The Future is Line Powering: How We Can Enhance the Performance of the Telecom Power Grid

The telecommunications power grid has evolved from centralized to distributed architecture, which means more elements spanning greater distances from central offices. While this has expanded the grid and network coverage, the challenge of powering these far-flung elements has created headaches. Conventional power solutions (i.e. local power) are capital intensive and cause lags in deployment, but what solutions exist on the market today?

Hybrid cables that contain both fiber optic strands for data transmission and copper wires to run power through them. These cables provide a streamlined, versatile and sustainable solution to line powering for the current telecom power grid and future evolution. In this episode, Tony Wilson, President and Owner of Telecom and Industrial Marketing Solutions, and Keith Hoover, broadband product line manager for Superior Essex Communications, explain how combining these two delivery methods into a single cable can Enhance the Performance of the Telecom Power Grid.