ADC KRONE makes Physical Layer Management (PLM)

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NetworksEMEA 

Vol. 2 No. 2 2007 

new ways 

2 Editorial 

Hubert Schanne 

3 The Future is Fibre 

Robert E. Switz 

4 Shielded versus Unshielded 

The debate re-starts 

Karl Tryner 

6 FTTH – Let there be Light 

Joachim Brunzel 

8 Next Generation Network 

Infrastructure Portfolio 

at Carriers World 2007 

10 Makes Physical Layer 

Management (PLM) an Affordable 

Option for EVERY Network 

Matthew Palmer 

11 ADC KRONE at Telecoms07 

Andrew Roberts 

11 New High Density Block required 

60percent less space 

Torsten Koch-Jendrek 

12 New Gigabit Ethernet Patch Panel 

for High-Density Environments 

13 “Engineered for Primetime” 

Broadcast and Entertainment 

Solutions at IBC 2007 

Hervé Fauvelet 

14 FAME ® – Presented at ECOC 07 

Jörg Adomeit 

15 New Splitter Solution 

Dagmar Kähler-Müller 

16 Big Truck in South Africa 

Colin Rudling 

Connecting With Our Customers


Indications in telecommunication 

pointing toward change 

By Hubert Schanne, Vice President EMEA 

First of all, allow me to briefly introduce myself: 

I was recently appointed EMEA Vice President after 

Axel Kahsnitz left the company in pursuit of fresh 

challenges. I would once again like to express my 

thanks to Mr. Kahsnitz at this juncture for ten splendid 

years in our company and we wish him all the very 

best for his future. 

In the position as EMEA Vice President I am essentially 

responsible for the areas of Sales, Product 

Management, R&D and Marketing – a role which 

brings together the most important areas of our 

company in order to focus them on our customer’s 

requirements and it is a role to which I am very 

much looking forward to. I have now worked for 

ADC KRONE for five years, and have been responsible 

for EMEA and international sales in the past. 

The demands on telecommunication networks 

are continually growing. New services and content 

are calling for technologies to support more powerful 

and high-availability access networks. In landline 

networks, fibre-optic-based engineering will be 

the key technology to meet this challenge. From a 

tech-nological point of view, we are experiencing a 

turning point in how conventional networks are built 

due to the relentless increase in network speeds and 

their demand for greater bandwidth. FTTx network 

deployments, already standard in some countries 

such as Japan and the USA, are still in their infancy 

in Europe. Consequently, it is here in Europe that 

many new markets for FTTx infrastructure will 

be created. 

One thing is certain, if one wishes to withstand 

worldwide competition for telecommunications and 

data communication services, optical communications 

engineering is one of the most important competences 

a company can have. These skills are imperative 

to deploying an FTTx network which can achieve 

data rates between 100 Mbit/s and 10 Gbit/s within 

a foreseeable timescale. 

ADC KRONE has an extensive portfolio of fibre-opticbased 

network solutions which we have highlighted 

in this issue of our customer magazine. We are 

investing heavily into R&D and we continue to build 

the critical Fibre engineering skills mentioned above 

based on customer and live-network feedback in order 

to facilitate FTTx network deployments and in order to 

deploy solutions which are practical, economical and 

resolve network issues. We have the skills today and 

will continue to build them for your future network 

requirements. You will also find interesting articles 

about our trade-fair appearances including ECOC, 

Europe’s largest optical communications event and 

IBC, the most important broadcast & entertainment 

exhibition. We also highlight some of the technology 

choices Enterprises will have to make between 

unshielded and shielded copper solutions as they build 

their own internal networks to meet the bandwidth 

demand within their organisations. 

We hope that this issue will provide you with helpful 

suggestions about how ADC KRONE can assist you 

with flexible implementation solutions for modernising 

and deploying your networks. 

The ADC KRONE team looks forward to the fresh 

challenges currently offered by the market and to a 

successful collaboration in 2008. 

With kind regards 


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2 ADC KRONE Connecting With Our Customers – Vol.2 No.2 2007

The Future is Fibre 

From Robert E. Switz, ADC President and CEO 

Experts argue that fibre is the definitive future of 

telecommunications. And they’re right. Unlike 

existing copper wire or coaxial cable, next-generation 

fibre-optic technology carries data on pulses of light 

shot from lasers. The light travels along thin and 

delicate glass fibre strands that are clustered together 

to form cables. 

The primary benefit of fibre is speed. Fibre can provide 

homes and businesses Internet speeds of on average 

1 gigabit-a-second. To put this into perspective, that 

translates into the ability to download a feature-length 

movie in less than 8 seconds. With a comparable 1.5 

megabit DSL connection, that same movie would 

take more than an hour. 

Fibre gives our carrier customers the ability to pipe 

television and other services directly into the home 

or business. And it provides the capacity to carry 

high-definition video and virtually any other data that 

might be transmitted digitally in the future. 

In the United States, telecommunications giants have 

multi-billion-dollar plans to replace existing copper 

DSL lines with fibre-optic cable running near or past 

millions of homes. In Europe, the Middle East and 

Africa (EMEA), fibre installations are growing in excess 

of 10 percent per year as network infrastructures are 

upgraded or replaced. 

China and India are seeing sustained growth in fibre 

build outs as their economies rapidly expand. Japan is 

far ahead of the adoption curve, and fibre deployment 

is nearing completion, a testament to the county’s 

insatiable desire for broadband-driven services. Even 

in developing countries, there’s fragmented, but 

steady, growth in fibre. 

Fibre will dominate next-generation network infrastructure 

as carriers transition from narrowband to 

broadband services. And across the globe, the race 

is on to deploy these broadband networks that 

offer enhanced services and generate new revenue. 

Meanwhile, the outside-plant segment of the network 

must prepare for significant changes. 

New 

Fibre-to-the-x (FTTX) technologies require a new 

approach to the outside plant. There is greater 

need for physical layer access and the network must 

be designed for future expansion and upgrades. 

Successful FTTX deployment requires a new approach, 

a new understanding. 

At ADC KRONE, we’re a proven partner and global 

network infrastructure solutions expert that delivers 

real-world experience and measurable success. We 

know and understand the intricacies and challenges 

of fibre. Our OmniReach FTTX Infrastructure 

Solutions are the industry’s first platforms designed 

from the ground up to meet the unique requirements 

of FTTX networks. 

By building network infrastructures with 

ADC KRONE’s OmniReach solutions, service providers 

worldwide accelerate deployment and maximise 

operational efficiency from the central office to the 

outside plant. 

In any FTTX deployment, the goal of network planners 

is to build the most flexible and reliable system possible 

in the least amount of time and at the lowest possible 

cost. We are an industry leader in the development 

of cost-effective plug-and-play architectures that 

provide both time and cost savings while increasing 

the flexibility of the network. 

