D@tacomms - Data & Communication Cables
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Products
M@XLAN® Cable
A range of Local Area Network (LAN) copper cables, with specifications to meet the requirements of Category 5E, 6 and 6A. Cat 5E 1/0.5 mm 24 AWG PACW, polyolefin insulated, twisted pair, flame retardant PVC sheath (75°C). ACMA and UL Verified. Nominal impedance 100 ohm. Tested up to 100 MHz, (tested up to 450 MHz on request). Velocity of propagation 67%. Blue Sheath. Cat 6 1/0.57 mm 24 AWG PACW, polyolefin insulated, twisted pair, flame retardant PVC sheath (75°C). ACMA and UL Listed. Nominal impedance 100 ohm. Tested up to 250 MHz, (tested up to 600 MHz on request). Velocity of propagation 67%. Grey Sheath.Cat 6A 1/0.57 mm 23 AWG PACW, polyolefin insulated, twisted pair, flame retardant low smoke zero halogen sheath. ACMA and UL...
Connecting Wire
Jumper wire is used for the interconnection of terminal tags of MDF, pillars and cabinets and internal terminating boxes. Solid PACW, PVC insulated, max resist 94.5, capacitance unbalance max 300/500 m @ 800 hz. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheet(s) / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if you wish to speak to a Prysmian Product Specialist for further information
M@XTEL® Lead In Telephone Cable
There are two types of lead-in Telephone cables: The Aerial self supported Telephone cable is designed for external aerial installations. The Galvanised steel wire is incorporated into the polyethelyne sheath in the "figure 8" formations. Whereas, the External Lead-In telephone cable is designed for external underground installations in ducts or by direct burial. This type of cable has a jelly-filled core for water blocking purposes, and optionally with a UV stabilised Polyamide as an effective terminte barrier.
M@XTEL® Telephone Cable Internal
These Internal cables have been upgraded to Category 3, 100Ω balanced, suitable for Local Area Network (LAN) network cabling (Up to 16 MHz). Data-grade UTP, capable of supporting transmission rates of up to 16 Mbps M@XTEL® internal Cat3 cable 3. 1/0.50 PACW, polyethylene insulated, twisted pair, unit construction, polyester core wrapped, PVC sheathed, ACMA approved. Cream coloured sheath. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheet(s) / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if you wish to speak to a Prysmian Product Specialist for further information.
M@XTEL® Telephone Cable External
This copper telephone cable is designed for external underground installations in ducts or by direct burial. An optional Polyamide sheating provides an effective anti-termite barrier. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheet(s) / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if you wish to speak to a Prysmian Product Specialist for further information.
Heavy Duty/Break Out Riser
Prysmian's Heavy Duty/Break Out Riser cable, is a rugged, tight buffered and multi-core optical cable, which offers a high level of mechanical and environmental protection. It also enables easy breakout and fibre termination within multi-dwelling or office buildings. This Riser Cable is suitable for applications in Local area Network (LAN) including FDDI cabling, Ethernet and Token Ring. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheet(s) / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if you wish to speak to a Prysmian Product Specialist for further information.
Light Duty Riser
Made for the distribution of optical fibre cables within the Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) or office buildings. This tight buffered multi-fibre optical cable is suitable for applications in local area network (LAN) including FDDI cabling, Ethernet and Token Ring. This cable is suitable for light loads. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheet(s) / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if you wish to speak to a Prysmian Product Specialist for further information.
Simplex
This tight buffered fibre optical cord is suitable for interconnection in high cabling density patch panels and process control applications in local area networks (LAN) including FDDI cabling, Ethernet and Token ring. Ferrule assembly for (LC compliant) connectors is a new compact pre-connectorized system, which can be used within ducts of very small size or can be blown into micro ducts, offering an easy and reliable solution to perform FTTx installations. After installation, the ferrule assembly can easily and rapidly be connectorized, avoiding time-consuming and expensive field termination tools and equipment. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheet(s) / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if you wish to speak to a Prysmian Product Specialist for further information.
Duplex/Zipcord
This tight buffered fibre optical zip-cord is suitable for interconnections in high cabling density patch panels and other fibre management enclosures and process control applications. Featuring a very small diameter reduces significantly the cabling area density. Ferrule assembly for (LC compliant) connectors is a new compact pre-connectorized system, which can be used within ducts of very small size or can be blown into micro ducts, offering an easy and reliable solution to perform FTTx installations. After installation, the ferrule assembly can easily and rapidly be connectorized, avoiding time-consuming and expensive field termination tools and equipment. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheet(s) / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if you wish to speak to a Prysmian...
