cable 100 in a longitudinal view as shown in fig1 optical transmission elements 10 are arranged in the interior of the cable in a cable core the optical transmission elements each form a micromodule which contains at least one optical waveguide 1 which is surrounded by a jacket layer 2 in the embodiment shown in fig1 each of the micromodules has for example four optical waveguides which are arranged in the micromodule jacket 2 a large number of optical transmission elements can be arranged within the cable core the number of optical transmission elements may be for example between two and twelve or more micromodules the plurality of optical transmission elements 10 are surrounded by a layer of strain relief elements 30 the strain relief elements may be for example yarns which are provided for absorbing a tensile force acting on the cable suitable yarns may be for example glass yarns or yarns consisting of aramid a cable sheath 20 surrounds the optical transmission elements in the embodiment shown in fig1 the cable sheath is arranged around the layer of strain relief elements 30 the further design of the cable will be explained with reference to fig2 and 3 which each show a cross section of the cable shown in fig1 fig2 shows a cross section of the optical cable at the point denoted by s 1 in fig1 fig3 shows a cross section through the optical cable at a point on the cable which is denoted by s 2 in fig1 and is offset with respect to the point s 1 in a longitudinal.