Prysmian Group is to invest €170 million in a state of the art cable laying vessel to bolster its offshore operations. The new vessel will support long-term growth prospects in the submarine cable installation business, strengthening the Group’s interconnection and offshore wind project execution capabilities. The new vessel will allow Prysmian to increase its deep […]
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Signing this agreement comes as a step toward ITC’s commitment to the agreed plan with Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) for rolling-out high-speed fiber optic broadband internet in Saudi Arabia. ITC is initiating site supervision for the development of the OSP infrastructure project that is in-line with the Saudi Vision 2030. Indeed, the […]
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The arrangement builds on the existing strategic relationship between STC and Corning, which has already supplied more than 1.5 million kilometers of optical fiber to STC’s KSA network. The two companies will also develop a program to provide advanced technical training to STC fiber engineers and technicians. Corning invented the first low-loss optical fiber in […]
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MEFC is continuing its strategic partnership with STC through the upcoming milestones. MEFC was enrolled as one of STC approved vendors in supplying Fiber Optical Cables since about a decade. During such a long journey MEFC has proudly supplied STC with more than 5,000,000 Km of fiber optics through utilizing the highest quality materials from […]
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BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Tuesday the initiation of a wide scale fiber optic project across all Lebanese territories, after state-owned telecom company Ogero awarded tenders to three international companies tasked with linking end users to their central offices. The project, announced during a launch event held at the Grand Serail, would replace Lebanon’s […]
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The Ministry of Education has signed an MoU with Etisalat to modernise school ICT infrastructure across the UAE. Under the agreement, Etisalat will implement solutions to modernize school’s technology infrastructure and bring high-speed wireless Internet access to classrooms. The deal is in line with UAE 2021’s goals for digital education, and is intended to improve […]
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Terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. As part of this agreement, CommScope gets access to a supply of optical fiber to develop fiber cabling products for its wireline and wireless network customers deploying 5G, FTTH as well as cable’s node-plus-zero fiber strategies. OFS itself will increase manufacturing capacity, but it did not reveal […]
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The FTTH Council MENA, founded in 2011, is an industry organization that works to accelerate fibre to the home (FTTH) adoption. It promotes the benefits of fibre as an enabling technology for services that enhance quality of life, contribute to a better environment and boost competitiveness for consumers and businesses. As president of the FTTH […]
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Facilitating the move was a re-reading of Tunisia’s primary piece of legislation for the sector, the Telecommunications Code, rather than a modification of the legislation or the allocation of a new licence. Hichem Besbes, head of the National Telecommunications Authority (Instance Nationale des Telecommunications, INT) noted: ‘According to the former interpretation of the Telecommunications Code, Tunisie […]
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