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Companies that Sell Fiber Optic Cables
Some of the leading companies that sell fiber optic cables in the United States include Corning, CommScope, Finisar, Belden, Siemon, OCC, AFL, and OFS Fitel. Details including an overview of their products, revenue, and the fiber optic cables they sell are listed below.
Corning
- Corning Incorporated is a manufacturer of materials specialized in glass, ceramic, and optical products based in New York.
- Their products are categorized into five segments namely display technologies, optical communications, environmental technologies, specialty materials, and life sciences.
- Corning reports a revenue of $4.1 billion in 2018 for its telecommunications division.
- Corning is listed as one of the largest fiber optic cable companies globally in industry reports from Thomasnet, BusinessWire, IBIS World, and MarketWatch.
- They sell various types of fiber optic cables including single-mode, cutoff shifted single-mode, non-zero dispersion-shifted (NZDS), bend-improved single-mode, index 50/125 μm multi-mode, and index 62.5/125 μm multi-mode configurations. More details on their fiber optic cables are listed on their brochure.
CommScope
- CommScope is a network infrastructure company based in North Carolina. They manufacture a diverse line of fiber-optic cables including outside plant cables, indoor/outdoor cables, and fire-rated indoor fiber cables.
- The company’s revenue for the financial year of 2018 was $4.6 billion with 60% of the revenue generated from its connectivity solutions division.
- CommScope is listed as one of the largest fiber optic cable companies globally in industry reports from CablingInstall.com and MarketWatch.
- CommScope sells various types of fiber optic cables including drop cables, indoor & outdoor cables, and outside plant cables. They also offer the cables in the central tube, loose tube, and ribbon constructions, in both single-mode and multi-mode configurations. More details on their fiber optic cables are listed on their website.
Finisar
- Finisar is a provider of components and subsystems for optical communications based in California.
- Their products are used by “networking equipment manufacturers, data center operators, telecom service providers, consumer electronics and automotive companies”.
- Finisar reports a revenue of $1.4 billion for the financial year of 2017.
- The company is listed as one of the largest fiber optic cable companies globally in industry reports from Allied Market Research and MarketsandMarkets.
- Their fiber optic cables product line includes “SFPwire® AOC for 10/25GbE, Quadwire® AOC for 40/100GbE, InfiniBand QDR/FDR/EDR, SAS3 and PCIe3, and C.wire® AOC for 100GbE”. More details on their fiber optic cables are listed on their website.
Belden
- Belden is a manufacturer of networking, connectivity, and cable products based in Missouri. They serve enterprise and industrial markets.
- The company reported a revenue of $1.2 billion for the financial year of 2017.
- Belden is listed as one of the largest fiber-optic companies globally in industry reports from MarketWatch and ReportsNReports.
- Their fiber optic cables product line covers “break out cables, distribution cables, interconnect cables, loose tube cables, mini distribution cables, tactical fiber optic cables, Digital Electricity™ cables, hybrid copper-fiber cables”. More details on their fiber optic cables are listed on their website.
Siemon
- The Siemon Company is an end-to-end network solutions manufacturer based in Connecticut. They offer copper and optical fiber cabling systems, cabinets, racks, cable management, data center power, and cooling systems.
- The company’s revenue is estimated to be between $92.7-$159 million.
- Siemon is listed as one of the leading market players for fiber optic cable companies globally in industry reports from CablingInstall.com and Premium Market Insights.
- The company offers fiber optic cables in XGLO and LightSystem configurations and covers indoors, outdoors, tight buffer, and loose tube applications for North America. More details on their fiber optic cables are listed on their website.
OCC
- Optical Cable Corporation based in Virginia, claims to be “the second-largest manufacturer of multi-mode fiber optic cable for the North American enterprise market”. Their products are used in oil & gas, mining, military, and other industries.
- OCC reports a revenue of $87 million for its 2018 financial year.
- The company is listed as one of the largest fiber-optic companies globally by industry reports from VisionGain and ResearchAndMarkets.
- The company offers indoor & outdoor fiber optic cables that are suitable for industries including commercial enterprise, military, broadcast/AV, industrial, mining, and oil & gas. More details on their fiber optic cables are listed on their website.
AFL Communications
- AFL Communications manufactures fiber optic cable, transmission & substation accessories, outside plant equipment, connectors, fusion splicers, test, and inspection equipment. They are based in South Carolina and serve the energy, service provider, enterprise and industrial markets.
- The company’s revenue is estimated to be between $75-$594 million.
- AFL is listed as one of the largest fiber optic cable companies globally in industry reports from IBIS World and WiredRelease.
- The company offers fiber optic cables suitable for high-voltage transmission, challenging climates, enterprise, high pressure, and high-temperature applications. They also sell “umbilical component, high temperature downhole, and LSZH sensing cables” in “non-armored, single-armored, harsh environment and high fiber count/density configurations”. More details on their fiber optic cables are listed on their website.
OFS Fitel
- OFS Fitel is a manufacturer and provider of optical fiber, optical fiber cable, connectivity, FTTx and specialty photonics solutions based in Georgia. Their products are used in communications, medical devices, aerospace & defense industries, and industrial applications.
- The company’s revenue is estimated to be between $71-$390 million.
- OFS is listed as one of the largest fiber optic cable manufacturers in the U.S. in industry reports from Thomasnet, IBIS World, and CablingInstall.com. MarketWatch listed OFS as one of the largest fiber optic cable manufacturers globally.
- The company offers fiber optic cables suitable for industrial, indoor, and outdoor applications. Types of fiber optic cables they sell include totally gel-free cables, loose tube cables, ribbon, drop cables, central core cables, micro cables, and air blown cables. They also offer a variety of coatings including Polyetheretherketone (PEEK), Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), Polypropylene (PP), Polyethylene (PE), and others. More details on their fiber optic cables are listed on their website.
Research Strategy
2 or more industry reports from Thomasnet, BusinessWire, IBIS World, MarketWatch, CablingInstall.com, and other sources were used to qualify each company listed above as leading companies that sell fiber optic cables. The top 8 companies with the highest annual company/ fiber optic cable division revenues are listed for this research.