SM@RTCORD®
This tight buffered single cord optical cable is specifically designed for use in the last leg of the Fibre To The Premises (FTTP) applications. The cable can be pre-connectorised and protected with QUICKDR@W pulling shroud for ease of installation and without the use of expensive fusion splicing equipment. It is specifically designed to be flexible and kink resistant. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheet(s) / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if you wish to speak to a Prysmian Product Specialist for further information.
MINISM@RT™
Our Minism@rt cables present the next stage in fibre optic cable deployment. Using state of the art manufacturing technology and process control, Prysmian has drastically miniaturised loose tube cables, offering benefits to both installers and network owners. This radical reduction in cable cross-section leads to high fibre-density cables, significantly increasing duct utilisation. This offers the potential to increase the number of fibres in a duct, lower the number of ducts needed or extend the life of the existing infrastructure, all of which offer significant savings to network owners. Features and Benefits Stranded tube design – conventional construction enabling mid-span entry. – 12 fibres and 24 fibres per tube available. Compact design – high fibre-density enables more fibre per duct. Precision engineered –...
OptiC@t™5e
The communication cable OptiC@t™5e is a combo of a four pair Cat 5E and two bend-insensitive fibres. Not only will it’s capability for super high-speed make the building attractive to future owners, the Low Smoke Zero Halogen sheath makes the building much safer, too. Plus, the cables insensitivity to bending makes it a lot easier and less expensive to install. Copper and optic fibre links the present to the future and gives you the better of two worlds. High speed internet will soon be available to most businesses and homes with the government initiative to roll out a national fibre network. OptiC@t™5e, our composite multi-purpose communication cable allows you to to “future proof” your next project. OptiC@t™5e includes BendBrightXS™, the latest in...
SM@RTCORE®
Our size-reduced SM@RTCORE® range of fibre optic loose tube cables saves you space, time and money. It’s easier to install and you can increase the number of fibres in a duct, lower the number of ducts needed or extend the life of existing ducts. Plus, the strong, still smooth, polyethylene/nylon sheath protects against termites and reduces friction. With duct space becoming an increasingly sought after commodity, the new cable offers many advantages to network owners. SM@RTCORE® is manufactured with a composite outer jacket comprising a polyethylene sheath which is bonded to an outer layer of nylon. By bonding the two layers together the nylon jacket can be made thinner while the thicker polyethylene sheath acts as a substrate to support the nylon. Other...
Central Tube
This Loose tube dielectric optical cable is designed for external underground installations in ducts by pulling, jetting or floating techniques or by direct burial in open-cut trenches. The cable is designed for installation in areas where mechanical impact is expected. Two types of sheaths can be provided with the Central Loosetube Optical Cable: – UV stabilised Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LS0H), flame retardant compound in compliance with AS 1049. – UV stabilised Polyethylene (PE) with Nylon jacket for enhanced termite resistance - in compliance with AS 1049. Two ripcords are provided beneath the sheath for easy removal. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheet(s) / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if you wish to speak to a Prysmian Product Specialist for...
FlexTube
Introducing FlexTube Cables from Prysmian - Fibre density like no other! The FlexTube products offer many advantages compared with using standard loose tube optical cable. The innovative micromodule design incorporates soft, flexible fibre units - more dense and quicker to prepare and install. These key benefits of denser design and easier handling translate to major savings in terms of time and cost – and the larger the project, the greater the savings. What does FlexTube deliver? Record breaking fibre density, increasing duct capacity, reducing civil costs. Reduced installation time. Easier handling – smaller, lighter and more flexible cable. Fast access to fibres – easy to remove the module material with no tools required. Small quantity of grease, minimising clean-up time. Modules are immune to kinking,...
HSE EXTR@CORE®
HSE EXTR@CORE® is a frontier fibre cables breaking new ground. Our latest test equipment brings trial and error to a completely new level, replicating forces only found in the most hostile black soil of Australia. The first result, HSE EXTR@CORE®, was above all expectations. It’s the toughest direct burial High Strength cable yet. The HSE EXTR@CORE is qualified using enhanced Axial Compression Resistance (ACR) test method. It’s small, lightweight and available in lengths up to 10.5 km. All these features adds up in reduced installation costs, increased network reliability and reduced power loss. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheet(s) / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if you wish to speak to a Prysmian Product Specialist for further information.
