December 14, 2019
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Tangier, Morocco – May 9th 2018, Furukawa Electric Group establishes itself in Tangier Automotive City (TAC). The inauguration of the company’s first factory in Africa and the Middle East will take place in the presence of Mr. Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy; Mr. Takahide Kimura, Director and Corporate Executive Vice President of Furukawa Electric and General Manager, Communication Solutions Division; Dr. Timothy F. Murray, Senior Vice President of Furukawa Electric and Chief Executive Officer of OFS and Dr. Peter C. Schultz, internationally recognized scientist, Director and Senior Advisor, OFS and co-inventor of fiber optics for telecommunications.
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.
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The project, announced during a launch event held at the Grand Serail, would replace Lebanon's outdated copper wire infrastructure with fibre optic cables in an effort to boost the country's sluggish internet speeds.
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.
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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).
A re-interpretation of Tunisia’s Telecommunications Code has granted state-backed incumbent Tunisie Telecom (TT) greater flexibility to offer multi-play bundles and market fixed broadband services directly to the public, Tunisie Haut Debit reports. The provider is now permitted to bundle mobile, IPTV, fixed telephony and DSL or fibre-based broadband services and is expected to develop such offerings shortly.
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