We are pleased to participate in Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway Line project through the supply of Optical Fiber Cable Solution for communications and signaling systems.  This significant infrastructure project started on April-2008 and is expected to commence services around June-2011.  The estimated investment is RMB 220 billion.

This high-speed railway line has 1,318 km route length and 24 new stations.  The maximum line speed can achieve 300km/h.  At this speed, the journey time is within 5 hours.  An estimated 220,000 passengers per day are expected to use the train.  It will provide a convenient and efficient way for people to travel between Beijing and Shanghai.

ZTT Cable’s FIRECARE™ LSZH cable series is suitable for applications, such as railway, subway, airport, hospital, cinema, residential / commercial building where the low smoke zero halogen (LSZH) cable can save lives.  This cable series is manufactured from fire resistant / fire retardant and LSZH materials.  It also complies with related fire performance standards: IEC 60331-25, IEC 60332-1, IEC 60332-3C, IEC 60754-1, IEC 60754-2, IEC 61034-2, ASTM D-2863, etc.  ZTT Cable fire resistant optical fiber cable can resist 750°C for 90 minutes and operate normally under this severe condition.  For further information, please contact us.

 FOE (Fiber Optics Expo) 2011 is the Asia’s largest exhibition for optical fiber communication and NGN (Next Generation Network).  FOE was held at Tokyo Big Sight from 13-April to 15-April, 2011.  This exhibition included 40G/100G Device Zone, FTTH Zone, Optical Interconnection Zone, Optical Premises Network Solution Zone and Fiber Optic Cabling & Construction Zone.

ZTT Cable was the sole exhibitor of Chinese cable manufacturer in FOE 2011.  We showed the state-of-the-art fiber optic cable technology and our products including fibers, cables, closures, parts and accessories for fiber optic installation.

The competition of fiber optic installation for local professional installers was held at the exhibition.  Also, VIP reception party was an ideal platform to expand networks and exchange information with key industry players, such as NTT, KDDI, Hitachi, Huawei, etc.

To cope with the rapid development of 3G/4G and FTTx (Fiber-to-the-x) network construction globally, ZTT Cable invested RMB 1.18 billion to produce optical fiber preform in 2010. Optical Fiber Preform is the raw material of optical fiber and manufactured by a state-of-the-art technology. The production capacity at the first phase is 400 tonnes.  

ZTT Cable achieves the revolutionary breakthrough in optical fiber industry. Localization of preform production will create a competitive advantage and more business opportunities in the international market. The company goal is to become the world’s leading vertically-integrated manufacturer of cabling solutions. ZTT Cable is committed to satisfying customer needs through innovative technology, product quality and professional service.

Until now, ZT-Hitachi RF Cable has won many significant China’s subway projects such as Nanjing Metro, Shanghai Metro, Beijing Subway, Shenzhen Metro, Suzhou Metro, Guangfo Metro, Xian Metro and so on. ZT-Hitachi became the first domestic leaky coaxial cable supplier for China’s subway projects and successfully broke the monopoly of foreign suppliers. Moreover, ZT-Hitachi has been awarded the outstanding cable partner by China Mobile through providing excellent product quality, technological innovation and after-sales services.

ZT-Hitachi RF Cable is a joint venture established in 2004 by ZTT Cable, Hitachi Cable Japan and Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications, specializing in the research and production of radio frequency coaxial cables, leaky coaxial cables, digital signal cables and related accessories for mobile communication.

According to The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), China’s 3G users surpassed 20 million by May-2010 and are expected to reach 150 million by the end of 2011. Until March-2010, China Mobile TD network has covered at least 238 cities while China Telecom and China Unicom have built 342 and 335 WCDMA networks respectively. In all, China’s 3G base-stations have reached over 367,000. We continue to work closely with telecom carriers and contribute to the rapid development of China’s telecom industry.

FTTH Ranking Feb 2010

According to FTTH council 2009 research, the top three global rankings for FTTH penetration are South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. In terms of the total number of subscribers, the top three global rankings are Japan, China and South Korea. These countries have more than million households connected to FTTH. As one of industry pioneers, we strive to develop a wide range of innovative FTTH solutions (e.g. bending insensitive fiber, fast assembly connector, ultra-lite drop cable, FTTH termination box, etc.) and serve telecom carriers worldwide for their FTTH deployment. Since triple play (voice, video and data) services are popular in many countries like Hong Kong and China, the speed and bandwidth of data transmission are very crucial. Therefore, the deployment of fiber optic network is indispensable. This indeed creates many business opportunities for us.

We are pleased to participate in the project of Shanghai World Expo through the supply of ACSR, OPGW, electric power cable system, optical fiber cable solution and fiber distributed sensor technology for providing the electric power transmission, communication and security services directly to Shanghai Expo as well as Shanghai City.  This can achieve the Expo theme - “Better City, Better Life”.

