Nexans Group Presentation

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Global expert in cables and cabling systems
Thierry Roucher
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A worldwide leader

• 4.9 Billion Euro sales in 2004 (est. results)
• The most complete range of telecom and energy
  cables and cabling systems

Sales by activity
Sales by destination
Based on sales at constant metal prices
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More than 100 years of experience

• 1897 Société Française des Câbles Electriques
• 1917 Becomes Compagnie Générale des Câbles de
  Lyon
• 1925 Merger with Compagnie Générale
  dElectricité
• 1986 Part of Alcatel Alcatel Cable
• 2000 Creation of Nexans
• 2001 First listing on Euronext (Paris)
• Continuous growth and acquisitions Société
  Industrielle des Téléphones, Thomson-Jeumont
  Câbles, Kabelmetal Elektro (Germany), Berk Tek
  (United States), Kukdong (South Korea),
  Furukawa cabos de Energia SA (Brazil), Liban
  cables (Lebanon),

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Global presence

• Plants in 29 countries and commercial activities
  in 65 countries
• 20,000 local experts
• Mastery of national and international standards

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Expertise dedicated to 3 key markets
Building
Industry
Infrastructure
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Cable solutions for railway networks security
Catenaries
Fire performance cables
Radiating cables
WAN/MAN/LAN
Station range cables
Energy and feeder cables
Fiber access routing technology
Axle counter balise cables
Connectivity accessories
Trunk line radio system optical fiber cables
Multi-pair hybrid energy/telecom cables
Power accessories
ODFs closures
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Global cable solutions for oil gas
ROV dynamic umbilicals
Data acquisition cables
Maritime LAN
Transfer lines
Fire-performance mud-resistant cables
Instrumentation cables
Copper/fiber LAN
Umbilicals
Accessories custom software
Remote Operated Vehicles
Marine fiber backbones
Optical fiber backbones
LV, MV, HV cables
Heating cables
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Turnkey cable solutions for windpark
infrastructure
Auxiliary equipment and systems
All MV HV accessories
Fiber Optic data cables
Local Area Networks
Overhead MV HV conductors
Medium Voltage cables
Cable installation software
OnshoreHV cables
Special laying vessels,Capjet trenchers
Spider dredger
Fiber optic accessories
OffshoreHV cables
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State of the art technologies
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At the core of advanced technological
achievements
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Building the future through innovation

• 1 international research center
• 9 competence centers
• 450 researchers, engineers and technicians
• 420 families of patents registered
• An average of 2 new products per week
• Leading position in advanced technologies
• High data transmission capacity
• Insulation material
• Plastic Optical Fiber
• Superconductors
• Safety fire behaviour of cables

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A new generation of xDSL and FTTx cables
Nexans aids telecom operators and their equipment
suppliers to deploy strategies for
high-performance broadband

• Véronique Stappers

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DSL reaches 85 Million subscribershalf a million
choose DSL every week
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FTTx
FTTx Subscribers in Europe June 2004

• FTTx in Europe
• Today 550 00 Subscribers
• About 100 Players (Municipalities/ Power
  Utilities, Housing companies, Competitive Local
  Exchange carriers, Incumbent Operators)
• About 135 projects recorded

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Telecom Market Key Trends
Every things, every where at any time
OPERATORS CONTEXT
Every things, faster
Service Availa-bility
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Why should the Telecom infrastructure evolve?
0 to 2.2 MHz
0 to 12 MHz
0 to 30 MHz
0 to 1.1 MHz
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Operators strategic development

• CABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
• INDOOR SWITCHING COPPER CABLES
• OUTDOOR COPPER CABLES

MDF Main Distribution frame PSTN Public
Switch Telephony Network
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Operators strategic development to address
broadband deployments
INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER CENTRAL OFFICE
SUBSCRIBER
PSTN
SWITCH
MDF

• CABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
• INDOOR xDSL COPPER CABLES
• OUTDOOR COPPER CABLES

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Operators strategic development to address
Triple Play
INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIER CENTRAL OFFICE
SUBSCRIBER
PSTN
SWITCH
MDF
DSLAM

• CABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
• MICRO FIBER OPTIC CABLES
• OUTDOOR COPPER CABLES
• INDOOR xDSL COPPER CABLES

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xDSL copper cable strategy
Copper Enhanced xDSL cable
Because so much of your Performances run through
cables
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xDSL copper cable strategy
Nexans helps the Operators their DSLAM
equipment suppliers to deploy their strategy of a
performing Broadband offer
Higher rate More services
Longer reach More subscribers
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xDSL copper cable strategy

• Enhanced xDSL cables enable a performing
  Broadband offer
• Longer reach
• Higher Bit Rate

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xDSL copper cable strategy
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50 rate More services
2.5 fixed line

• Enhanced xDSL cables enable a performing
  Broadband offer
• Higher Bit Rate, Higher speed , additional
  contents, new services
• Better QoS to the Subscriber

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xDSL copper cable strategy
6.5 Fixed Rate
40 reach More Subscribers
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4.2

• Enhanced xDSL cables enable a performing
  Broadband offer
• Availability of Broadband to more Subscribers