ARM@CORE - All Dielectric
Terminate the rat battle with heavy armour. Our all-dielectric ARM@CORE fibre optic cables are fully protected against ruthless Australian rodents. Despite the solid hardware these loose tube cables are still surprisingly lightweight, flexible and easy to handle. The Prysmian ARM@CORE cable uses glass reinforced plastic (GRP) rods to fully armour the cable and offer the robust protection needed to block rodents and polyamide provides anti-termite protection. Furthermore, the cable uses SM@RTCORE reduced diameter technology and offers a rodent proof cable that is not much larger than a standard loose tube cable. This means that flexibility and ease of installation is maintained. The all dielectric design negates any issues concerning lightning strikes and high soil resistivity, rendering expensive and time-consuming earthing requirements redundant. For a...
Corrugated Steel Tape Armoured
The Corrugated Steel Tape Armoured cable is designed for external underground installations in ducts or by direct burial. Corrugated steel tape provides rodent protection and polyamide provides anti-termite protection. The armoured structure also provides additional compressive strength for the cable. Use this type of optical cables when you want maximum crush resistance. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheet(s) / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if you wish to speak to a Prysmian Product Specialist for further information.
Ribbon Cables
Ribbon Fibre Cables offer extremely high fibre density as well as the advantages of Mass Fusion Splicing - where 12 fibres can be fusion spliced in one operation. This has the potential to speed up network roll out and significantly cut splicing and installation costs. Prysmian is the only cable supplier manufacturing fibre ribbons in Australia, these are supplied in a range of fibre count cables from small 72 fibre cables to high capacity 864 fibre cables. Designs up to and including 144 fibres utilise our cost effective central tube construction, while cables from 288 to 864 fibres utilise our reduced diameter multi loose tube design. Our reduced diameter cables have been designed and developed in Australia for Australian conditions and are significantly smaller...
G652D
This series is part of the most deployed fibre type worldwide and can be used in all cable constructions including loose tube, tight buffered, ribbon and central tube designs. We offer two types, standard and enhanced. The enhanced Single-Mode Fibre (ESMF) is compliant with ITU-T Recommendation G.652, Table D. The tighter geometrical, attenuation and PMD specifications of the enhanced type enables superior performance in long haul, metropolitan, access and premises applications for telecommunications, CATV and utility networks.
G655 – G656 Series
Long distance and metropolitan non-zero dispersion shifted fibres developed for optimized dispersion characteristics in high-capacity, long-distance networks. Our TeraLight® fibre is available in 2 versions, the regular TeraLight® and the TeraLight® Ultra. The benefit of the former is the minimization of your chromatic dispersion compensation while the latter is optimized for ultra-long transmission.Both versions offer: • Solutions for long haul and metropolitan transmissions. • Excellent distortion management. • Cost effective operation at 10 and 40 Gbps. • Tight channel spacing in C- and L-bands. • Compatibility with the future S-band. • Support for today’s CWDM and DWDM systems and their future evolutions. • Compliance with ITU-T G.655 and G.656 recommendations.It's typical chromatic dispersion of 8 ps/nm.km at 1550 nm is optimized to be half that of G.652 standard...
G657A BBXS Bend Insensitive
We believe that bend-insensitive optical fibres shouldn't have to come at the expense of other characteristics. In order to enhance the world's most deployed single mode optical fibre, the G.652 standard, Prysmian invented the BendBright® family comprising of BendBright® and BendBrightXS. They have a bend sensitivity reduction of x10 and x100 respectively as compared to G.652 without compromising on quality. Important features of the BendBright® family: • Compliance with the most stringent ITU-T G.652.D recommendation. • Capacity for tighter, high-end speciality operations with the specialised BendBright-Elite (G.657.B3) an ultra bend-insensitive optical fibre built on the same platform. The fibre encompasses all the features of enhanced single mode (ESMF) fibre, and provides high resistance to additional losses, thanks to macro and micro-bending – particularly in...
