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    STL Next Generation Bend Insensitive A2 Fiber - Stellar

    Feb. 20, 2020
    STL's Stellar ITU-T G.657.A2 fiber offers backward compatibility to G.652D (MFD of 9.1 mm), which enables service providers to deploy high-density fiber networks that are service compatible with existing networks provisioned with the legacy fiber.
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    Typical ITU-T G.657.A2 fibers have a mode field diameter of 8.5 um. STL points out its Stellar ITU-T G.657.A2 fiber offers backward compatibility to G.652D (MFD of 9.1 mm), which enables service providers to deploy high-density fiber networks that are service compatible with existing networks provisioned with the legacy fiber. Thus, operators can deploy Stellar Fiber for an existing network's capacity enhancement or new network provisioning in metro, long-haul, and fiber to the X (FTTx) applications.

    Judge’s comment: “Great product! It boasts an improved macro bend loss over other options, leading to the subsequent ability to deploy more fiber in the same spaces, and has - possibly most impressively - backward compatibility with legacy fiber.”

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