By understanding our carrier customers’ networks 

and applications, ADC KRONE generates a superior 

customer experience exceeding expectations with 

expert application knowledge, innovative products 

and services with unmatched quality, and on-time 

delivery. In the world of fibre, these are essential. 

With offices and employees in all regions of the 

world, we are positioned to help carriers with fibre 

deployments and deliver solutions that enable them 

to benefit from a complete industry transformation. 

Kind regards, 

Bob Switz 

Robert E. Switz 

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Karl Tryner 

Technical 

Services Manager 

ADC KRONE 

Karl.Tryner 

@adckrone.com 

Shielded versus Unshielded 

The debate re-starts 

With the advent of a new level of high 

performance network cabling operating at 

ultrahigh frequencies and capable of data speeds up 

to 10 Gigabit/s, the old debate about whether to use 

shielded or unshielded cabling is once again surfacing. 

Last time around, with Category 5e and Category 6, 

the main concerns were around external interference 

from electrical devices and machinery affecting the 

performance of the Channel - and emissions from the 

data cables interfering with other electronic devices. 

Today, with 10 Gigabit/s, the debate centers on Alien 

Crosstalk – electromagnetically induced interference 

from the data signals in adjacent cables. Karl Tryner, 

technical services manager with ADC KRONE unravels 

a new twist in the argument. 

Twisted pair cabling is used extensively in data and 

voice networks to provide the short to medium length 

connections (up to 100m) from servers and the like 

to switches; and from switches to end users’ PCs, 

network printers and other network devices. Twisted 

pair cabling has the advantages of relative simplicity 

and low-cost Ethernet interfaces in PCs and other 

active equipment. 

Although structured cabling “categories” are designed 

to accommodate the transmission of various so-called 

applications like analogue voice, ATM and video, by 

far the most common usage is Ethernet - for digital 

data, voice over IP and digital video. Over 90% of the 

world’s data, in enterprise networks, now uses the 

Ethernet standard and indeed, it is now being rapidly 

deployed in public networks too. 

Twisted pair network cabling consists of four pairs of 

wires. Each pair is twisted together to produce what 

is called a “balanced pair” with the twist imparting a 

degree of immunity from induced noise. 

This noise immunity is further improved by the four 

pairs being gently twisted together so that conductors 

will rarely be parallel to other conductors. 

In the case of UTP (unshielded twisted pair) cable 

– which currently makes up 95% of the world’s 

enterprise data cabling - the four pairs are then 

simply enclosed in an insulating sheath usually made 

either of PVC or special LSZH (low smoke, zero 

halogen) plastic. 

An alternative construction is to over-wrap the four 

pairs in a metallic foil before the plastic sheath is 

applied. This provides an electrical “screen” which, 

when earthed, stops external interference from being 

introduced into the pairs and also stops the cable from 

acting like an aerial and radiating its own signals. These 

are referred to by the ISO standards organisation as F/ 

UTP (overall foil) cables. 

In some cases a further level of shielding is achieved 

by over-wrapping the four pairs individually with a 

metal foil in addition to the overall shield – called 

S/FTP cable. 

ONE GIGABIT/S 

Category 5e and Category 6 are international cabling 

standards, with which your cabling installation 

should comply if you want to be guaranteed system 

operation at up to one Gigabits/s - not both. At the 

frequencies involved (100MHz for normal four-pair 

Gigabit Ethernet or 250MHz for the rare two-pair 

variant) alien crosstalk, the interference between data 

cables, is not a major problem. Provided UTP cables are 

installed in a loose formation rather than tightly tied 

bundles, alien crosstalk is not an issue that would force 

design engineers to consider the need for shielded 

cables. If electrical noise is a problem, then engineers 

would consider the use of a shielded solution or fibre 

optics. Other than that, the choice of shielded rather 

than unshielded cabling is a matter of user choice and 

country-by-country preference. Generally speaking, 

for Category 5e/6 shielded cables are thicker than 

their UTP counterparts and a little more difficult to 

handle and the shielded jack termination process takes 

slightly longer than for the unshielded jack. Probably 

the main reason, however, that only 5% of the 

world’s Category 5e/6 installations currently use 

shielded cabling is the simple one of installer 

and customer unfamiliarity. 

10 GIGABIT/S 

With the advent of 10 Gigabit/s Ethernet, and its 

need for 500 MHz instead of 100/250 MHz, suddenly 

the effects of alien crosstalk between cables became 

a major issue. In fact alien crosstalk is one of the 

limiting factors in the design and installation of 

10 Gigabit/s twisted pair cabling solutions. It is for 

this very reason that the shielded versus unshielded 

debate has re-opened. 

A number of manufacturers and industry experts have 

been claiming that the only way to overcome the issue 

of alien crosstalk at 10 Gigabit/s is to use a shielded 

cabling solution. One cannot argue against the fact 

that shielded cabling produces extremely good alien 

crosstalk immunity because of its metallic “barrier”. 

However, much of this is FUD (fear, uncertainty and 

doubt) spread by a number of major manufacturers 

who did not have the R&D resources and skills to 

advance cable and connector technology to the 

level where 10Gigabit/s over UTP with controlled 

alien crosstalk was possible. However, UTP solutions 

such as our own CopperTen, by using advanced 

mechanical design techniques, more than adequately 

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cancel out alien crosstalk to well 

below the levels required by the 

10GBASE-T Ethernet and cabling 

standard Category 6A (draft). 

The standards include a number 

of different shielded cable types 

for 10 Gigabit/s however, due to 

the current early stages of the 10 

Gigabit market’s development, 

as testing continues, we would recommend that 

constructions such as F/UTP need to be individually 

evaluated for performance to Augmented Category 6 

standards and correspondingly to 10GBASE-T at 

this time to ensure performance, reliability 

and confidence. 

S/FTP uses a different construction, where 

each pair is individually wrapped 

in a metallic foil shield before the 

four pairs are gently twisted together a n d 

an overall metallic braided shield applied. This 

construction not only shields the cable from external 

interference and alien crosstalk, it also acts to 

minimise crosstalk between the four pairs within 

the cable itself. Some manufacturers, our self 

included, have opted to use this S/FTP type cable 

for 10 Gigabit/s shielded solutions because of its 

technical superiority. 

These amazingly robust cables, when terminated 

correctly and working to their full potential, 

are probably unrivalled in performance and 

reliability – however the layers of shielding make them 

more rigid – and hence a little more difficult to work 

with. They are, however, no more difficult to terminate 

than standard shielded cables. 

LET’S NOW LOOK AT 10 GIGABIT/S UTP. 

The development of 10 Gigabit/s UTP cables was far 

from simple since it was pushing technology to its 

limits and took major R&D as well as manufacturing 

investment. ADC KRONE was first to design and patent 

a UTP cable back in 2003 using a novel oval-shaped 

cable design and introducing a new twist – this time 

not only are the conductors within the cable twisted, 

but there is an overall twist to the oval cable itself. 

