Clearfield Enables Wireline and Wireless Carriers to Push 5G Further
August 20 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
StreetSmart Small
Count Fiber Hand-Off Box better aligns capital expense with fiber
management and turnup at small cell sites—especially in a 5G
world
Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLFD), the specialist in fiber
management for communication service providers, today announced the
new StreetSmart Small Count Fiber Hand-Off Box. True to
Clearfield’s modular product designs, this demarc will streamline
an operator’s ability to economically extend fiber networks further
into the network, supporting the roll out of 5G, FTTP
(fiber-to-the-premise), and wireless access services to more
customers. The universality of its design means that any type of
carrier can utilize one product across all of its small cell, DAS
and MDU builds as these type of networks increase to support Cloud,
IoT and other services across municipal, hospitality,
transportation, manufacturing and other high-growth industries and
applications.
“The market is continuing to see an uptick in the need for rapid
fiber deployment to support 5G and other emerging technologies,”
said Stefan Pongratz, Vice President and Analyst, Dell’Oro Group
“Recent data from Dell’Oro Group states that CBRS RAN is projected
to approach $1.5 billion to $2 billion by 2024. To increase
wireless coverage and meet these industry forecasts, the
utilization of mid-band small cells to extend fiber further into
the network will be vital. Products that are craft-friendly and
enable the rapid turnup of fiber services at a small cell site are
key – especially in a 5G world.”
The StreetSmart Small Count Fiber Hand-Off Box is the ideal
fiber termination solution for operators that plan to deploy 5G or
DAS as it supports extending the fiber fronthaul and backhaul
capabilities throughout the footprint. It is also cost effective
for carriers targeting smaller MDUs to support FTTP services. Up to
12 fibers can be terminated in one of four configurations in this
craft friendly box via an angled adapter feature that provides
ease-of-connectivity, cleaning and testing. Its compact size makes
it ideally suited to be concealed inside a mono pole in small cell
and DAS networks. Another key value is the ability to land the
carrier fiber on one side and have craft technician separation from
the contractor/installer on the other side. Designed with a hinged
plate and 216 locking mechanism, access is secured between craft
responsibilities. The craft friendly GR-771 box can also be mounted
aerially, on a pole or wall.
“5G requires fiber to radios that are further out in the network
and the further you go into the network, the fewer number of fibers
are needed,” said Kevin Morgan, Clearfield’s Chief Marketing
Officer. “A traditional problem point for the carriers has been at
the fiber hand-off point and until now, there has not been a small
form-factor option for 5G or DAS networks for a protected hand off
from wireline to wireless that didn’t require advanced training to
deploy and support.”
Clearfield’s StreetSmart Small Count Fiber Hand-Off Box is
available for shipment in September 2020. More information can be
found on this introductory video, the associated data sheet or at
www.SeeClearfield.com.
About Clearfield, Inc.
Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD) designs, manufactures and
distributes fiber optic management, protection and delivery
products for communications networks. Our “fiber to anywhere”
platform serves the unique requirements of leading incumbent local
exchange carriers (traditional carriers), competitive local
exchange carriers (alternative carriers), and MSO/cable TV
companies, while also catering to the broadband needs of the
utility/municipality, enterprise, data center and military markets.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Clearfield deploys more than a
million fiber ports each year. For more information, visit
www.SeeClearfield.com
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