Fiber Optics in Wireless Environment

FTAA --  Fiber-To-The-Antenna

Fiber Optics cable is now being used in wireless network in connecting base station to the wireless antenna 30 meter - 100 meter above the base station.

Advantages of using FTTA 
a. elimination of coaxial cable
b. less structural cable load on the tower due to reduced in cable weight between coaxial and fiber optics
c. less power consumption
d. less or virtually no vandalism
e. immune to lightning 


For further reading 
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/articles/2014/03/lightning-protection-fiber-antenna