STL ARMOR-LITE® Multitube Single Jacket Steel Tape Armored Cables are suitable for direct burial as well as for duct applications. In addition to optical fibres, the buffer tubes contain water blocking gel, and the cable core is surrounded with water-swellable tape to prevent water ingress in the interstices of cable core. Corrugated steel tape armor surrounds the cable core with thermoplastic jacket bonded over the armor layer making the cable robust and installation friendly.