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Investment in infrastructure for 5G will support sustained demand for fiber-optic cable
Research - MAY 14, 2021

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Investment in infrastructure for 5G will support sustained demand for fiber-optic cable

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Fiber-optic cable demand is projected to advance 3 percent per year to $3.6 billion in 2025. Single-mode products will remain the bulk of demand, accounting for 73 percent of sales, according to research by Freedonia Group.

Fiber-optic cable has many advantages over the conventional copper-based coaxial and unshielded twisted pair wires that it competes with, and this will support market growth. These advantages include:

higher bandwidth capabilities longer transmission distances immunity to EMI and RFI higher reliability and security lower maintenance costs

In addition, as communication systems improve, fiber-optic cable can often be easily converted to newer, higher capacities by changing network a

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