A water-resistant telecommunication cable is disclosed comprising a solid and compact element surrounding at least one optical transmitting element, wherein the element is made from a vinyl alcohol/vinyl acetate copolymer having a hydrolysis degree of about 60% to about 95% and a polymerization degree higher than about 2,500; at least a first solid plasticizer having a melting point between 50.degree. and 110.degree. C., and a second solid plasticizer having a melting point equal or higher than 140.degree. C., in an amount of about 10 30 and 1 10 parts by weight per hundred parts by weight of the copolymer, respectively; the water-soluble polymer material showing: a complex modulus (G*) equal to or higher than 2.5 10.sup.6 Mpa; a ratio of the viscous modulus to the elastic modulus (tan .delta.) equal to or lower than 2.30; and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about 20.degree. to about 35.degree. C.