These and other mechanical features ensure that even 

when cables are tightly bundled together (a test which 

is far worse than in real installations) alien crosstalk 

is far below the limits required by the standards. 

As I mentioned before, many manufacturers simply 

did not have the technical capabilities to come up with 

10 Gigabit/s UTP solutions and hence promoted 

heavily against unshielded – simply because they could 

not supply such a solution. It is interesting that three 

years later even the strongest anti-UTP campaigners 

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are now adding UTP to their 10Gigabit/s solutions! 

Another reason that some manufacturers continue 

to prefer to promote shielded cable for 10 Gigabit/s 

is that their cable designs have ended up with 

a UTP cable that is significantly thicker than the 

shielded version – making it more difficult to handle. 

Fortunately, not all 10 Gigabit/s UTP cables have 

this problem. 

THE FINAL CHOICE 

So which is the correct solution for 10 Gigabit/s? 

Shielded or unshielded? 

As a network design engineer I have to say that 

technically, in the majority of cases, it really doesn’t 

matter. Both UTP and S/FTP solutions will meet 

the 10 Gigabit/s Ethernet and Category 6A (draft) 

standards and provide 10 Gigabit/ s solutions that 

top-tier manufacturers will give performance 

warranties on. 

Although we have seen some limited sales of 10 

Gigabit/s UTP into traditionally shielded markets, and 

vice versa, for most solutions the decision is going to 

remain mostly one of local customs and practices. I 

can see no compelling technical or commercial reason 

why the 95% of the world that prefers UTP should 

change to shielded, nor why the other 5% should 

change to UTP. 

Karl Tryner 



Product Manager 

Fibre Optic / 

Carrier EMEa 

Joachim.Brunzel 

@adckrone.com 

FTTH – Let there be light 

F or network operators and service providers Europe represents a market that simultaneously offers 

growing opportunities along with a crucial requirement for compatibility with existing installed 

network infrastructure. With established copper-based customer access networks transmission 

technologies such as ISDN or ADSL already hitting the limits of performance they will be completely 

swamped by new services. 

It is beyond argument that the demand for greater 

bandwidth is rising. In a typical household with two 

or three television sets, new-generation video services 

will soon be consuming more bandwidth than most 

xDSL connections can provide today. Applications such 

as HDTV, IPTV, Video on Demand (VoD), IP telephony 

(VoIP), digital radio, e-Learning, e-Medicine and 

high-end gaming will soon overreach the capacity of 

even the highest data rates achievable currently with 

high speed VDSL technology (50 MBit/s). 

Once the capacity of the copper cabling is fully exhausted 

the only route is to install enhanced optical transmission 

systems. This is the challenge facing both established 

incumbents and the new alternative carriers. The 

assessment of the Fibre-to-the-Home Council Europe is 

that by 2010 every household will require symmetrical 

data access at 100 MBit/s in each direction—in other 

words twice the data rate that VDSL can deliver now at 

maximum downstream speed. 

In the light of these developments network operators 

are asking the question which of the new transmission 

technologies are best suited to creating the futureproof, 

robust and flexible infrastructures essential 

for delivering new services. Most of the answers can 

be summed up in the acronym FTTx (fibre to the 

“x”)—optical fibre cables reaching at minimum into 

customers’ neighbourhoods and ideally laid all the 

way to individual end users, underpinned by the latest 

optical transmission technology. Signal delivery over 

optical fibres offers the advantage over copper cables of 

unequalled higher bandwidth: capacities per subscriber 

of 100 MBit/s to 1 GBit/s or more are easily achievable. 

In this way carriers can also gain new customers who up 

to now had to put up with relatively slow data access 

over copper DSL lines. This is because xDSL technologies 

have a constant battle with line lengths; data rates fall 

significantly as delivery distance increases. Serving 

subscribers at a typical range of three to six kilometres 

from the central office is certainly feasible using xDSL 

but achievable data rates will lag in the low MBit/s—a 

trickle compared with the data torrent desired and 

far too little for the new-breed services that will bring 

home the real revenue. To deliver higher data rates to 

the end user, say 50 MBit/s, VDSL is a solution, but only 

if the copper cabling measures no more than around 

400 metres. The pressure is on to bring optical fibres 

closer to the end user. 

At this moment some two million households in the 

EU plus Switzerland and Norway are already connected 

by FTTH (Fibre to the Home) via high capacity optical 

fibres, a trend that’s climbing steeply. Even pessimistic 

observers concede that the number of connections 

(homes passed) will climb to around 4.5 million 

subscribers by the year 2010. More positive forecasts 

speak of around ten million connections and the most 

optimistic estimate is even 19 million. Put plainly, the 

day is dawning for a market with massive potential, 

both for operators and infrastructure providers. 

FTTN aNd FTTH/P 

FTTN (Fibre to the Node) is one of the evolutionary 

stages along the route to the all-optical connection to 

end users known as Fibre to the Home or Fibre to the 

Premises, FTTH/P for short. A key advantage of FTTN 

technology is that it enables provision of maximum 

VDSL data rates to a major proportion of subscribers. 

With FTTN the fibres are initially laid only as far as the 

multiservice access node (MSAN), where individual 

subscriber lines are connected into the core network. 

The final link or ‘drop’ to subscribers is made over 

existing copper telephone access cables. In this situation 

the various xDSL technologies are employed almost 

exclusively, using copper cables into users’ homes. 

‘Sweating the assets’ of existing copper in the ground 

like this has the key advantage that no ground has to 

be broken to connect the subscriber (no digging up 

of paths or gardens). With MSAN access points seldom 

far from subscriber premises, new connections can be 

made without delay. 

Making this ‘big picture’ possible are the separate 

network elements that actually make it work. Just 

as important as the network components installed 

within the central office is the active equipment which 

it becomes necessary to deploy in outside plant or 

external cabinets. Items such as DSL Access Multiplexers 

(DSLAMs) make new demands for power supplies and 

ventilation. To make room for new components such 

as cable splitters and flexibility points outside cabinets 

will need a space footprint somewhat larger than the 

old, purely passive cross-connect cabinets that they 

replace. Modern high-density cabinets simplify the 

space reclamation procedure. 

Should bandwidth demands rise even further, at a later 

stage of roll-out the copper cables in the access network 

can make way for optical fibres. In this case the carrier 

lays the fibres all the way to the subscriber’s premises, 

typically into the basement of a residence or office 

building. Creating the FTTH topology in the form of a 

passive optical network (PON) is particularly beneficial, 

as this guarantees the operator maximum flexibility and 

future-proofing in return for a relatively low investment 

outlay. By definition a PON is built without any active 

electronic or optical components in the fiels and the 

signals fed into it at the central office are transmitted 

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without amplification, thus purely passively. Whilst the 

useful life of most electronic transmission equipment 

lies around seven years, the PON infrastructure and 

components can be expected to remain in use for 

around 30 years. 

