BT tests Kabel-X copper cable replacement technology

BT has reportedly tested a revolutionary non-invasive copper cable replacement technology developed by Kabel-X, writes The Times. The technology strips copper cable and replaces it with fibre optic cable without having to dig up roads. The technology could help accelerate BT’s super-fast broadband plans. Simon MacDonald, founding partner of Kabel-X in the UK, said it had conducted a successful trial project with BT in Southampton. He said the technology is already being deployed in Austria and Germany and is being tested in the US.

Telstras new submarine cable lands in Sydney

Telstra and Alcatel-Lucent today demonstrated a new 9,000 kilometre submarine cable that will dramatically increase Internet capacity between Australia and the United States. The new cable, which will be landed at Tamarama Beach this week, can be scaled up to 1.28 Terabits per second capacity between the two countries. At full capacity of 1.28 Terabits per second the cable is capable of carrying 160,000 concurrent high definition television channels.

 

Corning Cable Systems Introduces LANscape® Pretium™ Integrated Solutions To Ensure Compatibility between Data Center Cabling and System Equipment

Hickory, North Carolina, January 11, 2008 - HICKORY, N.C. Corning Cable Systems LLC, part of Corning Incorporated’s (NYSE:GLW) Telecommunications segment, introduces Landscape® Pretium™ Integrated Solutions, a pre-engineered optical cabling product set that maps directly to SAN director port blades of major electronics vendors.

Corning Cable Systems U-Space System, part of the solution and a complement to its Plug & Play™ Universal Systems, features optical harnesses mapped directly to line cards with port counts ranging from 16 to 48. With port mapping from the MDA patch panel to the SAN director, the U-Space System simplifies the customer’s design process and reduces infrastructure installation time. The high-density trunk cabling and harness solution can eliminate more than 75 percent of the bulk cabling congestion in cabinet vertical managers and in the director backplane, promoting air circulation, increasing deployment velocity and improving the manageability of future moves, adds and changes.

SingTel and partners to build new submarine cable

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) and five other international telecommunications carriers have signed an agreement to construct a new ultra high-speed submarine cable system linking the United States to Japan.

The other carriers involved in the project include Bharti Airtel, Global Transit, Google, KDDI Corporation and Pacnet.

The US$300 million cable system, named Unity, will span 10,000 km across the Pacific Ocean, linking Chikura in Japan directly to Los Angeles in the United States. It is expected to be ready for service in the first quarter of 2010.

Using state-of-the-art Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology, it will support up to 960 Gbits per second per fibre-optic pair with a maximum of eight fibre pairs. By having a higher fibre count, it is able to offer more capacity at lower unit costs. Unity will have a potential design capacity of 7.68 Tbits per second, making it one of the highest capacity cables of its kind. This data rate is equivalent to more than seven million Internet users simultaneously having real-time access to a 1 Mb file.

Mr Mark Chong, SingTel’s Executive Vice President for Networks, said: “This new submarine cable network, with its high capacity and resilient transmission infrastructure, will be able to meet the strong demand for data, e-commerce and Internet traffic between Asia and the United States.”

“As it is connected to other cable systems in Asia, it will also provide access to other parts of the region and serve as an important cable diversity route. The Unity submarine cable network will help to further strengthen SingTel’s position as Asia’s leading communications company,” he added.

NEC Corporation and Tyco Telecommunications have been jointly awarded the contract to implement this project.

Samara Cable Company - Leading Russian Communication Cable Manufacturer

SAMARA CABLE COMPANY (SCC) was established in 1955. It is a recognized leader of its industry. SCC produces 2/3 of all communication cables manufactured in Russia.The main products manufactured by SCC are local telecommunication cables with plastic insulation, including office wires with water-repellent filler, armored cables, various low- and high-frequency long-distance and local communication cables. SCC also produces power cables, control cables, signal-and-blocking cables, bare cables for overground transmission lines, low-voltage automotive wires and a wide range of mounting and connecting wires for mechanical engineering, construction and transport industries.

In 1998 SCC mastered the up-to-date process of producing HF telecommunication cables with cellular PE insulation (МКПп type), as well as the process of producing special railway cables.

Due to a well-defined policy of attracting investments and business partners SCC established two joint ventures: - CJSC “PES/SCC” - together with world-known DELPHI corporation specializing in production of automobile completing articles. Now this JV is the major supplier of wiring harnesses for VAZ motor vehicles and is actively extending its scope of activity; - SAMARA OPTICAL CABLE COMPANY LTD. - together with world leader in production of optic fiber CORNING INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION. SCC quality system is certified by Dutch company KEMA and IQNET for compliance with ISO 9002. The KEMA certificate is acknowledged in 24 countries of the world.

Besides SCC has received the Certificate of the quality system conformity to the requirements of GOST R ISO 9002 within certification systems GOST R and INTERECOMS. SCC was awarded a number of prestigious international prizes for corporate image and quality: BID International Gold Star, Birmingham Torch Award, Erstmaker International Golden Award.

