WCA July 2009

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Contents in this issue 6 Industry News 20 行业新闻

23 Telecom News 27 通信新闻

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28 From the Americas 31 来自美国的消息

34 Technology News 40 技术与产品

43 Payoffs, take-ups & winding systems 51 放线、收线和绕线系统

55 Fibre optics -

materials & machinery

58 光缆—材料和设备

71 Editorial Index 71 通讯目录

71 Advertisers Index 71 广告索引

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Technical Articles 60 Deep-Sea ROV Cable by Jarrett S Shinoski, Research & Development, CommScope Claremont, NC; Dave Weaver and Tom Tolman, Oceaneering International Inc, Hanover, MD 66 深海 ROV 电缆 作者： Jarrett S Shinoski ， Research & Development, CommScope Claremont, NC; Dave Weaver 和 Tom Tolman, Oceaneering International Inc, Hanover, MD

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when and where June 2009

Editor ( 编辑 ): .............................................. Gill Watson Features Editor – USA ( 专栏编辑 – 美国 ): .............................. Dorothy Fabian Editorial Assistant ( 助理文字编辑 ): ................................ Christian Bradley Design/Production ( 设计/制作 ): ............ Julie Tomlin Production ( 制作 ): ................................ Lisa Benjamin Translation ( 翻译经理 ): ............................... Tony Zhou Jianye Yang Sales Manager ( 广告销售经理 ): .............. Paul Browne Advertising/Marketing : ................ Giuliana Benedetto ( 广告/营销 ):

September

10–12: Wires & Fasteners Ukraine (TDS) – trade exhibition – Kiev, Ukraine Organisers : TDS – Expo Email : olga@welding.kiev.ua Website :

18-21: Wire Turkey – trade exhibition – Istanbul, Turkey Organisers : Media Force Fax : +90 212 465 7417 Email : info@mediaforceonline.com Website : www.mediaforceonline.com 22-24: WireShow 2009 – trade exhibition – Shanghai, China Organisers : SECRI, ECWB Fax : +86 21 6548 3517 Email : exhibition@secri.com Website : www.wireshow.com

www.weldexpo.com.ua www.wire-ukraine.com

Italian speaking sales Hendrike Morriss German speaking sales Linda Li 中文区域营销 Jeroo Vandrevala Indian sales

Advertisement Coordinator ( 广告联络人 ): .............................................. Liz Hughes Accounts Manager ( 财务经理 ): .... Richard Babbedge Subscriptions ( 订阅) ............................ Liz Hughes Publisher ( 发行人 ): ........................... Caroline Sullens Founder ( 创办人 ): ................................... John C Hogg

October

6–8: Metaltech/Tubotech – trade exhibition – Sao Paulo, Brazil Organisers : Grupo Cipa Email : international@cipanet.com.br Website : www.cipanet.com.br

Europe ( 欧洲 )

Advertising/Marketing & Editorial ( 广告, 营销及编辑部 ) 46 Holly Walk, Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV32 4HY, UK Tel ( 电话 ): .................... +44 1926 334137 Fax ( 传真 ): .................. +44 1926 314755 Email ( 电子邮址 ): ........ intras@intras.co.uk Website ( 网站 ): ........... www.read-wca.com

Photo credit – ‘Duomo di Milano’ www.bigstockphoto.com Photographer – SV Art (www.sv-art.org)

November

October 5–10: EMO Milan 2009 – trade

2–3: Istanbul Cable & Wire ‘09 – technical conference – Istanbul, Turkey Organisers : IWMA, WAI, ACIMAF

USA ( 美国 )

Editorial ( 编辑 ) Intras Ltd – Dorothy Fabian 272 First Avenue, Apt 12G New York, NY 10009, USA

exhibition – Milan, Italy Organisers : EFIM SpA Fax : +39 0226 255 882

Fax : +44 1926 314755 Email : info@iwma.org Website : www.iwma.org

Tel ( 电话 ): .................... +1 212 614 9266 Fax ( 传真 ): .................. +1 212 614 9266 Email ( 电子邮址 ): ........ dfabian@rcn.com

