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Innovations

Corning Cable Systems Contributions To The Telecommunications Industry:

  • First to introduce, manufacture, and install single-mode fiber optic cable, with craft procedures and training support. The Loose Tube cable design has become an industry standard.

  • Pioneered the tight-buffered cable design and was the first to manufacture high fiber-count UL-approved tight-buffered cables.

  • First to deliver cable with more than 216 working fibers.

  • Developed the patented CamLite® connector, the first high-performance, no-polish/no-epoxy field-installable connector with an assembly time under two minutes.

  • Pioneer in the development of network interface devices.

  • Produced the industry's first fiber optic network cabling design guide for premises communications systems.

  • Developed the industry's first commercial single-mode OTDR.

  • Pioneered the development of prestubbed optical hardware for system interconnection.

  • First non-Japanese fiber optic cable manufacturer to sell commercially in Japan.

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