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AFL Telecommunications OPGW Compliance Tables

This document contains tables summarizing the technical specifications and AFL Telecommunications' level of compliance for optical fiber cables, accessories, and underground optical cables. The tables include specifications for properties like cable diameter, breaking load, thermal expansion, and fiber count and type. AFL Telecommunications indicates compliance or partial compliance with the majority of requirements and provides comments explaining any deviations from the specifications.

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AFL Telecommunications OPGW Compliance Tables

This document contains tables summarizing the technical specifications and AFL Telecommunications' level of compliance for optical fiber cables, accessories, and underground optical cables. The tables include specifications for properties like cable diameter, breaking load, thermal expansion, and fiber count and type. AFL Telecommunications indicates compliance or partial compliance with the majority of requirements and provides comments explaining any deviations from the specifications.

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AFL Telecommunications Technical Response

Appendix H

Tables of Conformity
(Table A – 1 - OPGW, Duct)

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AFL Telecommunications Technical Response

Table A – 1: Optical Cables and Accessories


Comply
Technical Requirement Comment
Yes Partially No
Technical requirements for OPGW (optical fibres)
1. Supporting nominal cross– ection: 95mm2  94 mm2 - See OPGW cable specification -
Appendix A
2. Cable diameter 11.5 – 12.5mm  12.4 mm - See OPGW cable specification
-Appendix A
3. Short circuit current for 1 second: 8 to 10kA  8.6 kA - See OPGW cable specification -
Appendix A
4. Cable weight  400kg/km- See OPGW cable specification
-Appendix A
5. Calculated breaking load  5,534kg - See OPGW cable specification
–Appendix A
6. Elasticity module  10,141 kg/mm2 - See OPGW cable
specification - Appendix A
7. Coefficient of thermal expansion  1.72x10-5 1/oC - See OPGW cable
specification - Appendix A
8. Active resistance per unit length  0.4416 Ω/km - See OPGW cable
specification -Appendix A
9. Minimal bending diameter of OPGW  248mm
Technical Requirements for Underground Optical Cable (UGC)
Fibre count: 24 
Manner of placing: in the ground by blowing in 
Protection from penetration of humidity 
Cable should not contain any metal parts 
Technical Requirements for Optical Fibres
Fibre count: 24 
Type of fibres: monomode 
Dimensions of optical fibres: 9/125/250µm 
Primary coating: UV cured acrylate, LID compatible 
Construction of an optical element:”loose tube” 
Attenuation Coefficient at 1310nm <0.38 dB/km 
Attenuation Coefficient at 1550nm <0.25 dB/km 
Dispersion at wavelength 1310nm <3.5ps/[Link] 
Dispersion at wavelength 1550nm <18ps/[Link] 
Zero Dispersion slope <0.093 ps/km.mm2 

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