Corning Announces Breakthrough Optical Fiber Technology
23 Luglio 2007 - 3:02PM
Business Wire
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today announced the development of
a new optical fiber-based technology that solves an historic
technical challenge for telecommunications carriers installing
fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks. Corning�s breakthrough is based
on a nanoStructures� optical fiber design that allows the cabled
fiber to be bent around very tight corners with virtually no signal
loss. These improved attributes will enable telecommunications
carriers to economically offer true high-speed Internet, voice and
HDTV services to virtually all commercial and residential
(apartment and condominium) buildings. Current optical fiber
installations lose signal strength and effectiveness when bent
around corners and routed through a building, making it difficult
and expensive to run fiber all the way to customers� homes. �This
is a game-changing technology for telecommunications applications,�
said Peter F. Volanakis, president and chief operating officer at
Corning. �We have developed an optical fiber cable that is as
rugged as copper cable but with all of the bandwidth benefits of
fiber. By making fundamental changes in the way light travels in
the fiber, we were able to create a new optical fiber that is over
100 times more bendable than standard fibers.� Corning�s newest
fiber technology achieves this while maintaining compatibility with
industry performance standards, existing manufacturing processes
and installation procedures. �So, customers don�t have to sacrifice
one benefit to get another,� he said. �There are more than 680
million apartment homes worldwide, including more than 25 million
in the United States. The high cost of installation and difficulty
in delivering fiber to the home made this market unappealing to
most providers. We have been working closely with these carriers to
create a solution that will make this more economically viable for
them and for their customers,� he said. One of the early proponents
of this emerging technology was Verizon Communications Inc. In
February of this year, Corning and Verizon commissioned a joint
working team to solve the problems of multiple dwelling unit
installation using this new fiber solution. �Continued innovation
in advanced telecommunications networks is critical to the
long-term success of Verizon and our ability to provide our FiOS
service on a mass scale in the United States,� said Paul Lacouture,
executive vice president of Engineering and Technology, Verizon
Telecom Group. �We are working closely with Corning to solve the
challenges of providing fiber solutions to high-rise apartment
complexes across the United States. This fiber technology will
enable us to bring faster Internet speeds, higher-quality
high-definition content, and more interactive capabilities than any
other platform which exists today.� Corning first introduced
low-loss optical fiber in the early 1970s. Optical fibers are
waveguides that transmit light within the fiber�s central region,
or core. However, with standard single-mode fiber, tight bends
cause leakage of the light, resulting in signal loss or optical
power degradation. A bend or curve that is too tight will result in
total signal loss. With Corning�s new nanoStructures design, the
optical fiber maintains its signal strength when bent or curved,
with performance results 100 times better than standard single-mode
fibers. The new fiber also enables simpler and more aesthetically
pleasing designs for the cable, hardware and equipment used in the
deployment. Corning will introduce a full suite of optical fiber,
cable and hardware and equipment solutions based on its
nanoStructures technology platform this fall at the
Fiber-to-the-Home Conference in Orlando, Fla., Sept. 30 � Oct. 4.
See feature story on this subject, "Bend it like Corning" at:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/08/06/1001
41306/index.htm?postversion=2007072303 (Due to its length, this URL
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field.�Remove the extra space if one exists.) About Corning
Incorporated Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world
leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150
years of materials science and process engineering knowledge,
Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable
high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions
control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include
glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and
laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control
systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for
telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery;
and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a
number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense,
astronomy and metrology. Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
a variety of business risks and other uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and
uncertainties include the possibility of changes in global economic
and political conditions; currency fluctuations; product demand and
industry capacity; competition; manufacturing efficiencies; cost
reductions; availability of critical components and materials; new
product commercialization; changes in the mix of sales between
premium and non-premium products; new plant start-up costs;
possible disruption in commercial activities due to terrorist
activity, armed conflict, political instability or major health
concerns; adequacy of insurance; equity company activities;
acquisition and divestiture activities; the level of excess or
obsolete inventory; the rate of technology change; the ability to
enforce patents; product and components performance issues; stock
price fluctuations; and adverse litigation or regulatory
developments. Additional risk factors are identified in Corning�s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the day that they are
made, and Corning undertakes no obligation to update them in light
of new information or future events.
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