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projects & agreements CommScope’s capacity boosting wideband multimode fibre technology for Golden 1 Center CommScope has provided fibre optic cabling for the Golden 1 Center, future home of the Sacramento Kings franchise of the National Basketball Association. It promises to be one of the most technologically advanced arenas in the world. It is already setting records as the world’s first installation of wideband multimode fibre (WBMMF), a capacity boosting network technology supplied by CommScope. CommScope’s LazrSpeed 550 Wideband multimode fibre forms the cabling backbone in the arena’s data centre and, along with other equipment, will support all wired and wireless communications within the stadium. CommScope is the only supplier of WBMMF for Golden 1 Center. Golden 1 Center is ready to support massive fan traffic when the arena opens in October, and future proofed to support future technology evolution. FLEXENCLOSURE GROWS ESITE DEPLOYMENTS IN MYANMAR AND OPENS NEW MARKET SEGMENT WITH GOLDEN 11 DEAL Flexenclosure has received another order for its eSite hybrid power solution to be deployed in Myanmar, this time from local fibre infrastructure provider Golden 11. Flexenclosure’s eSite has already been installed at more than 1,200 sites across Myanmar as part of the country’s ongoing mobile network roll out. Flexenclosure recently announced an eSite order from OCK Group for deployment in Myanmar, making Golden 11 Flexenclosure’s fifth customer in the country.  Myanmar Golden 11 Investment International constructs fibre optic networks, towers and data exchange facilities nationwide in Myanmar. It will use the eSites to power and integrate fibre transmission nodes around the country. eSite is a hybrid power system for base station sites in areas where grid power is either unreliable or unavailable. They are powered using any available combination of battery, grid, renewable and genset power sources. The eSites will be constructed at Flexenclosure’s factory in Sweden and delivered and deployed in Myanmar later this year. 41