers the optical fibres are terminated in 42 U points and manholes had not yet been com- resource scheduling and, last but not least, close racks on the respective panels provided by the pleted in several buildings, however, so in order collaboration with Etisalat, several authorities and client. Here, among other things, Datwyler has in- to avoid delays and additional expenditure Dat- the many firms involved in the project enabled stalled splitters and patch cables to prepare the wyler placed the fibre optic closures on their Datwyler to complete this demanding project on building for connection to Etisalat services. own cable runs. This simple solution was then time, as planned and within budget. copied in all subsequent projects. Flexible response essential The specifications stipulate that each link of the Datwyler was faced with even more challenges Nabeel Shrajudeen outdoor cabling should have several fibre optic in the course of the individual development Senior Project Manager closures in accessible manholes. Among other stages, for example modifications to the network [email protected]

H igh-density racks and high-density distribution panels on the PoP site Sky Tower Splice closure in manhole (top) and on extended cable tray in the Al Wifaq Tower (below)

Refec ren e Project Multimedia network for new University building in Basel

The new campus of the renowned Academy of led on the floors, in parallel to the copper net- Art and Design at the University of Applied Scien- work, for the FO connection of cutting-edge ces Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) is current- audio/video technology. For the new commun- ly being constructed on the Dreispitz site in Basel. ications network Datwyler also supplied various Datwyler is supplying the universal communica- patch panels and racks made to the customer’s tions cabling system for the new campus tower requirements as well as safety cables and block. Among its features making it possible to distributors with extended circuit integrity in the transmit up to 10 gigabits per second are type event of fire.

CU 7702 Category 7A cables and MS-C6A 1/8 Cat 6A (IEC) RJ45 modules for the horizontal cabling as Roland Häfelfinger well as a fibre optic backbone cabling. Datwyler Area Manager Data Centre Solution OM4 multimode and OS2 Northwestern Switzerland single-mode cables and components were instal- [email protected] New campus tower block in Basel 11

Market Trade fair in Finland Pistesarjat Oy’s stand at Sähkö, Tele, Valo & AV turned the limelight on some interesting products from the Datwyler solutions portfolio. Display wall on safety cable installations on the Pistesarjat Oy stand

In early February 2014 Datwyler Cab- ling Solutions took the opportunity Market of attending Sähkö, Tele, Valo & AV, the most important Finnish trade fair for electrical infrastructures. This 2nd place at the is held every other year in the exhib- ition grounds of Jyväskylä, a city with a population of 135,000 in cent- 2014 DCS Awards ral Finland.

This time the 3-day fair drew around Datwyler’s data centre solution 15,000 visitors, a large number of whom called in at the Pistesarjat Oy made it from finalist to Simo Kainunkangas, Pistesarjat Oy ICT stand. The local Datwyler distribut- Product Manager, on the exhibition stand ion partner had devoted a subst- award winner. antial part of its display space to Datwyler cabling systems for preventative fire protection and commun- In April Datwyler Cabling Solutions invited all its customers ications networks. on the website to vote in this year’s “DCS Awards”. Datwyler and four other suppliers were selected as finalists in the Many of the visitors to the stand showed a special interest in the display “Datacenter Cabling Product of the Year” category. iDaC wall featuring safety cable installations and highlighting the important role Solutions Ltd., the exclusive distributor for Great Britain and played by tested support and mounting systems in cabling with extended

Ireland, had nominated a copper-based Category 7A (Class FA) circuit integrity (System Circuit Integrity) conforming to DIN 4102-12. This data centre cabling solution from Datwyler. German standard served as the model for future European standards on the testing of safety cable installations. On 15th May the Datwyler solution was awarded 2nd place (“Runner-up”). As only company votes were allowed and no Pistesarjat Oy has represented Datwyler in Finland for three years now. The company was allowed to vote for itself, Datwyler would like company has around 30 employees and is an important player in the dom- to say a big thank you to all its customers for their vote of estic electrical sales market. The Pistesarjat team has specialised in confidence. Datwyler’s safety and communications cabling solutions, with a further focus on heating cables and pipes. A high level of consultancy expertise The iDaC Solutions team at the prize giving gala in London and extensive technical and commercial knowledge are the hallmarks of this thriving company, which moved into larger premises in July 2014.

Pier Paolo Guerriero Export Sales Manager [email protected] 12

M arket Still on the road to success in China Datwyler is still on course for growth in China. Three new prestigious awards confirm the company’s success in this market.

