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By cableunion, January 27, 2012 9:36 pm

The Holy Land is also likely to become the land of super-fast Internet connections, as it adopts a technology called “fiber to the home” (FTTH).

Israel Electric Corp, a state-owned electric company, plans to offer a cutting-edge, high-speed broadband network to the entire nation, which is about the size of New Jersey. Because the country is relatively small and has some dense population centers, Israel Electric is predicting Israel will jump to the “forefront of the next generation of Internet technology,” according to a report from The Associated Press.

Israel is looking ahead by opting for fiber-optic lines that will likely provide connections that are 10 to 100 times faster than more traditional methods, The AP said. “All the developing countries that have a vision for 10 years ahead, or 20 years ahead, understand that the name of the game will be communications, broadband communications, very fast communications,” Tzvi Harpak, Israel Electric’s senior vice president for logistics, said in a statement made to The AP and carried by TMCnet.

Israel expects that 10 percent of the nation will be wired for the new technology by 2013, and two-thirds of the nation will be wired within seven years, The AP said.

Oliver Johnson, CEO of Point Topic, said FTTH will be the “gold standard” of “the next generation of broadband service,” The AP reported. The improved technology will lead to applications in such areas as videoconferences, medical surgery, and in cloud computing. It will also lead to increased chance for economic success, The AP said.

“Everyone feels that bandwidth will be this commodity down the road. If you don’t have it, you’ll be out of luck,” David St. John, spokesman for the FTTH Council, told The AP.

South Korea now leads the world with FTTH technology, followed by Japan and Hong Kong. About 7.1 million homes in the United States, representing 6.6 percent of the total residences, use FTTH, The AP said. An example is FiOS (News – Alert) from Verizon. Israel now uses mostly DSL and cable for connections.

Among the companies interested in installing the new technology in Israel are: Telecom Italia (News – Alert) SpA and BT Group PLC, as well as Israel-based firms Elbit Systems, Rapac Communication & Infrastructure, and Tamares, The AP said.

“There’s been quite a lot of interest,” Philippe Guez, managing director at Rothschild, the financial adviser on the project, told The AP. “We believe and hope the government and the Israel Electric Corp. will make the appropriate changes in order to make this wonderful project happen.”

Given that Israel is considered a major technology center, the adaption of FTTH not just for major technology companies but for everyday folks is not a surprise. “Providing high-quality, fiber-to-the-home bandwidth for consumers all over Israel (especially in peripheral areas) is a national interest as it promotes economic growth, education, provision of government services, social welfare,” Eden Bar-Tal, director general of Israel’s Communications Ministry, told The AP.

Israel Electric traces its roots to 1923, when it was started as The Electric Company for Palestine. It has 2.4 million customers, according to data cited by Yahoo Business.

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By admin, December 14, 2011 2:24 pm

Center for Development of Telematics has been acknowledged by the Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association for its successful development of the Gigabit Passive Optical Network Technology. The GPON technology, which is a critical component for supporting seamless broadband connectivity over optical fiber, has seen successful deployment over the BSNL (News – Alert) Network at Ajmer, Rajasthan.

In a release, Ashok K. Aggarwal, Honorary Director General, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association, said, “The indigenously developed GPON technology vindicates TEMA’s stand about the capabilities of Indian Research & Development and local manufacturing by Indian organizations. C-DOT has showcased its muscle in the field of R&D in the telecommunication arena. With the transfer of GPON technology to Indian telecommunications manufactures in the public and private domain, not only C-DOT, but Indian Telecommunication Equipment Manufactures’ will further get the much needed encouragement and commitment by the Government of India.”

The GPON technology from C-DOT will support a number of nation-wide fiber expansion projects in the country. National programmes such as the National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) and the State-Wide-Area-Network (SWAN) which will provide connectivity in both rural and remote areas will get the much needed stable foundation of the GPON technology. TEMA is confident that the GPON technology is easily the future of broadband solution deployment and connectivity in rural India. The Government’s broadband initiatives in the rural sections of the country will help in delivering the consolidated benefits of e-Education, e-Governence, e-Commerce, and e-Medicine.

Calvin Azuri is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Calvin’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

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By admin, December 7, 2011 10:36 am

In spite of red tape and layers of regulations in India, the Internet and mobile communication services have steadily improved in the country for last several years, driven primarily by the mobile private sector. Motivated by this growth, even the state government backed telecom companies like BSNL (News – Alert) and MTNL have been improving their services to keep up with the private sector.

To serve the broadband needs of the consumer, according to ZDNet, engineers at government of India’s technology R&D division, the Center for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), have been improving data transfer technologies. As per this report, C-DOT engineers have developed fiber-optic based broadband technology called Gigabit per second Passive Optical network or GPON, which allows convergence of information. As a result, television, voice and data signals can be transmitted over the same cable over longer distances.

According the C-DOT, wrote ZDNET reporter Manan Kakkar, “GPON will reduce repeaters, thereby reducing failure and maintenance points. Deploying GPON based systems will offer connections up to 60 km from a central location.”

As per the report, GPON is implemented in two parts. It includes an optical line termination (OLT), which is the central location, and an optical network termination (ONT) at the end-user’s premise.

The interesting part of this indigenous development is that the government is now sharing the development of GPON technology with the private sector, wrote Kakkar.

“As part of the new National Telecom Policy (NTP 2011), India’s Communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal and Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot, transferred this technology to seven private companies, in a ceremony,” wrote Kakkar.

India’s seven private telecom service providers, Bharti Electronics, VMC Systems, SM Creative Electronics, ITI, United Telecoms, Sai InfoSystem, and Tejas Networks, are now permitted to make use of GPON technology to enhance their telecom networks, Kakkar wrote.  