Bend-insensitive MaxCap OMx
MaxCap-BB-OMx combines two of our industry-leading technologies: MaxCap high bandwidth multimode fibre and BendBright bend-insensitive single-mode optical fibre technology. MaxCap-BB-OM2 / OM2+ / OM3 / OM4 optical fibres support compact cable management. This new class of MaxCap multimode fibre combines the support of improved fibre management, with high bandwidth 10G – 40G – 100G system requirements. Improved flexibility for MACs (Moves, Adds, Changes) applied in Local Area Network (LAN) backbones up to 550m (10GBASE-SX), in Data Centres up to 170m at 40G/100G speeds (40GBASE-SR4 and 100GBASE-SR10). BendBright® technology enables improved bending performance without any sacrifice or trade-off on bandwidth or other performance specifications of the optical fibre. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheets / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if...
OM1
Multimode fibres are intended for all applications where the distances covered are short, such as Local Area Networks (LAN) or all networks with a small reach like campus, buildings or offices. OM1 fibre will support link lengths greater than 400 meters at 850nm and 1000 meters at 1300nm in LAN applications. A multimode fibre also enables connections for backbone, riser and horizontal links. All these networks are characterised as having many points of access to the fibre and the short distances covered. The index profile of multimode fibres is specifically tuned to provide the optimum solution for these local applications. Our multi-mode fibres offer: • Easy splicing – robust and low cost connections for many simultaneous users. • Compatibility including FDDI, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Token...
OM3
Multimode fibres are intended for all applications where the distances covered are short, such as Local Area Networks (LAN) or all networks with a small reach like campus, buildings or offices. OM3 fibre will support link lengths greater than 1000 meters at both 850nm and 1300nm in LAN applications. A multimode fibre also enables connections for backbone, riser and horizontal links. All these networks are characterised as having many points of access to the fibre and the short distances covered. The index profile of multimode fibres is specifically tuned to provide the optimum solution for these local applications. Our multi-mode fibres offer: • Easy splicing – robust and low cost connections for many simultaneous users. • Compatibility including FDDI, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Token Ring and...
OM4
Graded index multimode fibre suitable for transmission speeds of 10 GbE (550m 10GBASE-SR). It has a 50µm core diameter and a 125µm cladding diameter. The fibre is suitable for use in premises wiring applications and will support GbE link lengths greater than 1000 metres at both 850nm and 1300nm in Local Area Network Applications (LAN). This enhanced OM3/OM4 fibre also supports 40/100 GbE up to 150 metres. For a more detailed description, please download our datasheet(s) / brochure. Alternatively our contact details are listed below if you wish to speak to a Prysmian Product Specialist for further information.
Unarmoured
Twisted pair or triple, V90-HT insulated, Al/polyester overall screened with drain wire, black PVC 5V-90 sheathed.
Armoured
Twisted pair, V90-HT insulated, each pair overall Al/polyester screened with drain wire, SWA, black PVC 5V-90 sheathed.
Unarmoured
Twisted pair or triple, V90-HT insulated, element and overall Al/polyester screened with drain wire, black PVC 5V-90 sheathed.
Armoured
Twisted pair or triple, V90-HT insulated, element and overall Al/polyester screened with drain wire, 5V-90 bedding, SWA, black PVC 5V-90 sheathed.
Compact Multi-function Joint (CMJ)
Compact Multi-function Joints (CMJ) are for jointing of optical fibre cables up to 144 fibres. Our new range of joints is designed to integrate state of the art features into very cost effective products. These optical fibre cable jointers not only save you money, but are also designed to eliminate heat shrink thus no need for a heat source in the field during installation. Using Mechanical Seals to terminate the cables lowers OH&S risks and negates risk of fires. CMJ Features Compact dome closure joint for up to 144 fibres. Mechanical cable sealing for circular port entries, Single and Multi way. Oval port entry can use both heat shrink and mechanical entry system. Up to 4 splitters can be accommodated...
Medium Multi-function Joint (MMJ)
Medium Multi-function Joints (MMJ) are for jointing of optical fibre cables up to 288 fibres. Our new range of joints is designed to integrate state of the art features into very cost effective products. They not only save you money, but are also designed to eliminate heat shrink thus no need for a heat source in the field during installation. Using Mechanical Seals to terminate the cables lowers OH&S risks and negates risk of fires. Not only are the new joints fully compatible with all current cable technologies employed in Australia and New Zealand, they have also been designed to be ready for the new and emerging cable technologies, such as Prysmian’s FlexTube. MMJ Features Medium dome closure joint for up to...