Case Study
Swisscom: Variable Network Expansion with R&M foxs ODF
050.6256 050.6256 Markus Steinmann | R&M Switzerland markus.steinmann@rdm.com 050.6356 050.6666 050.6667 050.6668 050.6669 «When we install a distributor in a head office today, we are faced with the specific needs of an initial installation. But we don’t know what new requirements are going to come along later,» says Hansjörg Weimer, Technical Manager and ODF Evaluation Project Lead at Swisscom (Switzerland) AG, of the initial situation. It could be that additional breakout cables will be used later or that fibers have to be subsequently spliced. Additional splitters, single-fiber or multi-fiber connectors may have to be installed for new services. Because the future is so open, Swisscom’s planners and assembly teams want more flexibility. They want to be able to extend or