OFS, CommScope to Partner for Optical Fiber

OFS Fitel LLC and CommScope Inc. have entered into a new eight-year partnership to help ensure the availability of optical fiber supply to CommScope for use in its customers’ networks.

“OFS values our long-standing partnership with CommScope and supports their global operations with a multi-sourced contract from our optical fiber facilities in the U.S., Europe and Japan,” said Pierre Marty, senior vice president of global marketing and sales at OFS. “The OFS investment to increase manufacturing capacity was welcome news to our customers with the requirements of 5G, FTTx, Node-Plus-Zero and Internet of Things consuming bandwidth and driving build-outs globally. The OFS innovations in fiber optics can support this breadth of reach from fiber for traditional outside plant applications, to 200-μm fiber helping to ease installation in existing crowded duct networks, to bend insensitive fiber to connect the home, businesses and wireless cells.”

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

“Through this agreement, CommScope secures access to a premier supply of optical fiber for [the] development of innovative fiber cabling products for global wireline and wireless networks,” said Jaxon Lang, senior vice president and connectivity solutions segment leader at CommScope.

“Service providers and enterprises are pushing fiber connectivity deeper into their networks to address the growing need for speed and capacity. We are pleased to continue our relationship with OFS in the supply of optical fiber — it is an important part of our growing fiber connectivity business that supports wireless, broadband, commercial building, campus and data center networks around the world.“

CommScope is a network infrastructure provider. OFS Fitel designs, manufactures and provides optical fiber, fiber optic cable, connectivity, FTTX and specialty optical fiber solutions.