Ribbon fiber

Ribbon fiber consists of multiple fibers (usually 6, 8, or 12) bound together in a flat ribbon.  Fibers are colour-coded for easy identification.  Ribbon fiber may be either single mode or multimode and may be contained within a buffer tube.  A single multi-fiber connector, such as an MTP™, may terminate one ribbon fiber, or the ribbon fiber could be fanned out into many single-fiber connectors.

See also: fiber, fiber optic cable