June 25, 2018
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The UAE has the highest Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) penetration globally, with a coverage of 94.3%. A significant amount of this coverage is provided by Etisalat and as part of its commitment the service provider is continuously enhancing this network connectivity.
ABC is the most prominent mall and department store in Lebanon, offering unique shopping, dining, leisure and entertainment experience. With a more than 75-year heritage built on the tradition of innovation, ABC was keen to ensure the very best shopping experience for customers at its newest mall in Lebanon, ABC Verdun.
The new vessel is expected to be ready for business by the second quarter of 2020
Integrated Telecom Company (ITC), the leading Information and Communications Technology Company in Saudi Arabia and Sofrecom, an Orange Group subsidiary, signed an agreement to lead the Outside Plant (OSP) implementation and management in all regions of Saudi Arabia for the next 3.5 years and to provide planning, design and supervision expertise and knowledge transfer to ITC employees.
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) have announced that Corning will supply fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) optical solutions to STC, providing high-speed connectivity for its national network.
The entitled FTTX materials contract is one of the tangible move of STC into the journey in deploying the National Broadband (NBB) in Saudi Arabia. Such cooperation between both parties is an obvious alignment with the objectives of the National Transformation Program (NTP 2020) and with the Vision 2030.
Source: FTTH Council Europe
UAE is number one in the 2017 Global ranking followed by Qatar and several other countries. You may download the chart for free.
The project, announced during a launch event held at the Grand Serail, would replace Lebanon's outdated copper wire infrastructure with fibre optic cables in an effort to boost the country's sluggish internet speeds.
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CommScope and fiber supplier OFS have entered into a new long-term partnership that the two companies say will ensure the availability of optical fiber supply to CommScope for use in its customers’ networks.
The Ministry of Education has signed an MoU with Etisalat to modernise school ICT infrastructure across the UAE.
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) today announced that Juan C. Colina, regional director, Middle East for Corning Optical Communications, has been appointed president of the Fibre to the Home Council Middle East and North Africa (FTTH Council MENA), following elections held at its annual FTTH conference.
Cabling firm Prysmian is set to acquire its US based rival, General Cable, in a deal worth $3 billion (£2.25 billion).
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