To maximise the performance of the Lithium Ion battery provided with your Y70 fusion splicer, we recommend that the you charge the battery for 18 hours before using for the first time.

Thereafter, the battery will take 6 to 8 hours to recharge. An LED indicates whether the battery is charging or has completed its charge. When charging, the indicator will be red, and when fully charged, the indicator will change to green.
At the end of a day of installation, we recommend you charge the battery overnight. This will not damage the battery.

Last Wednesday the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, announced a tender to provide a fibre optic network throughout Paris. The french news site Nouvel Obs (New Observer) goes on to say they want to support the development of the FTTx network so as to provide free internet access and local telephony to Parisians..

The next day, President of France, Jacques Chirac, announced intentions to adopt an advanced fibre optic communications network for all of France. Chirac spoke of “…the importance of being pioneers in the development of digital television and technologies with strong potential.”

France’s announcement follows closely after last month’s announcement of municipal fibre deployments in Amsterdam. Expect to see more deployment announcements as cities and
countries realise the productivity benefits that dark fibre networks afford their companies and citizens.

Such deployments will ftypically be outsourced to installers and contracting companies as part of the tendering process.The specification of new generation fibre optics will see further demand for fusion splicers with dispersion shifted and NZDS fibre splicing capabilities.

Of course, Yamasaki Optical Technology can provide the equipment for installations such as these with with the Y80 fusion splicer.

Contrary to my reports earlier this week and last week regarding Municipal networks being a predominantly European trend, ADC has a press release regarding a Municipality in Vermont, USA, who are rolling out their own fibre optic network. This will initially be for their own use, and later this year they will offer voice video and data services to businesses and residents.

“The City of Burlington, like many other small cities and towns around the United States, has decided to ensure that all of its citizens and businesses have the telecommunication services they need by building a municipally-owned 21st century fiber optic network…” said the ADC representative.

ADC go on to say “It is estimated that $2-3 billion will be spent annually by telecommunications service providers during the next five years as FTTX networks are deployed in the United States. New FTTX projects initiated by carriers and municipalities have increased by more than 100 percent since 2000.”

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