OuTsidE PLaNT 

When designing FTTH infrastructure network planners 

must devise their topology to maximise flexibility. At the 

same time capital outlay and long-term operating costs 

must be kept as low as possible. Decisions made today 

will have a major bearing on the future, determining 

how well the FTTH network structure meets the 

demands of the future. FTTH networks need to be 

just as reliable and flexible as robust long-haul optical 

transport networks. This would require the deployment 

of redundant, in other words duplicated, fibres which of 

course may be unreasonable or indeed irrational. 

The copper outside plant (OSP) networks that have 

served Europe reliably for well over a century employ 

a tree-and-branch topology or structure, which reaches 

out from the switching centres towards end users 

along trunks, branches or twigs of decreasing size, with 

many branching-off points along the route. This kind 

of architecture is clearly unsuitable for the construction 

of redundant optical fibre networks, which need to be 

built on the pattern of ring networks. Dispensing with 

redundancy is certainly an option if predominantly 

private subscribers are to be served. Neighbourhoods 

composed mainly of business users do nevertheless 

require solutions with redundant fibres, which will 

follow as far as possible the existing duct routes of the 

old tree-and-branch structure and enable subscriber 

connections to be made as economically as possible. 

Network planners must also take a view on how many 

optical lines are needed to serve each MSAN point, also 

on how future bandwidth demands can be fulfilled 

with the passive optical network (PON). Thinner optical 

cables can offer advantages at construction time; they 

are easier to draw through existing ducts and also 

simplify the creation of redundant structures with fibres 

laid in parallel spans. 

Particular significance should be attributed to the 

means of jointing the optical fibres; in Europe most 

carriers perform this ‘splicing’ function in so-called 

‘enclosures’—hermetically enclosed housings, that are 

buried directly in the ground. This technology finds 

particular merit where optical cables are laid direct from 

customer premises right into the central office. 

Contrastingly intermediate fibre patch-panels offer 

greater flexibility and reduced fault susceptibility —even 

in situations of high customer connection density. 

Patching is a system of terminating optical cables on 

a flexibility module known as a distribution or crossconnect 

frame or panel. This enables technicians to 

reconnect cables flexibly simply by plugging them in and 

out from one location on the panel to another. A Main 

Fibre Cross Connect (MFCC) provides patching access to 

the core network cables and enhances the flexibility of 

the infrastructure. 

FiBrE disTriBuTiON 

wiTHiN THE CENTraL OFFiCE 

FTTH/P also places critical demands on central office 

facilities. The assessment that operators must make here 

is how the optical equipment (optical line terminals, 

OLTs) is to be jointed to the incoming optical cables from 

the external network. Efficiency is an important consideration; 

operators will naturally wish to make maximum 

use of the OLT interfaces. The greatest flexibility is 

achieved when all line cards and incoming OSP fibre 

terminations are connected to an optical distribution 

frame (ODF). The OMX600-ODF from ADC KRONE 

offers an example of how a particularly high connection 

density can be achieved in a compact structure, at the 

same time providing easy access to cross-connect patch 

cables for essential cable management. 

A WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexer) merges data, 

speech and video signals into an optical fibre and is thus a 

key component of the FTTH infrastructure. In this context 

optical splitters are employed to distribute the signals 

to the end users. The location of these components in 

the CO or the OSP—‘centralised’ or ‘cascaded’—is of 

strategic significance and is a determining factor in 

both the flexibility of the network and the costs. 

A further requirement is the ability to test the FTTH 

network without interrupting or disturbing current 

services if at all possible. This demands the provision 

of monitoring modules or optical switch solutions that 

enable interruption-free remote test and monitoring 

functions. 

Distribution of signals from the central office to the 

MSAN access nodes in the access network is handled 

by passive splitters located at fibre distribution hubs 

(FDHs). Two configurations dominate in this situation: 

cascaded splitters on the one hand and centralised 

splitters on the other. The cascaded implementation 

typically employs a 1x4 splitter in the FDH, the input 

side of which is linked direct to the OLT port in the CO 

via an ODF. The output side goes direct to inputs of 

1x4 or 1x8 splitters installed as a secondary distribution 

hub. Each splitter output leads to the ONTs (optical 

network terminal) in subscribers’ houses or apartments. 

In contrast the centralised implementation employs 

only one splitter (1x16, 1x32 or 1x64 according to the 

bandwidth required by each subscriber) at a central 

point (the FDH). This system has proved more flexible, 

since enables optimal utilisation of the OLT Line Cards 

at the CO and provides easier access for test apparatus. 

The cascaded architecture leaves ports in the line cards 

unused if not all the households served are actually 

making use of the access. 

CONCLusiON 

FTTH is the logical route forward to serve the growing 

demands for bandwidth and the copper-based 

transmission technology in the access network that by 

now has almost reached the limits of its development. 

Nevertheless the build-out of FTTH infrastructure 

presents network operators with new challenges, as 

much in the external network domain as inside the 

central office. A passive external network with access 

distributors and central splitters together with central 

offices equipped with high-density Optical Distribution 

Frames represents the most flexible solution. Moreover, 

this combination creates an attractive migration path 

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Next Generation 

Network Infrastructure Portfolio 

at Carriers World 2007 

ADC KRONE presented its complete portfolio of next 

generation, advanced infrastructure solutions and 

services for public and private networks at Carriers World 

2007 in London. The focus was on the deployment 

of VDSL/VDSL2 and fibre-to-the-Node /Home (FTTx). 

These products were complemented by a broad 

range of professional services, including the planning 

and deployment of wireless infrastructure and data 

centre products. 

By professionally deploying a well-managed fibre 

and copper physical infrastructure, Carriers today 

can satisfy the increasing bandwidth requirements 

of their customers, driving revenue growth while 

minimising ongoing operating expenses and 

maximising the quality of service. ADC KRONE‘s 

solutions, displayed at Carriers World 2007, provide 

these benefits and, for mobile network operators, 

provide the cost-effective expansion of new 

infrastructure alongside capacity enhancements of 

existing networks. 

NETWORK AUTOMATION 

As network operators meet the challenge of 

transforming their networks to become high 

bandwidth data highways, a key to future success is 

keeping operating expenses under control. The ADX 

Active Digital Cross-Connect manages the physical 

layer of the network with minimal manual intervention. 

Carriers are able to achieve increased network 

flexibility, speed-of-service delivery and reliability using 

a compact design that frees up expensive physical 

space in the network. 

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FTTx 

As carriers lay fibre cables closer to the subscriber, the 

outside plant is undergoing significant change with 

more fibre for the network operators to manage. Also, 

there is greater need for physical layer access and, 

at the same time, the network design has to allow 

for future expansion. ADC KRONE’s OmniReach 

solutions are tailored to support a wide variety of FTTx 

deployment strategies, giving carriers the broadest 

range of design choices to meet their specific needs. 