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xDSL copper cable strategy
POTS cables vs.Enhanced xDSL cables Influence of
the indoor cables (aDSL DSLAM equipment cable)
Enhanced xDSL Indoor cables enable a reduced
discrepancy between Subscribers and all of them
become elligible to Triple Play
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xDSL copper cable strategy
POTS cables vs.Enhanced xDSL cables Influence of
the indoor cables (aDSL 2DSLAM equipment cable)
Enhanced xDSL Indoor cables enable a reduced
discrepancy between Subscribers and all of them
become elligible to Triple Play
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FTTx outdoor fiber optic cables road map
Copper cable infras. up to 600m
Fiber Optic cable infrastructure
Copper cable infrastructure to deliver POTS
aDSL up to 5.5km
STANDARD
FTTx (Fibre to the X)
FTTCO Central Office
FTTN Node
G 992.1 ADSL
G 992.5 ADSL 2
G 998 VDSL VDSL2
ITU-T
DEMAND DRIVERS
V D VIDEO HDTV(MPEG4)
FULL TRIPPLE PLAY
VOICE FAST INTERNET
SERVICES
BANDWIDTH /TRAFFIC SPEED REQUIRED
1-2 MBits/s
gt MBits/s
8 MBits/s
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FTTx fiber optic cable strategy
François Leveugle Marketing Manager
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Infrastructure layout optimization
Traditional cable Loose Tube
Difficulties to install another cable if one is
already in place.
µ Blown cables B-Lite
Micro duct
Cables can be installed easily on demand (one per
micro duct)
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What makes the difference

• B-Lite enables faster installation (velocity
  performance)

Blowing speed (m/min)
500
1000
2500
2000
1500
Blowing distance (m)

• B-Lite provides better performances in difficult
  layout

• Consistent references (gt100 000 Km of µ fiber
  optic cable deployed in Western Europe)

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FTTx micro cable solution
Nexans micro cable product range
IEC 60794
CABLE TYPE
MB
UB

• Central Strengh Member
• Peripheric Element
• Micro bundle with up to 8 or 12 fibers
• Waterblocking element
• Compounding
• Aramid yarn
• Outer PE jaket

• Central Tube
• with a single mini tube of 12 fibers max
• Waterblocking gel
• Aramid yarn
• Outer PE Jacket

CABLE STRUCTURE
Up to 96
Up to 12
FIBER COUNT
7.4 mm (max)
3.3 mm
CABLE DIAMETER
10/12mm
5.5/7 mm
MICRO DUCT DIAMETER (Inner Outer)
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FTTx micro cable solution
Nexans micro cable solution

• Interconnect solution

• Micro cables

• Mechanical sealing on micro jacket
• Easy fast installation
• Network life service reliability
• Re-accessibility for fiber touring maintenance
• Fiberart inside for enhanced fiber management

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FTTx micro cable solution
Nexans interconnect solution product range

• Including
• optical distribution frame,
• splicing closure,
• subscribers boxes
• active customer premises equipment

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What makes the difference
Traditional cable
µ Blown cables B-Lite
Adjusted CAPEX to RPU
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Infrastructure Layout phasing

• Ducting layout or use of existing ducting

• Blowing of micro ducts and µduct loop
  installation

• Blowing of Nexans micro cables

• Micro duct removal

• Cable aperture

• Bundle selection

• Fiber connection

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What makes the difference
JUST IN TIME DEPLOYMENT KEY BENEFITS
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FTTx micro cable solution
Blowing test loop for cable blowing performance
demonstration
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Blowing CablesMicroducts and cables Installation

• B-Lite Green Cables

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Duct Installation

• Duct installation

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Microduct Installation

• Duct installation

• Microduct installation

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Microducts Optimization
Mixed structure
Duct
External microduct Diameter External microduct Diameter External microduct Diameter External microduct Diameter
Fiber count 5 mm 7 mm 10 mm 12 mm
2-4
6
12
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48 - 72
96
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Microduct Installation

• Project
• MET (Ministry of Economy and transportation)
• Interconnection of different economical areas
• 2 companies
• Jacobs and Jacobs
• Yvan Paque
• 3 steps
• Manholes and 50mm ducts
• Microduct blowing
• Micro cables blowing

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Micro duct Connections

• Duct installation

• Microduct installation

• Microduct preparation

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Cable Installation

• Duct installation

• Microduct installation

• Microduct preparation

• Cable installation

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Blowing Cable Demos
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• Duct structure around the plant
• Different types of microducts

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Blowing Cable Demos

• Tomorrows Demonstration
• 3 Blowing demos
• 3 different micro cables
• 8 fibers / 7mm
• 48 fibers / 10 mm
• 72 fibers / 10 mm
• 25 minutes

Speed 4km/h
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March 9th, 2005 - agenda

• Timetable
• 820 Departure from the Hotel
• 930 Welcome Coffee
• 940 Opticable Presentation
• 1000 Factory tour and B-Lite Green
  demonstration
• 1200 Lunch
• 1400 Microduct installation
• 1600 Departure to Brussels

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Global expert in cables and cabling systems