{"id":31183,"date":"2023-11-03T10:08:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/?p=31183"},"modified":"2023-11-03T10:08:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T10:08:51","slug":"stl-develops-160-micron-fibre-the-worlds-slimmest-fibre-and-cable-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/2023\/11\/03\/stl-develops-160-micron-fibre-the-worlds-slimmest-fibre-and-cable-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"STL develops 160-micron fibre, the world’s slimmest fibre and cable technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Groundbreaking innovation pitched as putting Indian technology and R&D on the world map.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STL has developed the world’s slimmest fibre for telecommunications – 160-micron Optical Fibre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cable made with STL’s 160-micron fibre can pack what\u2019s pitched as 3X more capacity than traditional 250-micron fibre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fibre, conceptualised and developed indigenously at STL’s Center of Excellence in Maharashtra, makes STL one of the first companies globally to develop and patent this industry-leading technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As India becomes the fastest-growing digital economy in the world, there’s a need for densely fiberised networks, both in backhaul and closer to customers. Laying ducts account for ~60% of the entire fibre deployment cost, making duct space a precious asset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Network builders all over the world are in a continued quest to reduce fibre size to pack in more and more capacity in the available duct space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By packing more capacity in limited duct space with a reduced diameter cable of 6.4mm (~32% reduction compared to 250-micron fibre), STL’s 160-micron fibre is said to will revolutionise the deployment, bandwidth capacity and green quotientof the networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The at-scale impact of this innovation on India’s broadband landscape is projected as immense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example – In a large-scale project like Bharatnet, where India needs to deploy ~20 million fibre km cable by 2025, using 160-micron fibre instead of the standard 250-micron fibre can potentially reduce the deployment time by ~15%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This enables the use of ducts with a smaller diameter, thereby reducing the plastic footprint in the ground by ~30%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This slimmest fibre is a noteworthy development and depicts our commitment to innovation and continuous R&D efforts in photonics and materials science,” said Dr Badri Gomatam, Group CTO, STL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incremental reduction in fibre size is an incredibly challenging feat which has captured the imagination of optical experts across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the key challenges in reducing fibre size below 250-micron include enhanced sensitivity towards micro-bending and increased complexity in the fibre Drawing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talking about solving these challenges, Dr Badri said:”Through highly calibrated process and material engineering, we have achieved a breakthrough in manufacturing processes and glass compositions to realise micro bend insensitivity. “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The product meets telecom-grade optical performance standards and complies with the ITU G.657A2 standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confirmation comes after a series of innovations by STL\u2019s R&D experts – including India’s first multicore fibre with 4X capacity and 180-micron fibre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This groundbreaking innovation exemplifies our passion to put Indian technology and R&D on the world map. I am extremely excited to imagine the future of India’s digital networks with this disruptive fibre design,” said Ankit Agarwal, Managing Director, STL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Groundbreaking innovation pitched as putting Indian technology and R&D on the world map. STL has developed the world’s slimmest fibre for telecommunications – 160-micron Optical Fibre. Cable made with STL’s 160-micron fibre can pack what\u2019s pitched as 3X more capacity than traditional 250-micron fibre. The fibre, conceptualised and developed indigenously at STL’s Center of Excellence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":31184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,62,42,44],"tags":[5170,5171,74,306,5173,5172,4352,151],"class_list":["post-31183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cabling","category-south-asia","category-industry-verticals-telecom","category-top-stories","tag-160-micron-fibre","tag-cable-technology","tag-fibre","tag-india","tag-indian-technology","tag-rd","tag-stl","tag-telecommunications"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31187,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31183\/revisions\/31187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}