Summary

The use of overhead power line routes by electricity utilities to develop a telecommunications right of way has now become common place throughout the world. The aerial optical fibre cabling technology used to exploit these rights are either additional to or replacement for the existing earth wires or phase conductors and in these situations form an integral part of the power transmission system.

Additional informations

Publication type Technical Brochures
Reference 133
Publication year
Publisher CIGRE
Study committees
Working groups WG 35.04
File size 308 KB
Pages number 40
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Preventive and corrective maintenance for optical cables on overhead power lines
Preventive and corrective maintenance for optical cables on overhead power lines