Email : info@emo-milan.com Website : www.emo-milan.com

India ( 印度 )

9–11: 58 th IWCS – technical conference – Charlotte, NC, USA

Jintras Ltd – Jeroo Vandrevala Subarna (Ground Floor), P21/N, Block A New Alipore, Kolkata 700 053, India Tel ( 电话 ): .................... +91 33 2407 07 01 Fax ( 传真 ): .................. +91 33 2407 07 00 Email ( 电子邮址 ): ........ jeroov@vsnl.com

Organisers : IWCS Inc Fax : +1 732 389 0991 Email : admin@iwcs.org Website : www.iwcs.org

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12–16: wire/Tube Düsseldorf – trade exhibition – Düsseldorf, Germany Organisers : Messe Düsseldorf Fax : +49 211 45 6087 7793 Email : wire@messe-duesseldorf.de Website : www.wire.de 21–24: wire China 2010 – trade exhibition – Shanghai, China Organisers : Messe Düsseldorf China Fax : +86 21 5027 8138 Email : wire@mdc.com.cn Website : www.wirechina.net September

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October 13–15: wire Southeast Asia – trade exhibition – Bangkok, Thailand Organisers : Messe Düsseldorf Asia PTE Ltd Email : wire@mda.com.sg Website : www.wire-southeastasia.com

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❍ The conversion from alternating current to direct current and back again is made in the HVDC Light valves

Transformers to China ABB has won an order worth around $140 million to deliver transformers to the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) for a high-voltage power corridor that will strengthen the Chinese electricity network and help meet rising demand in the Shandong coastal region. 

 regions and transmit power from areas of surplus to centres of high demand. 

The corridor will use high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology to maximise efficiency. addressed by reducing the width of the transformers for the Ningxia station, located in a remote and mountainous area, so that they can be transported by rail. 



“These high-specification transformers will enable efficient transmission of a large quantity of power across a long distance and with minimum losses,” said Bernhard Jucker head of ABB’s power products division. 



ABB’s transformers will serve the stations that convert power to direct current for transmission and back to alternating current for distribution, and will be supplied in cooperation with local Chinese partners. Each converter transformer is extremely large, weighing over 500 tonnes. This presents challenges that will be 1,700 kilometres of power, control, instrumentation and telecommunica- tions cable for the Usan FPSO. Rated from 1 kV up to 30 kV, the low voltage and medium voltage power cables are compliant with the latest international standards. Nexans will also provide cables with different insulation types (ERP or XLPE)

The power link will transmit 4,000 megawatts of electricity at 660 kilo- volts over 1,350km, from Ningxia province to Shandong, China’s second most populous province. This is part of China’s efforts to develop energy-rich

ABB Ltd – UK Website : www.abb.com

Topside cable contract for Usan FPSO offshore Nigeria

and armour protections (galvanised steel wire braid or copper wire braid). The cables will be delivered and installed between October 2009 and March 2010. Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com

Nexans has received a €7 million order from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to manufacture and supply the topside power, control, instrumentation and telecommunications cables for the FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) vessel currently under construction for the Usan deepwater oilfield, off the coast of Nigeria. The Nexans Kukdong factory, located in South Korea, will manufacture over

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New Indian agency

A sales partnership contract for a second Uhing agency in India, LMI India (P) Ltd, came into effect on 1 st January 2009. “The Indian market is developing fast,” explained Uhing’s head of marketing, Wolfgang Weber. Following a recommendation, Weber met Mohan Pandit – owner of LMI India (P) Ltd – at the Wire & Cable Fair at Mumbai in November 2008. A seller of product identification solutions and non-contact measuring systems the company, headquartered in New Delhi, has made its mark in the wire and cable as well as the process industries. The new partner is familiar with German business culture, having been a sales partner for another German company for some years, and will act as an agent for both German companies since the product portfolios complement each other. “In addition to all these advantages, our new Indian business partner convinced us with his high expertise and enormous proactivity,” points out Weber. LMI India has offices in Mumbai, Channai, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur and Surat, ensuring that LMI India employees and existing and future customers will always be within easy travelling distance. Altana acquires additives business of DyStar group The speciality chemicals group Altana has acquired the high-performance additives business of Frankfurt-based DyStar group The acquired business, with annual of sales of about €7.5 million, will be integrated into the BYK Additives & Instruments division. It mainly comprises the technologies for the production of additives and for the processing of plastics compounds. LMI India (P) Ltd – India Fax : +91 11 2536 5995 Email : info@lmiindia.com Website : www.lmiindia.com

Production of additives will be integrated into BYK’s factory in Wesel.

