| OFS, USA, designer and manufacturer of leading edge fibre optic products, has recently been selected by TESUR (Tecnologia en Servicios Urbanos) S.A. to provide optical fibre and connectivity products to the Province of La Pampa in Argentina. Called Red de Fibra Optica y Sistemas de Comunicaciones Multimediales (SICOMU), the optical network, the first of its kind in the Province, is a part of the project �Acueducto del Rio Colorado�. It will operate and control a newly built aqueduct infrastructure, as well as create a connectivity network within the province among education, medical, security, justice, research institutions and private companies, delivering voice, data, video, and a wide range of digital services. The network will support the entire control system of the aqueduct, encompassing seven jurisdictions in the Province of La Pampa. It will provide water to 85% of the province�s population, reaching more than 85 towns and cities. The network will also connect governmental, education and public institutions.
�This network is invaluable not only to adequately manage the aqueduct operation but also to create the basic infrastructure to develop all social and economic areas of the province. It will also extend its benefits to most of the province population by providing enormous communication resources, that will allow us to take advantage of numerous business, educational and cultural opportunities offered by our present global society�, commented Mr Ernesto Franco, Finance Minister of La Pampa. The network solution will enable the access of real-time data at any time and any point of the network. The network allows for redundant paths for data and service transmission to secure the aqueduct operations.
OFS has been working with the Ce.Si.Da., Centro de Sistematizaci�n de Datos (Data Sistematization Centre), a unit of the Government of La Pampa, over the past five years to fully support the optical fibre deployment, including designing the cables and network architecture and designating fibre applications. The solution includes loose tube armour composite cable with OFS� zero-water peak Full SpectrumTM AllWave� fibre optimised for the Metropolitan and regional links, and TrueWave� RS fibre for long haul needs. TrueWave RS fibre, the industry�s first non-zero dispersion fibre, is optimised for long haul and regional metro networks. TrueWave fibre delivers uncompensated reach over a link of 120km without the need for a regeneration signal, reducing the equipment costs of the network.
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