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January 26, 2020, Cairo: Telecom Review organized a virtual award ceremony to honor Benya, the leading digital solutions and ICT infrastructure provider in Egypt and the MEA Region. The company was announced as a winner at the Telecom Review Excellence Awards ceremony, which was held in December 2020 in Dubai. Benya won the award […]
New Delhi : Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd’s (HFCL‘s) new fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) cable manufacturing facility in Telangana has started commercial production of optical fibre cables for fibre-to-home applications. With this, HFCL and its subsidiary company HTL Ltd has become the largest manufacturer of FTTH cables in India with a capacity of six lakh km per year. The company had earlier […]
Juan Manuel Pérez Cortijo, EMEA marketing director, Corning Optical Communications, says the more revolutionary aspects of 5G capability will need higher frequency bands and since these signals are more fragile, it will need many more antennae than existing macrocell sites can support, and these will all be driven by fibre. Corning SCIENTISTS DR. Robert Maurer, Dr. Donald Keck, […]
1 Pbps corresponds to simultaneous 8K-TV broadcasting for 10 million people MILAN, ITALY – 01/19/2021 – 11:00 AM Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, Nokia Bell Labs and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) announce a record-setting 1 Petabit per second transmission over […]
R&M, the globally active developer and provider of cabling systems for high-quality network infrastructures, based in Wetzikon, Switzerland, is expecting a further boost for the data and communication networks market in 2021. In all sectors, demand for bandwidth, new fiber optic technology, and extensive, tightly meshed cabling is increasing. This is detailed by […]
The very high throughputs assure the reference infrastructure society of Information of the century. It will be the accelerator of the Information and Communication technology industry development. The Sofrecom and Orange experts and consultant provide us in this publication the main stakes of FTTH for the development of economic and social, write an assessment of […]
The foreseeable performance levels are such that operators wonder whether it even makes sense to invest in costly and complex fiber deployments, when 5G is just around the corner. Is it realistic to choose 5G over fiber, though? To determine the best strategy, players will need to carefully compare the availability, speed, service quality, technical […]
Benya is proud to appoint three board members to the GAB, effective November 2020. The appointments include Mr. Lacina Koné, Director General of Smart Africa, Mr. Hesham Mekawi, former BP Regional President North Africa, and Mr. Vincenzo Nesci, former President of Alcatel AME, and former Executive Chairman of DJEZZY in Algeria. Ahmed Mekky, Chairman […]
The agreement is part of Fiber Misr Systems’ continuous effort to support the Egyptian government’s goal for the digitalization of ministries, governmental institutions and enterprises. Fiber Misr Systems and Vodafone Egypt were selected to execute this strategic project, which is part of the 3rd phase of the digital transformation program for the Ministry of […]
IoT & Ai Challenge is a capacity-building and pre-incubation program for High School Students, Senior University Students and Startups that have innovative ideas in the areas of Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (Ai), and related fields. The challenge is not just a competition; it’s a digital transformation movement. We aim at building qualified calibers in the […]
HFCL will operationalize its third Optical Fibre Cable manufacturing facility in Hyderabad by the end of November. The plant along-with HTL, a subsidiary, of HFCL, will produce speciality FTTx cables and are set to become the largest producer of FTTx Cables in the country. Earlier in the year, HFCL had commissioned its new Optical Fibre […]
NEW DELHI: Building on its 5G products portfolio, homegrown telecoms gear maker Sterlite Technologies (STL) on Tuesday launched a small 5G indoor cell ‘Garuda’. As 5G is set to enable many data-intensive real-time applications, 5G signals will require closer proximity to mobile devices, which will require short-range networks. The O-RAN compliant 5G small indoor cell will address these challenges […]
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, delivered the first project of its new Sirocco Extreme optical fibre cable for micro-ducts to the public utility supplier Stadtwerke Landau a.d. Isar. This world-first installation of a 180µm optical fibre cable will allow a large number of households and companies in Landau […]
Corning Inc., a company which is essentially built on the idea of innovation, has been serving the MENA region for several years now. This year marked the 50th anniversary of the company’s world-changing invention of low-loss optical fiber. The Middle East and North Africa region is one of the most socio-economically […]
Exponential connectivity requirement and next-generation technologies have taken the world by storm. Whether in 5G or FTTx, governments and network providers across the world are under constant pressure to provide gigabit, ubiquitous connectivity to enable enterprise-grade connectivity from homes for online education, work, shopping, entertainment; bring connectivity in suburbs at par with that of commercial […]
During the press conference Benya revealed the signing of the final contract between Benya represented by Engineer Ahmed Mekky, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO, and the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the Democratic Republic of the Congo represented by His Excellency Minister Augustin E. Maliba to build and operate […]
News Release FOR RELEASE – OCTOBER 26, 2020 Corning Introduces Smaller, 5G-Ready Connectivity Solutions – Designed to Speed Deployment of Fiber Networks as Bandwidth Demand Surges Evolv™ Hardened Connectivity Solutions with Pushlok™ Technology solve key challenge for operators connecting more and more fiber in tighter spaces CORNING, N.Y — Corning […]
Wetzikon, November 19, 2020. R&M, the globally active developer and provider of cabling systems for high-quality network infrastructures, based in Wetzikon, Switzerland, is inviting FTTH specialists to a unique event, the FTTH Virtual Conference 2020. The event will provide visitors with an unrivaled experience, sharing in-depth knowledge of FTTH and other end-to-end fiber-enabled technologies and […]
MILAN, ITALY – 11/16/2020 – 8:48 AM Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables systems industry, confirmed with improved score, to 86 points from 84 points in 2019, in the ELQ Electrical Components & Equipments on the Dow Jones Sustainability World index, according to the result of the 2020 annual review […]
Prysmian Telecoms is introducing a new Ultra Compact Multifunction Joint (UMJ) into its range of joints and accessories for the fibre optic market. As the name implies, the UMJ is designed to cope with increased congestion of ducts and chambers and the resulting space limitations for all fibre accessories. The UMJ is designed to accommodate up to 72 fibres in six […]
What trends are you noticing developing in the industry at the moment? The massive surge in bandwidth demand over the last few months has triggered digital adoption across businesses and industries like never before. The numbers are staggering – 700 per cent growth in the use of video conferencing applications; 50 per cent growth […]
Optotec, a privately held Company, provides a complete range of Optical Interconnect Products for Telecommunication, FTTH and Cloud Networks in Europe. Optotec, under its patented technology, has an end-to-end portfolio ranging from Outside Plant (OSP) to Central Office (CO) to Customer Premises (CP) that would complement STL’s “Opticonn” offering of optical fibre and cables for […]
Etisalat announced it was recognised as ‘Best Regional Wholesale Carrier’ at the 2020 Telecoms World Middle East Awards virtual ceremony. It was shortlisted among top telecom companies for its success in the wholesale business. This marks a record 12th year that Etisalat has won this award. Commenting on the award, Ali […]