\"<p>With
With 5G coming in, the fiberization in the country will increase by about three-fold to 60 million fibre-kilometres (fkm) annually, driven by tower and small cell fiberization, while tower fiberization must increase from around 35% to 80% to provide high-quality 5G services. Additionally, 5G will require up to four times small cells, backhauled with fibre.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>Homegrown telecom gear maker STL<\/a> (erstwhile Sterlite Technologies<\/a>) is in the process of setting up its own manufacturing facility in the US to cater to the global market.

The facility in South Carolina in the US will manufacture optical cable and will be operational in the next quarter, STL’s Managing Director Ankit Agarwal told ETTelecom.

The company will be spending Rs 500 crore this year for expansion in India and setting up the new facility in the US. STL already has manufacturing units in India, China and Italy. “We aim to be among the top 3 global optic fibre manufacturers. We are also expanding our fibre capacity to 42 million km from the present 33 million km,” he said.

Currently, STL exports about 80% of its optic fibre cable and network products to global markets including the US and Europe. STL’s market share in US is 14 percent and in Europe more than 20 percent.

With
5G<\/a> coming in, the fiberization in the country will increase by about three-fold to 60 million fibre-kilometres (fkm) annually, driven by tower and small cell fiberization, while tower fiberization must increase from around 35% to 80% to provide high-quality 5G services. Additionally, 5G will require up to four times small cells, backhauled with fibre.

In the next 4-5 years, India will have 300 million 5G users, 100 million fiber homes and 600,000 villages will be connected by
Bharatnet<\/a>, according to studies done by STL.

“There will be convergence of massive network build outs. Looking at this, we have designed and come up with latest technological solutions which will ease out the onground execution. Our new solutions will remove some of the challenges on the field”, he said

To tap the 5G market in India, the company launched three new products in the market. Its new optical solution — the STL Cosmos — for Indian telcos to fiberize small cells and towers to expedite
5G network<\/a> rollouts. The solutions include 5G optical network topology design, stellar Fibre for congested topologies, Celesta bonded ribbon cables, plug-and-play optical devices Opto-Bolt and Opto-Blaze, as well as automation-led deployment.

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STL launches ‘Cosmos’ solution for telcos to fiberize 5G networks, multicore fibre for optical networks<\/a><\/h2>

STL said India’s fiberization will increase approximately three-fold to 60 million fibre-kilometre (fkm) annually, driven by tower and small cell fiberization, while tower fiberization must increase from ~35% to ~80% to provide high-quality 5G services. Additionally, 5G will require up to four times small cells, backhauled with fibre.<\/p><\/div>

\"&lt;p&gt;With
With 5G coming in, the fiberization in the country will increase by about three-fold to 60 million fibre-kilometres (fkm) annually, driven by tower and small cell fiberization, while tower fiberization must increase from around 35% to 80% to provide high-quality 5G services. Additionally, 5G will require up to four times small cells, backhauled with fibre.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>Homegrown telecom gear maker STL<\/a> (erstwhile Sterlite Technologies<\/a>) is in the process of setting up its own manufacturing facility in the US to cater to the global market.

The facility in South Carolina in the US will manufacture optical cable and will be operational in the next quarter, STL’s Managing Director Ankit Agarwal told ETTelecom.

The company will be spending Rs 500 crore this year for expansion in India and setting up the new facility in the US. STL already has manufacturing units in India, China and Italy. “We aim to be among the top 3 global optic fibre manufacturers. We are also expanding our fibre capacity to 42 million km from the present 33 million km,” he said.

Currently, STL exports about 80% of its optic fibre cable and network products to global markets including the US and Europe. STL’s market share in US is 14 percent and in Europe more than 20 percent.

With
5G<\/a> coming in, the fiberization in the country will increase by about three-fold to 60 million fibre-kilometres (fkm) annually, driven by tower and small cell fiberization, while tower fiberization must increase from around 35% to 80% to provide high-quality 5G services. Additionally, 5G will require up to four times small cells, backhauled with fibre.

In the next 4-5 years, India will have 300 million 5G users, 100 million fiber homes and 600,000 villages will be connected by
Bharatnet<\/a>, according to studies done by STL.

“There will be convergence of massive network build outs. Looking at this, we have designed and come up with latest technological solutions which will ease out the onground execution. Our new solutions will remove some of the challenges on the field”, he said

To tap the 5G market in India, the company launched three new products in the market. Its new optical solution — the STL Cosmos — for Indian telcos to fiberize small cells and towers to expedite
5G network<\/a> rollouts. The solutions include 5G optical network topology design, stellar Fibre for congested topologies, Celesta bonded ribbon cables, plug-and-play optical devices Opto-Bolt and Opto-Blaze, as well as automation-led deployment.

\"STL<\/a><\/figure>

STL launches ‘Cosmos’ solution for telcos to fiberize 5G networks, multicore fibre for optical networks<\/a><\/h2>

STL said India’s fiberization will increase approximately three-fold to 60 million fibre-kilometre (fkm) annually, driven by tower and small cell fiberization, while tower fiberization must increase from ~35% to ~80% to provide high-quality 5G services. Additionally, 5G will require up to four times small cells, backhauled with fibre.<\/p><\/div>