How many types of fiber optic cable are there?

Multi-fiber cablesFiber Type / ClassDiameter (µm)Jacket ColorMultimode 1a62.5/125SlateMultimode 1a85/125BlueMultimode 1a100/140GreenSinglemode IVaAllYellow2 more rows read more

Fiber optic ribbon cable is available bare (without a jacket or Kevlar and also available with a plenum jacket or riser jacket. A typical ribbon has 12 color coded fibers and cables can be made with multiple ribbons. read more

In September 2012, NTT Japan demonstrated a single fiber cable that was able to transfer 1 petabit per second (10 15 bits/s) over a distance of 50 kilometers. Modern fiber cables can contain up to a thousand fibers in a single cable, with potential bandwidth in the terabytes per second. read more