CORPORATE NEWS:
Submarine fibre optic cable to link Kuwait and Iran
Pirelli has recently been awarded a contract from Emirates Telecommunications & Marine Services FZE, United Arab Emirates, for the supply of submarine and land fibre optic cables, terminal transmission equipment and accessories for a prestigious project which will link Kuwait City with Ganeveh in Iran. The new cable system will enable the transmission of voice, data and multimedia broadband services.
The contract foresees the manufacturing and laying of a 350km long fibre-optic submarine system, plus a 50km long terrestrial system, with an ultimate transmission capacity of 10Gbit/s on 4 channels, equivalent to more than 160 thousand simultaneous phone calls. “This link will prove to be an important milestone and pave the way for tremendous growth of telecommunication in the region“, commented Mr Mauro Sacchetto, managing director of Pirelli Submarine Telecom Systems.
The Ministry of Communications of Kuwait, and the Telecommunication Company of Iran are the work owners. Pirelli will incorporate the most advanced DWDM submarine optical transmission technology. The initially equipped capacity of the unrepeatered link, using Pirelli cables with G654 fibres, will be 2.5Gbit/s, upgradable in accordance with future traffic requirements. The link will be completed by the second quarter of 2004 and foresees also three branches to Failakah (Kuwait) and Kharg (Iran) islands and to an Iranian offshore oil platform. Pirelli will supply three branching units, sophisticated optical equipment that allow for data transmission on this kind of system. The fibre optic cable will be manufactured by Pirelli at its facility in Arco Felice (Naples), Italy, while equipment will be manufactured in Paderno Dugnano, near Milan.
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