MULTI-DWELLING UNITS (MDU) 

ADC KRONE OmniReach solutions for MDU applications 

provide for the interconnection of fibre cables and 

equipment in multi-dwelling units. ADC KRONE 

supplies pre-terminated solutions including compact

enclosures, high performance cable assemblies and 

connectivity components. Distribution nodes can be 

added to the network quickly and reliably, reducing 

installation and long-term maintenance costs. 

OUTSIDE PLANT, COLLOCATION 

ADC KRONE has a complete portfolio of standardscompliant 

local loop access products designed for 

the specific requirements of carrier and corporate 

networks. The field-proven, product line enables 

carriers to cost-effectively build, manage and optimise 

ADSL2+, VDSL and VDSL2 networks. Solutions for the 

central office, cross-connection cabinets and customer 

premises allow carriers to deliver advanced services to 

their end users, using copper or fibre optic transmission 

equipment. 

DATA CENTRES 

In addition, ADC KRONE has a comprehensive range 

of Ethernet service delivery products for copper and 

fibre-based solutions. The portfolio is designed to 

transmit next generation Ethernet and multi-media 

services within a service provider’s network. 

MOBILE NETWORK SOLUTIONS 

WIMAx SOLUTIONS 

The WMX WiMAX system is built on proven technologies 

and incorporates the latest in WiMAX-compliant 

features. The WMX solution delivers the critical 

elements required to extend services to a wide range of 

subscribers – ranging from large enterprises to publicsector 

organisations to multi-tennant buildings and 

residences – using a single, standards-based platform. 

New 

WFx WI-FI SOLUTIONS 

The Wi-Fi LAN Array solution combines a wireless 

LAN switch with up to 16 integrated access points 

to deliver 864 Mbps of Wi-Fi bandwidth over a large 

area, allowing up to 1,024 users to be wirelessly 

connected to the network. This product portfolio 

includes solutions for a broad range of applications, 

from small offices where bandwidth is not an issue, 

to hospitals and business complexes where maximum 

bandwidth is required to support an increasing 

number of Wi-Fi customers. 

DIGITAL SIGNAL CROSS-CONNECTS (DSx) 

FlexDSX provides carriers with true network 

flexibility. It allows copper-based electrical network 

elements to be linked and provides failure-free access 

to active digital connections for monitoring and 

testing purposes. This minimises network downtime 

whilst improving quality and service availability. 

TOWER-MOUNTED AMPLIFIERS 

ClearGain ® Tower-Mounted Amplifiers (TMAs) 

minimise the cost of network expansion and improve 

the quality of service, allowing carriers to increase 

profitability from new and existing services. ClearGain 

1800 MHz and 2100 MHz Dual Inline TMAs are ASIG - 

compliant products that increase receiver performance 

and improve overall coverage cost effectively. With 

ClearGain TMAs, mobile carriers can improve signal 

quality that results in increased subscriber retention 

and increased billable minutes of use. 

CONVERGED ACCESS 

The LoopStar ® 700 Ethernet product family allows 

carriers and service providers to cost-effectively 

aggregate, deploy and manage Ethernet and TDM 

services for a broad range of customer applications. 

This portfolio of Ethernet multi-service access solutions 

is optimised for whatever type of network facility is 

available or as the most cost-effective solution for a 

particular customer application. 

SERVICES 

Through its Services organisation, ADC KRONE helps 

carriers in the planning, installation and maintenance 

of communications networks in Europe. Its expertise 

in providing product and service solutions makes 

ADC KRONE the ideal choice for projects that 

require an in-depth understanding of both simple 

and complex network environments. Whether it’s 

a mobile, fixed-line or cable network, ADC KRONE 

has services that improve network design, reliability, 

scalability and efficiency. 




Enterprise Actives 

ADC KRONE EMEA 

Mathew.Palmer 

@adckrone.com 

ADC KRONE makes Physical Layer 

Management (PLM) an affordable 

option for every network 

PLM NO LONGER A 

“NOW-OR-NEVER” DECISION 

ADC KRONE has overcome the main problem faced 

by network managers whenconsidering physical 

layer management (PLM) or intelligent infrastructure 

management (IIM) for their new networks – that of 

the up-front capital cost. 

Many network managers are convinced of the 

benefits of physical layer management, but often 

don’t have the budget to utilise this more expensive 

option. Currently, it has been a “now-or-never” 

decision because different (more expensive) patch 

panels are required in the PLM systems. These patch 

panels have the ability to detect end-to-end copper 

and fibre patch cord paths around the communications 

room or data centre. 

Now, with ADC KRONE’s new TrueNet ® PLM patch 

panel range of products, the patch panels are fieldupgradeable. 

Network managers can pay normal 

patch panel costs for their day-one network and only 

spend on the “intelligent” element when and if they 

upgrade to a physical layer management system in 

years to come. 

“This field upgradeable product is a truly elegant 

engineering solution,” said Matthew Palmer, 

TrueNet PLM product manager at ADC KRONE. 

“To change the front of a patch panel takes only 

20 seconds because the non-intelligent front panel 

just clips off and the new “intelligent” one simply 

clips on in its place after guiding a scanner-connector 

through the pre-placed channel. It is so simple and 

cost-effective that no network manager should ever 

have to face the ‘now-or-never’ decision again because 

there is no up-front premium and the upgrade can 

be done with minimal network interruption at any 

time in the future.” 

Once the field upgradeable “intelligent” TrueNet 

PLM patch panel fronts have been fitted, new 

“intelligent” fibre or copper TrueNet PLM patch cords 

are simply plugged in maximising network uptime. 

The PLM electronic scanner units can be installed at 

leisure because this activity does not interrupt active 

channel connections. 

Learn more at http://www-wsp.adckrone.com/en/ 

productsandservices/enterprise/ 


New 


ADC KRONE at Telecoms´07 

BACK TO BASICS 

According to recent research, medium and large 

enterprises waste from £0.5 million to £2 million 

a year on avoidable network-related downtime. 

Andrew Roberts, product manager at ADC KRONE, 

says “Pitfalls for installers and end-users that 

frequently mean installed Category 5e or Category 6 

networks in practice do not properly support Gigabit 

data rates.” 

At Telecoms07, ADC KRONE exhibited complete 

TrueNet fibre and copper portfolios for the 

Enterprise and for Data Centres from Category 5e 

to 10 Gigabits/s Category 6A. The TrueNet portfolio 

will be features as industry-leading solutions that 

guarantee end-to-end, any-port to any-port, zero 

bit-errors and, therefore, 100 percent Gigabit 

or 10 Gigabit/s transmission throughout the 

network – including backbone and campus links. 