Altana AG – Germany Fax : +49 281 670 1114 Email : info@altana.com Website : www.altana.com

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Rosendahl celebrates 50 years

Developments in foaming and in the fibre optic segment made Rosendahl take the decision to enlarge its product range to serve the evolving market. In time, RF welding and c o r r u g a t i o n technology solutions were developed, c o m p l e m e n t i n g Rosendahl’s existing technology sectors.

Ongoing development and techn- ological progress are the fundamental values on which Rosendahl has built its 50-year history. Within those fifty years, Rosendahl has grown to be a global supplier of manufacturing technology for the production of power, automotive and fibre optic cables, RF, datacom and coaxial cables. In 1959 Walter Rosendahl had the ambition to become a high technology cable equipment manufacturer for a variety of industries. Mr Rosendahl worked hard on his first developments in various segments and by 1965 he had managed to achieve the goals he had in mind. An historical milestone in 1965 was the development of the first extrusion line. Extrusion technology continues to be a strength of Rosendahl. A second important step, in 1971, was the introduction of the SZ-stranding technology, which has since been implemented in a large number of lines.

Rosendahl’s first extruder was developed in 1965 m m

In 1973, the opening of the facilities in Pischelsdorf, Austria, enlarged Rosendahl’s manufacturing capacity. Increasing demand led to frequent expansions of office and production facilities, on-site and throughout the world. In 1997, Rosendahl became a member of the globally active Knill Group. In 2005 Nextrom became part of the group and together with Rosendahl conjointly serves the market with its technology.

Today, the group is among leading global suppliers of fibre, wire and cable manufacturing solutions, cur- rently operating in over a hundred countries, with offices in Austria, USA, Russia, India and Hong Kong. Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH – Austria Fax : +43 3113 5100 59 Email : office@rosendahlaustria.com Website : www.rosendahlaustria.com

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India’s Unitech Wireless selects Alcatel-Lucent

“We look forward to launching our services in Kerala and Orissa, to meet the growing demand for mobile services in India. We are confident that its solution and local services capabilities makes Alcatel-Lucent a good choice,” said Rohit Chandra, COO Unitech Wireless The project underlines Alcatel-Lucent’s strong presence in the Indian mobile networking market.

platform and TWIN transceivers, along with a next-generation network (NGN) mobile core network. The company will build out Unitech Wireless’ network and provide operations management under contract. As part of the contract Alcatel-Lucent will offer a range of services including project management, network design, integration, testing, installation, maintenance, multi-vendor radio network planning and optimisation and network management.

Nexans has been awarded a €12 million contract by the Norwegian groups StatoilHydro ASA and Statkraft for the supply of 81km of infield cables and equipment for the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm. This major contract follows a €24 million contract awarded in 2008 for the power export cables for the same wind farm project, located around 20km offshore from the north Norfolk coastal town of Sheringham, England. The infield cable contract comprises the design, manufacture and supply of 81km of 36kV XLPE sub- marine power cable, including 3x1x185mm 2 and 3x1x400mm 2 designs. They are due for delivery from Nexans’ submarine cable factory in Halden, Norway in June 2010 and will incorporate optical fibres manufactured at Nexans’ factory in Rognan, Norway. Total generation capacity will be 315 MW and in an average year approximately 1.1TWh of power will be exported to the mainland by the two submarine power cables that will connect to onshore export cables. Completion and commissioning of the wind farm is scheduled for the third quarter of 2011. Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : nexans.web@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com €12 million infield cable contract Alcatel-Lucent will design, deploy and maintain its multi-standard GSM/ EDGE radio access solution including its latest Base Station Controller Alcatel-Lucent has announced its selection by India’s Unitech Wireless to support the initial launch of the company’s GSM/EDGE mobile service offering. Alcatel Lucent will deploy turn-key GSM/EDGE networks in Kerala and Orissa circles.