The question now is how soon can the government deploy the new broadband technology and improve the country’s infrastructure, because infrastructure has been a limiting factor for high speed services in India.

Ashok Bindra is a veteran writer and editor with more than 25 years of editorial experience covering RF/wireless technologies, semiconductors and power electronics. To read more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.

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By admin, November 22, 2011 12:59 am

SINGAPORE – They will be used as a “last resort” when other means to guarantee a satisfactory personification margin have been exhausted, positive Minister for Information, Communications and a Arts Yaacob Ibrahim, as laws were upheld yesterday lenient a Government to serve umpire a telecommunications sector.

These powers embody arising a Separation Order for a send of resources from a licensee to another entity, in sequence to guarantee foe in a market.

For instance, it could be practical in a unfolding where a telco user has control over vicious infrastructure such as wire spectrum and could precedence this marketplace energy opposite a competitors in a downstream activities such as a sell of Internet and mobile services.

The extended regulatory powers drew regard from Non-Constituency MP Lina Chiam in Parliament yesterday. “Can a apportion also encourage a House that a powers postulated to him in this amendment will not be used other than to foster marketplace foe and to tackle transparent and benefaction threats to a inhabitant security?” she asked.

Dr Yaacob responded: “I would like to assure that before we use a subdivision sequence in particular, we will guarantee we empty all other means probable within a powers. The subdivision sequence is like a final resort, in that we have to meddle in sequence to secure a kind of foe we wish in a market.”

“The attention is elaborating very, really quick … with new services and entrants entrance into a market, we consider it’s critical to guarantee that a personification margin is level.”

He added: “Ultimately we trust satisfactory foe will expostulate prices to affordable levels for all Singaporeans.”

Under a nice Telecommunications Act, a apportion will also have a energy to approach a takeover of a telco’s business if a telco is incompetent to continue holding a looseness in a instance of insolvency, and has to exit a market. This is to guarantee smoothness of pivotal telecommunication networks or services for open and inhabitant interest.

Such a Special Administrative Order (SAO) is germane to open telecommunication licensees (PTLS) or telcos that yield large-scale simple communication services, and Critical Support Infrastructure operators that control network comforts that are essential and formidable to replicate. For instance, it could be a telco that shares a coaxial wire in an MRT hire with other calm providers.

Also upheld were a much-anticipated revisions in penalties for telcos that violate their looseness codes or codes of practice, formerly capped during S$1 million.

The new sustenance will concede operators to be fined 10 per cent of a annual turnover or S$1 million, whichever is higher, giving regulator Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) some-more coherence when determining on penalties.

The IDA will also now be means to emanate created orders to building owners and developers to guarantee their correspondence with formula of practices to yield entrance to space and comforts for a designation and operation of telecommunications systems.

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By admin, August 24, 2011 5:08 am

Thursday, Aug 18, 2011

Aamal Company Q.S.C. (Aamal), one of the GCC’s fastest growing diversified conglomerates, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Doha Cables, Qatar’s first and largest domestic cable manufacturer, has been awarded a two year contract by Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation “Kahramaa” to supply low voltage (0.6/1kV) and medium voltage (11kV) power cables equal to approximately 42,000 tons of copper through a competitive tendering process.

The contract has been signed yesterday by H.E Dr. Mohamed Bin Saleh Alsada, Minister of Industry and Energy for the State of Qatar, H.E. Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, Chairman of Aamal and in the presence of Mr. Ahmed Elsewedy, President of Elsewedy Electric.

The contract, valued at QAR1.8bn ($494m) over an initial 2 year period, is part of Kahramaa’s current programme to meet the growing demand for power in Qatar which it forecasts will almost double to 8GW by 2013.

Its award to Doha Cables is a further demonstration of Aamal’s strategy to develop new business streams in high growth sectors and to capture opportunities derived from Qatar’s ongoing investment in infrastructure and industrial diversification under the 2030 National Vision and the award of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Doha Cables is a subsidiary of Senyar Industries, a 50:50 joint venture between Aamal and Elsewedy Electric Egypt, the Middle East’s leading integrated energy solutions provider.

Doha Cables’s state-of-the-art, 70,200 sq. m. manufacturing facility opened officially in May 2010 with a production capacity of 40,000 tons of copper per annum making it one of the largest production facilities in the MENA region. It is one of only two local companies licensed to operate in Qatar by the government to have commenced production, Following the award of this contract, Doha Cables intends to double its production capacity to meet the increased demand.

His Excellency Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, Chairman of Aamal Company said: “This is a very significant contract win for us and I am delighted that Kahramaa has decided to select Doha Cables from a shortlist of four, recognising the quality of our business and products. The award of this contract is another significant step in our goal to build market leading positions in high growth sectors while supporting the diversification and industrialisation of the wider Qatari economy.”

Vice Chairman of Aamal Sheikh Mohamed Bin Faisal Al Thani / Tarek El Sayed, Managing Director of Aamal Company added: “This contract has been won through the hard work and dedication of our employees coming less than one year after the opening of our new plant. I would like to thank all of our staff and partners who have helped to secure this prestigious contract which demonstrates the successful implementation of our corporate strategy”

President of Elsewedy Electric, Mr. Ahmed Elsewedy added: “We are proud to be awarded this valuable contract and win the trust of Kahramaa. Running successfully 30 production facilities in Africa, Middle East, Asia and Europe, we are honored to bring our 25 years of experience in cable manufacturing to Qatar market.”

Engineer R’aouf Hassn, CEO of Doha Cables concluded: “Doha Cables is well equipped state of the art facility and we are looking forward to take part of Qatar growth and prosperity.”

Source: AMEInfo