ADC KRONE also unveiled its revolutionary 

“fit-now, decide later” field upgradeable Physical 

Layer Management (PLM) patch panel. Currently, 

customers have to decide at the time of network 

installation whether or not they will deploy PLM or 

intelligent infrastructure management because once 

non-PLM patch panels are installed, they cannot be 

retrofitted on a working network. 

“Until today, customers have had to either invest 

in expensive managed patch panels at day one or 

New High Density Block requires 60 percent less space 

ADC KRONE’S INDUSTRY-LEADING LSA-PLUS ® 

CONNECTION BLOCK ENGINEERED FOR NExT GENERATION NETWORKS 

The industry-leading LSA-PLUS ® connection 

block has been reduced to less than 

half its former size. The new LSA-PLUS HD 

(high density) block packs 100 pairs into only 95mm 

vertical space in the cross-connection cabinet or 

distribution frame. 

“The new LSA-PLUS ® HD block is ideal for high 

density, next generation network applications such as 

in outside-plant (OSP) active electronics cabinets like 

the ADC KRONE Unicab Vario,” said Torsten Koch- 

Jendrek, product manager at ADC KRONE for Next 

Generation Networks connectivity. “It frees up limited 

OSP cabinet space for a variety of devices that allow 

testing and re-jumpering to be remotely controlled 

from centralised operations centres without a field 

technician having to visit the OSP cabinet.” 

With a 60 percent size reduction from LSA-PLUS ® 

Series 2, and 50 percent smaller than LSA-PLUS ® NT, 

the new LSA-PLUS ® HD retains all of the features 

New 

The Network 

Infrastructure Event 

forgo any opportunity to upgrade to a managed 

network during its 7 to 20-year lifespan,” says 

Matthew Palmer, actives product manager at 

ADC KRONE. “On the other hand, ADC KRONE’s 

new field-upgradeable PLM patch panel is installed 

as a regular patch panel initially and, if the customer 

then wants to go ‘managed’ at some later date, this 

can be done in seconds by changing the front cover 

and patch cords – without any alteration to the 

permanent link. This can then be wired to the 

intelligent management units without any further 

disruption to service.” 

Andrew Roberts 

engineers around the world have come to expect of the 

LSA-PLUS ® Series of connection products. It features 

the world’s most reliable and ubiquitous 45º, silverplated, 

gas-tight insulation displacement contact. 

Terminations are performed with the industry standard 

ADC KRONE Tool found in nearly every telecoms and 

datacoms engineer’s toolkit. Over-voltage protector 

magazines simply slot into the rear to protect sensitive 

electronic equipment like DSLAMs (digital subscriber 

line access modules). In addition, there is a range of 

accessories including two and four-wire test leads, 

patch cords and crossover adaptors. 

With a near-end crosstalk (NEXT) performance of – 

50dB at 30MHz, the new LSA-PLUS ® HD high density 

block is ideal for high frequency use and is fully VDSL2 

compliant for NGN and Triple Play (voice + video 

+ data) speeds up to 55Megabit/s. 

Torsten Koch-Jendrek 

Carrier Product Management Copper 


New Gigabit Ethernet Patch Panel for 

high-density environments 

UniPatch GigE SERIES IDEAL WHEN FREqUENT PATCHING REqUIRED 

ADC KRONE recently announced the introduction 

of a Gigabit Ethernet Patch Panel designed for 

demanding copper wiring environments where 

frequent patching and higher density is required. 

The new UniPatch ® GigE Patch Panel is a professionalgrade 

patching system featuring a high-density card 

frame system, based on the patented Direct-Edge 

LSA-PLUS ® termination system. 

The UniPatch GigE Patch Panel was displayed in 

addition to a full range of connectivity solutions 

for DTV, mobile HDTV, HD fibre, IPTV and IP. 

ADC KRONE supports the evolution of the 

telecommunications industry by providing 

“Engineered for Primetime” cutting-edge copper 

and fibre products that ensure reliable HD 

backbone and patching, and by designing products 

that withstand demanding new digital technology 

deployment scenarios. 

Hoboken, New Jersey, USA based The Systems 

Group (TSG), a broadcast systems design and 

engineering firm that develops progressive 

centralised monitoring, multi-channel origination 

and master control consolidation systems, utilises 

the ADC KRONE UniPatch GigE Patch Panel for its 

copper implementations. TSG is using the GigE 

patch panel for RS-422, a balanced-voltage, digitalinterface 

circuit, machine control. This panel 

solution accommodates data transmission with 

unidirectional or non-reversible lines, terminated or 

non-terminated transmission lines, point-to-point, 

or multi-drop. The GigE Patch Panel also can be 

used for RS-232 machine control as well as Gigabit 

Ethernet (Cat 3, Cat, 5, Cat 5E, and Cat 6). 

“The ADC KRONE punch-down will save us labour 

and fabrication time by eliminating the need for 

D-subminiature connectors,” said Myron Dubb, 

purchasing manager, TSG. “Being able to pre-punch 

also allows us to assemble and prepare the cables 

in the shop and ship to our customer sites for easy, 

final installation.” 

Features of the GigE series solutions include: 

• Category 5e channel compliance; 

• Category 6 compliant patch keyed to ensure 

proper patching; 

• Cable agnostic, no need for special 

“matched” cable; 

• 32 circuits per panel, rated for 30,000 insertions 

and/or withdrawals; 

• Easily removable wire management bar option; 

• Normal-through or straight-through availability; 

and 

• Test access, patch, cross-connect and monitor 

functions in 100 ohm-balanced transmission 

systems having a common signal format, bit rate 

and operation up to 1,000 Mbits per second. 

“The UniPatch GigE Patching System is the 

industry's first patching system that's robust enough 

to be suitable for broadcast applications offering 

higher density and incredibly reliable patching that 

will outlive the data network,” said Jeff Peters, 

Programme Manager for Broadcast Entertainment 

and Cable MSO Products at ADC. “This patching 

system has been designed by broadcasters 

for broadcasters." 

New 


“Engineered for Primetime” 

Broadcast and Entertainment Solutions 

at IBC 2007 

At IBC 2007 in Amsterdam ADC KRONE featured its 

complete portfolio of connectivity solutions for the 

broadcast and entertainment market. A full range 

of solutions for DTV, mobile HDTV, HD fibre, IPTV 

and IP were displayed at the Amsterdam RAI 

Convention Centre. 

At this year’s show, ADC KRONE presented its 

high-performance solutions to help broadcast and 

entertainment industry professionals navigate the 

integration of HDTV and digital audio capabilities 

into their businesses, complementing the show’s 

opening day theme “Broadcasting by Broadband.” 

By providing “Engineered for Primetime” fibre 

and copper products, ADC KRONE ensures reliable 

HD backbone and patching in areas such as: 

• Digital and analogue audio patching; 

• HD, digital and analogue video patching; 

• High-performance connectivity (BNCs, Fs, RCAs); 

• HD camera connectors (triax, hybrid fibre); 

• Fibre and copper main distribution systems; 

• IPTV products and IP infrastructure products. 

