Facing a difficult time when we talk about the world supply optical fiber. In addition to higher prices and longer delivery times, companies around the world are expected to slow their plans for next-generation telecommunications infrastructure.
as ArsTeknik The pandemic has caused large tech groups to reduce their investments. However, on the other hand, our demand for internet and data services has also increased. important names like Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta expand their business data centersGovernments are betting big on the launch of superfast broadband and 5G, which includes installing international fiber networks under the ocean. This, in turn, requires a large number of fiber optic cables.
Europe, India and China are among the regions that suffered the most from this famine. Compared to March 2021, prices increased up to 70%.
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there was a shortage helium, a key component in the production of fiber optic glass, partly caused by factory shutdowns in Russia and the US. This element made the prices 135% increase in the last two years. HE silicon tetrachloride also increased by about 50%.
Cru Group analyst Michael Finch said: “Given the sudden doubling of the cost of deployment, there are doubts as to whether countries will be able to meet the targets set for building infrastructure and whether this will have an impact on global connectivity. . ”. Wendell Weeks, CEO of Corning, the world’s largest fiber optic cable manufacturer, says he has never seen anything like the current inflationary crisis.
Weeks adds that Corning is ramping up production to meet growing demand and that “it will be tight for a while, but we will get through this crisis.”
Source: Tec Mundo
