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Prysmian leads the way<br>with FTTH in Germany
Prysmian Cables & Systems has secured a new contract to supply the first phase of a Fibre to the Home (FTTH) network in the South Western German town of Schwerte (Westhofen).
The project will initially link around 1,800 households, and conclude, by 2012, with the connection of the entire town of 50,000 inhabitants, with ultra high speed broadband via optical fibre. The cable system is to be installed by local contractor, Volker Schulte Elektrotechnik GmbH and the end customer will be utility company Stadtwerke Schwerte GmbH.
Project manager for Volker Schulte Elektrotechnik GmbH, Mr Jürgen Schäfer commented, "The Prysmian Sirocco system is ideal for this type of project, allowing fast initial installation together with the ability to grow the network over time on a highly cost effective basis. There is a very high fibre density in these last mile connections and the Sirocco system is able to both manage this and provide the necessary flexibility for future updates"
The initial phase of the project is due to start before the end of January with the next phase scheduled for July 2008.
