New Contracts In ASEAN Territories As Broadband Roll-Out Continues Throughout Asia
   
Milan, 10 June 2010 - Prysmian Cables & Systems - leading worldwide player in the energy and telecommunications cable market - will present its latest enhanced range of passive broadband cable solutions later this month at CommunicAsia 2010 - the leading ICT event in SE Asia - which takes place in Singapore from 15-18 June.

SE Asia continues to be a market of high strategic importance for Prysmian, and this is confirmed by Prysmian’s participation in this major event and its strong presence and investments in the Region. With a Fibre Optic Cable production facility in Cikampek, Indonesia and commercial offices throughout the region, the ASEAN territories are some of the most active for the company's telecoms business. Major supply contracts this year have been conducted not only in Indonesia but also in Philippines - with local operator Smart Telecom - whilst in Singapore Prysmian has supplied Singtel with high fibre count cable to support the national broadband programme.

In Vietnam supplies of overhead fibre optic cable continue for a fourth year as part of the nation's drive to build a fibre rich infrastructure and in The Kingdom of Brunei, Prysmian has recently supplied the first FTTx project where initially 2000 homes will be connected.

With an ever growing consumer demand for greater bandwidth, Prysmian continues to be highly committed to bringing innovative Broadband solutions to homes throughout Asia. Its latest range of Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) technologies will be presented at CommunicAsia 2010, with all products on display ideally suited to meet the region’s infrastructure growth needs.

Prysmian's global director of Telecoms, Mr Hakan Ozmen - who will be present in Singapore for the CommunicAsia event - commented ,"The Asia Pacific market continues to lead the way in many aspects of the telecoms business and particularly in terms of FTTH deployment. As a local company producing in the region, Prysmian is ideally placed to support the development plans of the telecom operators and network providers in the region as they build the infrastructures needed to support the growing Broadband economy."

Also present at CommunicAsia will be Prysmian's newly appointed CEO for the ASEAN territories, Mr Manfred Klingel, who took up his appointment on 1st May this year.

Visit Prysmian on Stand no 5E2-01 in Hall 5. All event details at www.communicasia.com