MTP brand cassettes and cable assemblies take their name from the MTP brand MPO connector, designed and introduced as a performance version of MPO connectors. MTP brand fiber systems are truly an innovative group of products. Each MTP brand connector contains 12 fibers or 6 duplex channels in a connector that is smaller than most duplex connections in use today. A 72-fiber trunk cable can be terminated with six MTP brand connectors and MTP brand connectors are manufactured specifically for multifiber loose
MTP brand connectors allow high-density connections between network equipment in telecommunication rooms. They use a simple push-pull latching mechanism for easy and intuitive insertion and removal. The ends of MTP brand connectors may be polished flat or at an 8° angle. An MTP brand connector about is the same size as a SC connector but since it can accommodate 12 fibers, it provides up to 12 times the density, thereby offering savings in card and rack space.
A standard MTP brand cassette has one port in the back with a MTP brand coupler awaiting connection of an MTP brand cable assembly that has 12 fibers in the connector. The MTP brand cable plugs into the back and through the adaptor. The cable connects to another MTP brand assembly inside the cassette that "fans out" to 12 SC or LC connections. One MTP brand cable can connect up 12 different ports! From there you plug in your patch cables and you're good to go.