"The broadcast industry’s successful transition to 

HD digital media creates an essential need for 

increased signal routing and greater bandwidth,” 

said Jeff Peters, Programme Manager for Broadcast 

Entertainment and Cable MSO Products for ADC. 

“In order to successfully adopt next-generation signal 

routing, broadcasters need high-performance, reliable 

components that provide greater bandwidth to 

accommodate HD signals and multicast SD channels. 

We design our products to provide outstanding 

performance in real-world situations, including the 

adoption of new digital technology.” 

FEATURED PRODUCTS 

The New ProAx 

Hybrid Fibre Camera Connector 

The ADC KRONE ProAX Hybrid Fibre Camera Connector 

is the industry’s first field-repairable, reliable, highperformance 

connector designed to be as easy 

to use as triax connectors. Engineered to withstand 

tough mobile environments, the ProAX Hybrid 

Fibre Camera Connector can be repaired in the 

field within 15 minutes. Moreover, this connector 

offers higher optical performance that supports 

data rates including 15 Gbit super slow-motion. 

The ProAX Hybrid Fibre Camera Connector uses 

industry-standard optical connectors featuring 

cutting edge Avalanche V-Groove Technology. 

This connector offers the ultimate in mechanical, 

optical and electrical performance. 

New 

FIBRE PORTFOLIO 

ADC KRONE leads the fibre patching market with 

the ProPatch ® Optical Patch Panel, the industry’s 

first and only normalling and monitoring panel. 

In addition, ADC KRONE’s connectivity solutions range 

from Fibre Bulkhead Panels (FL2000 Series) and 

Fibre Management Trays (FMT Series) to High- 

Density Patching Solutions (OMX600 ® Series). The 

portfolio also includes Specialty Fibre Optic Cable, 

Fibre Cable Management Solutions (FibreGuide ® and 

RiserGuide), Patch Cords and Accessories in all popular 

connector styles. 

COPPER PORTFOLIO 

The industry-leading portfolio of copper products 

includes the MVJ/SVJ and MUSA Series of highdefinition 

Video Jacks, the Super High-Density Coax 

Patch Panel for AES audio, and the revolutionary 

ProPatch Programmable Patching System (longframe 

and bantam). It also features the new Unipatch ® 

GigE broadcast-quality Gigabit Ethernet Patching 

System, as well as RFWorx ® SignalOn ® Series RF 

Connectivity products. In addition, the portfolio offers 

splitters / combiners for CATV and L-Band, ICON ® 

Main Distribution Frames for coax and twisted pair 

cabling featuring QCP and ADC KRONE ® LSA-PLUS ® 

termination systems, along with the industry’s highest 

performing coaxial connector line featuring BNC, 

F, RCA, the new LCC and the revolutionary Proax/ 

Triax system. 

ABOUT ADC BROADCAST CONNECTIVITY 

SOLUTIONS 

For more than 50 years, ADC has led the industry 

in audio, video and data patching products, a 

tradition that continues today in the company’s stateof-the-art 

manufacturing facilities. By designing, 

engineering and manufacturing virtually all of its own 

components, ADC has established itself as a premier 

product builder in broadcast and entertainment. 

The company anticipates common failure points 

and overcomes them using the best available 

materials. The strict adherenceto quality standards 

and careful manufacturing assures dependable, 

long-lasting products. To learn more about these 

high-performance copper and fibre products, visit: 

www.adckrone.com 



Sales Manager 

Broadcast 


Global 

Connectivity 

Solutions 

Hervé.Fauvelet 

@adckrone.com 


Jörg Adomeit 



Global 

Connectivity 

Solutions 

Jörg.Adomeit 

@adckrone.com 

FAME ® – The Fibre Splice that touches 

no other – presented at ECOC 07 

Unified splice management system ensures 

adjacent fibres are not disturbed. Identical 

technology for exchange, distribution network and 

customer premises. 

From central office or exchange, throughout the 

distribution network and into the customer premises, 

optical fibres need to be spliced. 

ADC KRONE has now launched FAME ® (Fibre Access 

Management Element) a single circuit/single element 

splice management technology which is common to 

every application right throughout the network. 

The same FAME ® single circuit or single element splice 

cassettes are deployed at every stage from optical 

distribution frame (ODF) at the exchange right through 

the external plant to ODFs or simple wall boxes inside 

the customer premises. This means that throughout 

the network technicians are working on the same 

technology, need only one type of training and can 

easily be redeployed between exchange, outside plant 

and customer premises – ideal for out-of-hours cover 

and extra efficiency. 

Many fibre faults are actually caused by the fibres being 

disturbed while an existing fault is rectified – a cascade 

effect. The single circuit/single element splice cassette 

design and its carefully developed fibre management 

regime is designed for the ultimate in service reliability 

and uptime. The FAME ® technology ensures that 

no other circuit can be disturbed while one is being 

worked on meaning an end to “cascade” failures and 

a very significant decrease in service outages. 

The single circuit FAME ® cassette accommodates 

up to four fibres (typically two for a circuit) and can 

accommodate four passive couplers or wave division 

multiplexors (WDM). 

The single element FAME ® cassette has capacity for 

24 splices, passive couplers or WDMs and would 

typically be used to joint 12-pair fibre cables. 

Unlike other systems on the market, FAME ® cassettes 

do not have to be moved (which disturbs existing 

fibres) to view labelling. A small point but one which 

seriously reduces cascade faults. 

FAME ® can be deployed from as small as 2 or 4 fibres 

in a connection box, through to many thousands in 

an ODF application. it is ideally suited to Fibre-to-the- 

Node/Home/Premises (FTTx), data centres, central 

office/exchange, points of presence (POP) and at 

mobile switching centres (MSC), base stations and 

base-station controllers as well as in both backbone 

and access networks above and underground. 

FAME ® technology is available in optical distribution 

frames (ODF), shelf or fibre-optic panel, cross connect 

cabinet, underground closure, outdoor connector box 

and indoor connector box formats. 

FAME ® technology meets international standards 

(IEC), Telcordia and most of the standards from 

international carriers. 

ADC KRONE has always placed great importance on 

sophisticated fibre management. As more of their 

networks have migrated to fibre, with the associated 

benefits of increased bandwidth availability for new 

services, Carriers have been able to identify, and tap 

into, new income streams. With the growing number 

of fibre optics, the type of fibre management used is 

one of the most important factors affecting network 

stability and profitability. Carriers have to be able 

to exploit all the benefits of fibre optics for a highly 

profitable network. For example, by planning jumper 

paths more intelligently, the bend radius of individual 

fibres can be maintained more effectively and access 

to individual fibres can be improved significantly. 

With the development of FAME ® technology, 

ADC KRONE is now taking further steps towards 

intelligent individual fibre management. FAME ® 

increases the operational reliability of the network to a 

maximum and provides a crucial strategy for the rapid 

introduction of new, high-quality services. 