Shanghai World Expo opens on 1 May 2010 and lasts for 184 days.  Over 70 million visitors are anticipated from all over the world.  This World Expo is an international fair for showing a new perspective in economic, cultural and technological areas and also has created several records:

l           The first hosed by a developing country

l           The largest volunteer team deployed

l           An unprecedented number of participating countries (192) and international organizations (50) 

We are pound of being a member of Shanghai World Expo.  Welcome to Shanghai World Expo!

ZTT Cable is a major submarine cable provider for CNOOC and has established cooperative relationship with CNOOC since 2002.  Until now, ZTT Cable has involved in 10 CNOOC projects and supplied over 150km submarine cables.  ZTT Cable will further strengthen R & D investment on the development of submarine cable system in order to provide more technological innovation.

The National Development and Reform Commission recently disclosed that China’s dependence on imported oil has exceeded 50 percent - a red line for energy security.  Therefore, CNOOC plays a crucial role on domestic oil production.  As CNOOC’s cable partner, ZTT Cable is committed to providing innovative products and quality services. 

About CNOOC

CNOOC is the largest offshore oil and gas producer in China (NYSE: CEO; SEHK: 0883, 2883, 3983; SSE: 600583, 601808).  CNOOC is built upon synergetic business portfolios including: upstream (oil & gas exploration, production and sales); mid and downstream (gas & power, chemicals, refinery, fertilizers); technical services (oilfield services & offshore oil and gas engineering); and alternative energy.  CNOOC Group employs more than 57,000 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the CNOOC website at: www.cnooc.com.cn

FOE (Fiber Optics Expo) 2010 is the Asia’s largest exhibition for optical fiber communication and NGN (Next Generation Network).  FOE was held at Tokyo Big Sight from January 20 to 22, 2010.  The zones of this exhibition included 40G/100G Device Zone, IPTV/VOD Zone, FTTH Zone, Optical Interconnection Zone, Optical Premises Network Solution Zone and Fiber Optic Cabling & Construction Zone.  The number of visitors for 3-day exhibition was 13,142 and the visitors mainly came from Japan, Korea and China.

ZTT Cable was the sole exhibitor of Chinese cable manufacturer in FOE 2010.  We not only explored many business opportunities, but also exchanged the advanced technologies with major industry players, such as NTT and HITACHI.  We look forward to seeing you in FOE 2011!

The paper investigates the ability to withstand lightning strikes by OPGW cables used in the ultra-high-voltage (UHV) power transmission lines. Lighting strikes is one of the major faults of UHV transmission line which may cause momentary or permanent interruptions on the transmission lines. The papers suggest ways to improve OPGW performance for the topic.

Authors, Dr. Yang Ri-Sheng(PhD) and Mr. Xie Shu-Hong(Chief engineer, ZTT Cable’s)  had presented several technical paper about the technical design and application issue of OPGW.

The complete white papers are available for download at Technical Knowledge at ZTT Cable’s website.

IWCS (International Wire & Cable Symposium), is the world’s premier venue for the presentation of new and original wire and cable industry technologies and trends.  http://www.iwcs.org/index.html

Three scientists who harnessed the power of light in ways that helped turn the Internet into a global phenomenon and launched the digital-camera revolution were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday.

Charles Kao, who received half the total prize money of $1.4 million, was lauded for a breakthrough that led to fiber-optic cables, the thin glass threads that carry a vast chunk of the world’s phone and data traffic and make up the circulatory system of the Internet.

The other half of the prize was shared by Willard Boyle and George Smith for work that led to the charge-coupled device, the “electronic eye” of a digital camera that turns light into electrical signals. The device, which eliminates the need for capturing images on film, paved the way for both today’s point-and-shoot digital cameras and the Hubble Space Telescope.

Dr.Kao early lab testing of optical fiber (Source: DailyMail)

The Nobel committee described the three physicists as “masters of light.”
Optical fibers, developed in the 1950s, had great theoretical potential because light can carry a lot more data than microwaves or radio waves. But impurities in the glass fibers of the time absorbed much of the light.

In 1966, Dr. Kao, while working at Standard Telephones and Cables’ laboratory in Harlow, England, tackled the problem.
“His insight was that if you could get rid of the impurities, you could transmit light over many kilometers,” said Jeff Hecht, who wrote a history of fiber optics in 1999.

Dr. Kao, who was born in Shanghai and has both U.K. and U.S. citizenships, figured out a way to increase the distance information could be sent to about 60 miles. Manufacturing breakthroughs then opened the way for moving signals over far greater distances, and the first ultrapure fiber was made in 1970.

Industry experts were skeptical. But, eventually, they were won over by Dr. Kao’s vision of how fiber optics could substantially alter communication.

Today, fiber-optic cables transport words, sound and images from one end of the planet to the other in a split second. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awards the Nobel prizes, estimates that if all the glass fibers around the world were unraveled they would stretch to more than 600 million miles.