In May 2001, JSC “Samara Cable Company” received the World Quality Commitment in Paris, France. The International Platinum Award for Quality is awarded on the basis of commitment to the criteria outlined in the CC100 TQM (Total Quality Management) which serves as a guideline to business leaders in the improvement of processes and systems.

Anvar Bulkhin, General Director, Cand. Tech. Sc., Prof., runs SCC for more than 25 years. By the results of 1999 he entered in a list of the best managers of Russian companies and became the Laureate of the Peter the Great National Public Prize in nomination “Honor and Dignity”.

Ericsson eyes over 10 percent China sales growth

Ericsson, the world’s biggest maker of mobile networks equipment, expects its China sales growth to exceed 10 percent per year in 2007 and 2008 amid robust demand in the world’s fastest-growing major economy. China is the company’s single largest market, accounting for 7 percent of its global sales in the first nine months of 2007, Ericsson’s Greater China President Mats Olsson said. “We see significant demand in China as subscriber growth is at an all-time high. The demand is definitely there,” he told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the Mobile Asia Congress in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau. The Stockholm-based firm forecasts its market share in China’s mobile network equipment sales to stay at 35-plus percent in 2008 and its profit margin in the market this year and next to be equal to or better than in 2006, Olsson said. He declined to disclose the company’s China profit margin in 2006. The telecoms equipment group dismayed investors last month with unexpectedly weak profits, sending its shares at one point down 30 percent, the biggest intraday fall in its history. Ericsson blamed its woes on lower sales of network upgrades and is now counting on emerging nations that race to build new networks. But new networks involve greater costs, so are less lucrative than network upgrades. 3G DEVELOPMENT China’s second generation mobile network is growing at a fast rate, but Ericsson said it was important for China to develop its third-generation wireless standard network. “It is important for a leading market like China not to lag behind in terms of 3G adoption,” Olsson said. China has no timetable for awarding licences for 3G mobile phone services and has no other options if its homegrown technology is not ready in time for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a senior regulatory official said last month. Ericsson and other network makers have been eagerly awaiting a decision from China on awarding 3G licences but Olsson said any delay would not have a major impact on the company. “There is so much left to do in 2G in China,” he said. Data usage of 2G was rising and its value-added service still had fantastic growth, he said, adding it was an area to explore.

PANDUIT Network Infrastructure Solutions support Next Phase in IP Convergence

Next Generation cabling infrastructure to enable intelligent buildings as industry standard within 5 yearsLondon, UK (5th November, 2007) - PANDUIT, a global supplier of network cabling infrastructure, has today highlighted the intelligent building as the next development opportunity for IP convergence. The company’s next generation Zone Cabling Infrastructure solution makes it possible for companies to accelerate their converged network strategies by allowing powerful building automation systems (BAS) to be supported on the same network infrastructure. The solution opens up new opportunities for companies to reduce the total cost of network ownership and have greater operational control across key business operations.

Brett Swett, business development manager at PANDUIT, commented, ‘The first wave of convergence began when voice communications started moving onto data networks. Businesses are now looking for additional efficiency gains and cost savings through IP convergence. A facility’s security, access control, climate control and lighting systems have all traditionally been run on dedicated, divergent systems. They are now prime contenders for IP convergence.”

“The key to convergence is the integration of individual systems onto a single infrastructure platform that can achieve a high level of interoperability between building systems. In addition to enabling optimisation, convergence of these four systems onto a single IP infrastructure considerably reduces installation costs of the cabling infrastructure. PANDUIT estimates savings of between 60% and 90% in the initial cabling costs alone.”

“Further cost savings are available through ongoing reductions in energy usage. For example, with convergence of systems in place, scheduling a meeting using Microsoft Outlook will communicate to the lighting system to turn light fixtures on and off and adjust the HVAC system based on the number of people scheduled to attend the meeting. Not only does this enhance the work place environment but, according to the US Green Building Council (www.usgbc.org), by intelligently managing when and how devices within a building consume power, total energy used within the facility is reduced by up to 30%.”PANDUIT provides the complete cabling infrastructure requirements for intelligent buildings. Multiple systems can be connected to the IP backbone in distributed zones. Zone cabling provides organisations with a far more logical and flexible infrastructure than traditional cabling topologies.PANDUIT is uniquely able to support current intelligent building vendors with an open-architecture cabling infrastructure. The PanZone product line includes a BAS enclosure that supports connectivity for both voice and data communications and BAS devices. This means that BAS, which have not yet been fully adapted for IP, can be attached through a PanZone enclosure to the IP network.

Brett Swett concluded, “Converging BAS onto the IP network stands on its own merits, however, environmental legislation, limiting power use, is likely to accelerate adoption. We expect that intelligent systems, converged on the IP network, managing the use of a building will become the standard for new-build and refurbishment projects within the next five years.”