Zeng Songming, Technical Director at Datwyler, The second “Building Electric and Intelligent The event focussed on worldwide trends in the gave a lecture on energy efficiency Energy-Saving Technology Development Fo- field of “intelligent buildings”. Current “hot” to- at the forum on 26th November rum” and the “China Intelligent Building Electric pics and the industry’s development potential Industry Excellent Brand Selection and Awar- in China generated heated debate among the ding Ceremony” were held in the Beijing Xin- 200+ participants. The podium discussions jiang Plaza on 26th November 2013. The event covered a wide range of subjects and provided was organised jointly by the “China Association comprehensive information gained from re- of Building Energy Efficiency”, the “China Intel- search and practical experience. Zeng Song- ligent Building Information Network” and the ming took part in the discussions on behalf of “Electricity of Intelligent Buildings Media”. Justin Datwyler. Pan, Sales Director, accepted an “Excellent Gen- eric Cabling System Award” on behalf of Dat- The “Engineering Intelligent Design” Depart- wyler. Zeng Songming, Technical Director at ment of the “China Exploration and Design As- Datwyler, gave a widely acclaimed talk on sociation” and the Peking journal “Intelligent “Analysis of the energy efficiency of an applic- Building and City Information” singled Datwy- ation-neutral cabling system”. ler out as a “Top 10 Brand” in the field of intel- ligent building cabling. The prize was based es- Among the Top 10 sentially on a ballot of experts, users and system On 6th December the industry gathered in Pe- integrators and on criteria such as brand aware- king for the “China Intelligent Building Innovat- ness, technical level, market share, cost perfor- ion and Sustainable Development Round Table mance and services. Chen Weidong, Datwyler’s Summit” and the award ceremony for the “Intel- Managing Director in China, accepted the ligent Building Top 10 Brands”. award in person.

Chen Weidong (left), Managing Director of Datwyler China, at the award ceremony in Peking on 6th December 13

M arket Mexico, a “Hidden Champion” New distributor Marathon aims at achieving ambitious targets with Datwyler solutions.

Chen Weidong at the Summit in Guangzhou

F ourth place in the industry “Oscar” vote Once again Datwyler came fourth in the “Qian- jia Brands Lab Top 10 Cabling Brands”. Chen Weidong accepted the industry “Oscar” on 10th December at the “China Intelligent Building Brand Awards“ ceremony in the Dong Fang Ho- tel in Guangzhou. Datwyler, a platinum sponsor of the “China International Building Intelligence Summit” organised by Qianjia and held there at the same time, had its own stand and gave a lecture. Janitzio Badillo (left), Managing Director, and Oliverio Ruiz (right), Manger ICT Networks at Marathon Eléctrica de Puebla, S.A. de C.V. Datwyler is growing steadily in China. In a recent interview Chen Weidong made it clear that in In years to come the United Mexican States could overtake Brazil in terms of economic future Datwyler will meet customer-specific influence. It is one of the “O5 countries“, and many economists believe that Mexico requirements in the field of data, voice and would have fitted in well with the original BRIC countries. This up-and-coming emerging video transmission with very specific solutions nation has a large internal market characterised by an urgent need to modernise and which offer customers genuine added value. increasing direct investment. Datwyler also wants to combine the cabling systems with engineering support and services In Marathon Eléctrica de Puebla Datwyler Cabling Solutions has a strong and compe- – for example in the areas of on-site surveys, tent local partner which aims to meet ambitious targets with the high-performance solution design, installation, training and maint- portfolio in Mexico. Marathon’s head office is in Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza (Puebla for enance. short), the capital of the central Mexican state of Puebla, situated at an altitude of 2135 metres. The experienced distributor has an excellent network of contacts and five branch offices in the country: in Mexico DF, Queretaro, Villahermosa, Tijuana and Orizaba. Marathon has also successfully been selling the products and solutions of Cassie Wang major European manufacturers on the domestic market for 32 years. Sales Administration Assistant [email protected] Marathon has appointed two new qualified members of staff, Oliverio Ruiz and Jorge Miranda, for the exclusive management of the Datwyler portfolio. They have passed a sales training course in Altdorf to enable them to implement individual, customer- Chen Chen specific solutions successfully and on time. In order to tap new customer potential Marketing Specialist Datwyler also organised a local certification course. 12 major system integrators and [email protected] over 70 technicians attended these in three stages.

