As we see the demands of high bandwidth double the need for fiber, ribbon cable becomes the simplest, easiest, and fastest way to plan for present and future network needs. It offers higher fiber counts, higher fiber density, and high bandwidth than any other cable construction designed for the outside plant (OSP), four times the highest-fiber-count loose tube cable.

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As we see the demands of high bandwidth double the need for fiber, ribbon cable becomes the simplest,
easiest, and fastest way to plan for present and future network needs. It offers higher fiber counts, higher
fiber density, and high bandwidth than any other cable construction designed for the outside plant (OSP),
four times the highest-fiber-count loose tube cable. This article will provide some knowledge of ribbon
cable.
What is Fiber Optic Ribbon Cable?
In ribbon cable structure, the fiber ribbons are housed in slots (with a metal central strength
member) to form a cable core. The core is wrapped with water-blocking tape and armored with
laminated steel tape, and then a PE outer sheath is extruded. With this special structure, ribbon
cables allow mass-fusion splicing, with 12 fibers spliced in a single procedure for easier fiber

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management, faster network builds, and quicker restoration following fiber cable cuts.
Features and Benefits
The ribbon cable offers good mechanical and temperature performance, excellent crush
resistance, high tensile strength ensured by steel wire, all-dry design, high fiber counts, high fiber
density, high bandwidth, four times the highest-fiber-count loose tube cable, and mass fusion of
fibers. Furthermore, the ribbon cable can offer efficiency and cost savings, better solutions to
congested pathways and conduits, more closure flexibility, reduction of splicing error rates,
quicker time to restoration, ease of management and installation, and improved OSP productivity.
Applications
The ribbon cable is used in the data center, core network, metropolitan area network (MAN), local
area network (LAN), avionics networks, ethernet backbone, indoor FTTH networks,
indoor/outdoor point-to-point applications, interconnection and crossover applications of MTP
optical fiber distribution boxes; the 12-core ribbon cable is the most widely used type of ribbon
cables, and the 12-core ribbon cable can be easily used by SC and LC simplex connector, duplex
connectors or MTP connector. In addition, the ribbon cable is used in digital video systems, flight
management systems, weather radar systems, CATV, etc.
Conclusion
The ribbon cable is designed to offer the high fiber density possible relative to cable size with a

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highly flexible cable jacket that promotes ease of handling and installation to help speed
deployment, durability, and enhanced compression resistance. Sun Telecom aims to provide
ribbon cable products for the global market.