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Dubai builds US$385 million Indian IT zone

Dubai builds US$385 million Indian IT zone

Dubai’s Technology and Media Free Zone Authority (Tecom) is to begin work on a $385 million IT park in the Indian state of Kerala. Construction gets underway next month for the Kochi-based project, according to news agency AFP.   IT consultant Joseph Mathew told AFP the foundation stone for ‘Kochi SmartCity’ would be laid in the first week of November. “SmartCity will become a reality soon. The government will hand over 246 acres of land to Tecom, promoters of the project” Mathew said.   Tecom and Kerala cemented an agreement to develop Kochi SmartCity in May, following three years of negotiations.   The project aims to create 90,000 new jobs within 10 years in a state where four million under 35s are unemployed among a population of 31.8 million.   Based on the same model as Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media City, it is expected to attract around $350 million worth of investment.   The Kerala government is to provide water, power and a four-lane highway to the development, AFP reported. The government will have a 26% stake and three seats, including the chair on a 10 member board.   Around 70% of space will be devoted to IT related activity, with the remainder used for commercial, residential and recreational purposes.   SmartCity is a joint venture between Tecom and Sama Dubai, part of Dubai Holding.

PRYSMIAN SECURES A NEW 118.7 MILLION EURO CONTRACT IN SPAIN WITH REE (RED ELECTRICA DE ESPAÑA)

PRYSMIAN SECURES A NEW 118.7 MILLION EURO CONTRACT IN SPAIN WITH REE (RED ELECTRICA DE ESPAÑA)

A 240KM + SUBMARINE LINK CONNECTING THE ELECTRICY GRIDS OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA AND THE BALEARIC ISLANDS TO BE BUILT FOR THE SPANISH ELECTRICITY COMPANY. 

Milan, 26 September 2007 – Prysmian Cables & Systems, a world leader in the energy and telecommunications cables and systems industry, has been awarded a contract  for the design, supply and construction of a high voltage DC submarine link between the electricity grids of the Iberian peninsula and the island of Majorca (Balearic archipelago) on behalf of Red Electrica de España (REE).

The entire project, named COMETA (COnección MEditerránea Transporte Alta tensión) has been assigned to a consortium between Prysmian and Nexans. The value of the Prysmian portion of the project is worth 118.7 million euro. Working with Nexans, Prysmian will provide a turnkey system including the engineering, production and laying of two 250 kV DC cable terminals, comprising 240km of submarine cable and 7 km of land cable, with a total transmission capacity of 400 MW.

Prysmian will produce and lay one of the two paper insulated high voltage cables and the medium voltage return cable which, together with the cables Nexans is to produce and lay, will form the link between the Sagunto (mainland) and Santa Ponza (island of Majorca) sub-stations.

The COMETA project is of strategic importance for the development of Spain’s national energy transmission network, and will link the biggest island in the Balearic archipelago (Majorca) with the mainland, providing access to generating capacities available on the peninsula. This will help to address growing energy requirements on the island.

Prysmian will install the high voltage submarine cable, the medium voltage return cable and the optical fibre data transmission cable with its own cable-laying ship, Giulio Verne. Given the length of the cable link, the laying process will be split into two stages with the return cable and the optical cable bundles laid first followed by the high voltage cable. Both the submarine and land cables required for the link will be produced by the Italian Arco Felice plant (Naples). The project is scheduled for completion by spring  2011.

News Corp posts 18% increase in profits

Today in our communications news we feature a story about Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation posting an 18% increase in profits in the last quarter of 18%.  For full press details please read on: News Corp posts 18% increase in profits

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp on Wednesday said fourth-quarter profit rose 4.5 percent on higher advertising sales and affiliate revenue from the Fox News Channel and on more new subscribers at the Sky Italia satellite TV service. News Corp, which said revenue was lower at its 20th Century Fox movie studios, said its fiscal fourth-quarter net income rose to $890 million (437 million pounds), or 28 cents per share, from $852 million, or 27 cents per share, a year earlier.   Quarterly operating income rose 18 percent to $1.2 billion.   Revenue rose 8.6 percent to $7.37 billion. Murdoch secured a $5.6 billion deal to buy Dow Jones (DJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, for $60 per share last week.   Cable networks, including Fox News, posted operating income 46 percent higher and revenue 17 percent higher.   News Corp’s satellite television operation operating profit rose 84 percent and revenue rose 15 percent. It ended the quarter with 4.2 million customers.   Movie studios’ operating profit fell nearly 50 percent and revenue fell 18.5 percent compared with the same period last year when it saw strong box office sales from “Ice Age: The Meltdown,” the company said. Quarterly results were also dragged by costs from the release of “Fantastic Four.”   Newspaper segment operating income rose 19.4 percent, reflecting higher contributions from its papers in the United Kingdom and Australia. Newspaper revenue rose 13 percent.   UK newspaper ad and circulation revenue fell, but promotional and employee costs also fell, News Corp said. The Australian papers reported higher ad revenue, but that was offset by increased costs for newsprint and production.   News Corp shares trade at a premium to its media conglomerate peers.   Its enterprise value — market capitalization plus debt, minus cash — trades at 11.57 times its estimated 2008 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, compared with Time Warner’s (TWX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 7.75 and Walt Disney’s (DIS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 8.45 multiples