E nrique Lampatzer Area Sales Manager Iberia-LatAm (CALA) [email protected] 14

Innovation Peak values surpassed yet again

The improved plug-in modules for the “Datwyler Data Centre Solution” plug-and-go fibre optic system are available as of now. But that’s not all: the system solution is being upgraded by leaps and bounds.

For over ten years Datwyler has been supplying a weeks. No wonder the system enjoys a fast- plications, is no longer made from anodised wide range of tailor-made infrastructure solutions growing installed basis, particularly in Switzerland. aluminium, but from robust black plastic. In the and associated services for data centres. The enclosure a neat cable management system company’s core competence is still high-perform- The central components of this cabling system ensures more stable internal fibre control from the ance future-proof cabling systems. And the jewel are the fully assembled plug-in modules and front rear MTP couplers to the front fibre optic couplers. in the product portfolio is definitely the 100G- panels, fabricated to a high quality. The plug-in On both sides of the front couplers there are tested “Datwyler Data Centre Solution”. modules – available for OM3, OM4 and OS2 – are labelling strips for customer-specific printing. perfectly matched to Datwyler’s 3 U modular sub- This system is the preassembled plug-and-go racks and 1 U patch panels. Extremely high pa- So far all that was available were plug-in modules fibre optic solution specially developed by Dat- cking densities can be achieved in data centres – with two rear MTP couplers (type A) to take two wyler for high-density requirements in data cent- up to 288 fibres with LCD connections on 3 U, for preassembled MTP trunk cables. These had six res. It is characterised by ultra-high-performance example, or up to 1152 fibres with MTP adapters. LCQ adapters (LC quads) on the front. cables and components, high-precision con- nector assembly and optimum optical perform- Optically and technically upgraded Other versions including MTP-on-LSH plug-in ance values (IL/RL). Datwyler has in part even The latest version of these plug-in modules, for modules can now be supplied, and even more managed to surpass these values over recent which Datwyler has already filed two patent ap- models will follow. At the same time Datwyler 15

The outstanding performance figures of the Datwyler system solution speak for themselves now offers a larger selection of polarity methods Over the coming months breakout modules will ar construction will ensure that every specific for all these inserts. also be available for all the front panel versions, customer requirement can be met in future. fitting seamlessly into the fully modular overall The new plug-in modules also come with a choice concept of the Datwyler Data Centre Solution. of up to two splice cassettes for a maximum of 24 fibres – double the previous capacity. The product range is rounded off by fanout ca- bles, mini-breakout cables and patch cables, Portfolio expanded further more robust universal cables colour-matched to In the event of a migration to 40G or 100G the fibre type as well as loose tube distribution boxes plug-in modules in the distribution boxes are and patch management trays. replaced by front panels with MTP adapters. These MTP front panels now also come in the new de- Fully modular construction sign, i.e. in black. Depending on the requirement Datwyler Cabling Solutions will continue to per- Pius Albisser they are currently fitted with two, four or eight fect and expand the portfolio on this basis. A Senior Engineer Data Centre Solutions MTP adapters – versions with six or 12 will follow. gradual increase in type variety and fully modul- [email protected]

CABLING SOLUTIONS NEWS

New MaNAging Director Trade fairs in October for Datwyler Middle East

At the beginning of August Datwyler Cabling Solutions welcomed Jon Bamford, 52, the new Managing Director of Datwyler Middle East. Born and brought up in Great Britain, he has been living and working outside his native land TeleNetfair will be held in Lucerne between 21st for just under 20 years, the last 12 years of which and 23rd October. On stand 4.32 in Hall 4 Datwy- he spent in the Middle East region. ler Cabling Solutions will be showing solutions for future-proof data centre cabling systems, Jon Bamford possesses extensive technical and office solutions using copper and fibre optic market knowledge. He has worked in various technology, and FTTx solutions. positions of increasing responsibility for over 30 years, mainly with multi-national ICT busines- ses, including two of the world’s largest – British Telecom and Verizon.

For the past 15 years he has occupied various Jon Bamford, the new Managing management positions in which he was respons- Director of Datwyler Middle East ible for leading large bids and setting up new On 29th and 30th October Datwyler will be attend- companies requiring rapid growth. ing Data Centre World Asia at the Suntec Exhibit- ion Centre in Singapore. Among the products As well as a diploma in engineering (BTec) Jon displayed on the stand will be the Datwyler Data has a degree in marketing, both from the Univers- Centre Solution portfolio, preassembled trunk cab- ity of London, and an MBA from Nottingham les and the company’s new Category 8 cables. University. Jon is married with two children. Switzerland United Arab Emirates Singapore

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