ONCE WE COMPLETED THE BACKBONE , WE USED FURUKAWA ’ S PRE- CONNECTORIZED SOLUTION FOR INSTALLING THE EXTERNAL NETWORK . days , we cabled the entire city with only two technicians trained by Furukawa .”
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Furukawa speeds up network installation in Amazonas city
Manaquiri , a municipality with around 33,000 inhabitants located 156 kilometers from Manaus , is the first in the Amazon region to have a fully built FTTH network using Furukawa ’ s preconnectorized solution .
The innovation is from RV Connect , an Internet provider with headquarters in Manaus , which has been expanding its operations to other cities in the region and , at the end of January , inaugurated a network and a store in Manaquiri to serve customers interested in its broadband service .
Rogério Viana , Director , RV Connect , says that to bring connectivity from Manaus , the company invested in deploying a 53-kilometer fiber optic backbone .
Viana said : “ Once we completed the backbone , we used Furukawa ’ s preconnectorized solution for installing the external network , which was very quick , easy and required less physical effort , as no field splicing is necessary . In just 12
ONCE WE COMPLETED THE BACKBONE , WE USED FURUKAWA ’ S PRE- CONNECTORIZED SOLUTION FOR INSTALLING THE EXTERNAL NETWORK . days , we cabled the entire city with only two technicians trained by Furukawa .”
According to Viana , with the conventional solution used in the market , this work takes 20 to 25 days . The Director highlights Furukawa ’ s support as an essential differentiator of the project . Based on RV ’ s requirements , the company ’ s engineering team designed the pre-project for the FTTH network for Manaquiri , initially serving one hundred customers .
All the materials for the external network – such as cables , termination boxes and accessories – were provided by Furukawa , which also trained RV ’ s technical team through an in-person course on best practices .
Viana concluded : “ All of this contributed to a great implementation experience . In addition to the speed of installation , the fact that it requires less labor and even less expertise makes the pre-connectorized solution ideal for use in regions with limited access to technical resources and tools .”
About Furukawa Electric Latin America
Furukawa Electric Latin America , part of the Japanese group Furukawa Electric , is a leader in complete communication and power network infrastructure solutions . It has industrial units in Curitiba , Paraná , Sorocaba , São Paulo and Santa Rita do Sapucaí , Minas Gerais . The company also has optical cable factories in Berazategui , Argentina , Palmira , Colombia and Mexicali , Mexico .
The Furukawa pre-connected solution is plug-and-play and fully connectorized at the factory . In addition to providing greater agility in deploying optical access networks , the product eliminates the need for specialized labor and a large installation team . In general , deploying the access network can be up to five times faster than conventional optical solutions . p
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