Virgin Media, the second largest service provider in the UK has approved Synergy Cables as a supplier of fiberoptic cables for its entire backbone and access network.
Virgin Media is the first quadruple-play media company in the UK, bringing together a so-called “quad play” service consisting of television, Internet, mobile phone and fixed-line telephone services. Virgin Media owns a large fiber optic cable plant to serve its customers. The plant consists of all types of fiber optic (and copper) cables: backbone large fiber count, access cables and indoor cables. Virgin Media uses G.652, G.655 as well as a variety of multi-mode fibers.
Synergy Cables has been supplying cables to Virgin Media (and predecessor companies NTL and NTL-Telewest) for two years. These cables were supplied only after rigorous qualification testing at Synergy Cables laboratories in Israel. Recently Virgin Media again tested a series of fiberoptic cables in the Synergy Cables laboratories and has found the cables qualified to be used in its network.