Jörg Adomeit 

New 


New Splitter Solution 

will double Next Generation Network 

broadband connections 

FROM 100 PERCENT TO 300 PERCENT 

MORE xDSL CONNECTIONS IN ROADSIDE 

CABINETS 

ADC KRONE announced that with carriers around the 

world moving DSLAMs (digital subscriber line access 

modules) out of the central office/local exchange and 

into thousands of outdoor cabinets, ADC KRONE’s 

new BroadwirePLUS xDSL splitter solution can 

cut the number of cabinets required. This reduction 

potentially can result in significant savings in capital 

and operating costs. 

The new breed of NGN (Next Generation Network) 

active outdoor cabinets will contain power supplies, 

batteries, fibre termination equipment for the 

broadband backhaul, cooling equipment, a copperpair, 

cross-connection field similar to that currently 

found in outdoor distribution cabinets and a subrack 

housing DSLAMs and splitters. The splitters are 

essential to separate the digital broadband signals from 

the conventional voice telephone signals. Generally, 

because the splitters take up subrack space, there is 

only room for one DSLAM shelf limiting the outdoor 

cabinet to 48, 72 or 96 ADSL/VDSL ports. 

ADC KRONE’s innovative BroadwirePLUS splitters 

are combined with conventional cross-connect 

terminations and simply mount into the cable head 

area. This opens up enough space for a second 

shelf of DSLAM equipment to be installed in the 

rack, immediately doubling each outdoor cabinet’s 

broadband/Triple Play capacity. 

ADC KRONE South Africa celebrates its 

25th Anniversary – a real success story 

Founded in 1982 ADC KRONE South Africa is now 

looking back over 25 years of success, not only in 

South Africa but on the whole continent. 

Flexibility is crucial when establishing a strong market 

position and this is something ADC KRONE has proven 

in South Africa over the last 25 years with a highly 

dedicated and skilled staff. 

The telecommunications market is an extremely 

dynamic and challenging industry and ADC KRONE 

has fulfilled the needs of their customers with 

innovative solutions and products that meet not only 

the requirements of today but also of tomorrow. 

New 

“The capacity gain can be even higher,” explains 

Dagmar Kaehler-Mueller, DSL solutions product 

manager at ADC KRONE. “In many instances, the 

greater DSLAM density achievable with ADC KRONE’s 

BroadwirePLUS splitter solution means that not every 

existing cross-connection cabinet will now need to 

be replaced with a NGN active electronics cabinet. 

Instead, where line lengths permit, such as in suburban 

situations, a single NGN cabinet can be located 

at the next up-stream distribution node feeding out 

over copper pairs to two or three existing copper distribution 

cabinets. This means that only one, instead of 

three, NGN cabinets would be needed.” 

BroadwirePLUS splitters are available for all types of 

xDSL from ADSL to the full 55Mbit/s VDSL2 standard 

needed for High Definition Triple Play services. They 

use the same LSA-PLUS ® connection technique that 

is already used in outdoor cabinets by carriers all 

around the world. The connectivity mountings can be 

deployed from day one but the splitter modules need 

only be added in later as needed - allowing a pay-asyou-grow 

capital expense model to be employed. 

For more information about BroadwirePLUS splitters 

or ADC KRONE’s NGN field solutions, contact Dagmar. 

Kaehler-Mueller@adckrone.com 

Dagmar Kaehler-Müller 

The company is proud of the business placed with them 

by all the important Carriers on the African continent 

and of its market leading position for Enterprise 

structured cabling solutions on the continent. 

The anniversary event was celebrated in Midrand, 

where the company is located, with politicians 

and customers invited. One of the highlights was 

a first time visit to South Africa of the ADC KRONE 

demonstration truck, fully equipped with the Carrier 

and Enterprise product portfolio. 

Dagmar 

Kaehler-Müller 

Carrier Product 

Management 

DSL Product 

Specialist Global 

Connectivity 

Solutions EMEA 

Dagmar. 

Kaehler-Mueller@ 

adckrone.com 


The ADC KRONE Expo-Truck has very successfully completed 

its first tour through South Africa. 

The idea of taking the ADC KRONE product and 

solutions portfolio out on the road came in response 

to the ever-growing demand for information from 

customers and prospective customers. Said Colin 

Rudling, Country Manager, “there is no substitute 

for seeing and touching the products and meeting 

face-to-face with network specialists for customers 

looking to deploy new infrastructure solutions 

for fixed or mobile carrier networks, enterprise 

networks or for data centres. So we decided to 

build our own exhibition booth in a massive metre 

truck and take it to wherever our customers are on 

their own sites throughout this vast country. 

The giant Expo-Truck has travelled around South 

Africa making stops in Durban, Port Elizabeth, 

Cape Town, Pretoria and Johannesburg and more. 

On the carrier and mobile network side, the Expo- 

Truck exhibits all manner of fibre and copper distribution 

products – with applications from optical 

distribution frames to building and roadside 

connection and splicing cabinets, wall boxes and 

a full range of Fibre-to-the-Node and Fibre-to-the- 

Home solutions. 

Enterprise customers can see the whole 

ADC KRONE range of structured fibre and 

copper cabling solutions from Category 5e and 

Category 6 through to CopperTen our Category 

6A 10 Gigabit/s copper solution in both shielded 

and unshielded variants. 

Internet: www.adckrone.com 

Publisher 

ADC KRONE • Beeskowdamm 3-11 • Germany – 14167 Berlin 

info@adckrone.com 

The PLM physical layer management solution is 

attracting great interest too – from other Enterprise 

and Carrier customers - enabling the foundation 

layer of the network to be constantly supervised, 

leading to much lower network downtime, 

greater security and up to 40% better utilisation of 

active equipment. 

Wherever the giant Expo-Truck has stopped, 

customers have welcomed the opportunity 

to hear detailed explanations of the products 

and the capabilities of the solutions – all greatly 

helped by the ability to demonstrate potential 

applications with products that are effectively 

“products in use”. 

At a time when many companies are reducing 

expenditure on trade fairs and visits, ADC KRONE’s 

decision to invest in taking its own exhibition 

on tour has been very positively received and 

benefits everyone because there is not the 

distraction of hundreds of other booths to visit in 

a limited time. 

The philosophy at ADC KRONE is to get as 

“close to the customer” as possible in terms of 

understanding and then delivering against their 

requirements. Taking our products out to customer 

locations utilising the Expo-Truck is very much an 

integral part of this approach. 

Colin Rudling 

adckrone.com • EMEA • News Magazine for Customers and Partners – Vol.2 No. 2 2007 

Published by: ADC KRONE, Berlin Corporate Communications EMEA 

Tel. +49-30-8453-1379 • Fax + 49-30-8453 5 13 79

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