Alcatel-Lucent – France Website : www.alcatel-lucent.com

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Madem establishes an ecological park

Madem was founded in March of 1949 in the city of Bento Gonçalves, Brazil. Initially Madem manufactured wine barrels, but in 1971 it began production of wood packaging, pallets, and reels dedicated to carrying wire and cable. In 1975, the Rio Negro plant was opened to manufacture wood reels. Since the 1970s, with the launch of the Rio Negro operation, the Madem Group has been committed to sustainable development and the preservation of the environment. Firm believers in environmental responsibility and sustainable development, Madem was the first company in the region, and third in the state of Paraná, to attain quality management system ISO 9002 (in 1996) and ISO 14000 for environmental management in 2000. Today, the company still believes in ‘Going Green’ and recently demonstrated this commitment to the environment by acquiring a large tract of forest beside its manufacturing plant. The 91,000m 2 tract of pine forest within the Paraná Pine forest shelters hundreds of species of flora and fauna, making the area very interesting from a conservation perspective. The aim of the Madem park is to create a leisure and recreation space to enrich the quality of life of its visitors, to support the conservation and planting of native tree species, and to sustain a permanent home for the local fauna. It will also help develop environmental awareness through the proper use of the community’s special environmental qualities. The Madem Eco Park has a 3,000m trail and suspension bridge, and will be open to the public with a permit from the Agriculture and Environment Secretary.

Madem Reels – Brazil Fax : +55 54 3462 5900

Email : madem@madem.com.br Website : www.mademreels.com

Single largest order for HTS

By replacing copper cables with high-capacity superconductor cables in cities using existing underground tunnels and ductwork, utilities can avoid digging up city streets while also relieving grid congestion. This project builds on the success of Korea’s Development of Advanced Power Systems by Applied Super- conductivity technologies (DAPAS) programme, which has provided more than $100 million in funding for the development and commercialisation of superconductor systems. In 2006, LS Cable and the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) successfully tested a 30-metre, 22.9kV superconductor cable. In 2007, LS Cable and KERI completed testing a 100-metre, 22.9 kV superconductor cable system.

American Superconductor Corporation has announced that LS Cable has ordered 80,000 metres (50 miles) of 344 superconductors, AMSC’s proprietary brand of second generation (2G) high temperature superconductor (HTS) wire. LS Cable will utilise the wire to manufacture a 22.9kV cable system that it will install in Korea Electric Power Corporation’s (KEPCO) commercial power delivery network near the city of Seoul in 2010. This is believed to be the single largest commercial order for 2G HTS wire in the world. Under the terms of the contract, AMSC will deliver the wire to LS Cable by the end of 2009. LS Cable will then strand the wire into a superconductor cable system capable of carrying 50 megawatts of power. A power cable made with HTS wire can conduct up to ten times the amount of power of the same diameter cable made with copper wire.

AMSC – USA Website : www.amsc.com

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Optimism for Southeast Asia

Office for CIS

attracting 381 exhibiting companies from thirty countries. 7,038 trade visitors from over 60 countries attended the three-day event, with 33% of visitors from overseas. A significant number of visitors were fromChina, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Korea and the Middle East. wire and Tube Southeast Asia 2009 will continue to provide vital access for companies seeking to penetrate into the Thai and Indo-China markets as well as neighbouring countries. At least 8,000 trade visitors are expected to visit the co-located events, providing ongoing buying opportunities for exhibitors. The orgainsers expect that visitors will find the tools and information required to survive and flourish in today’s economy. Messe Düsseldorf Asia Pte Ltd – Singapore Fax : +65 6337 4633 Email : wire@mda.com.sg Website : www.wire-southeastasia.com

Despite the challenging economic climate, the forecast for Thailand is for recovery towards the end of this year, with economic growth of 3% in 2010. wire and Tube Southeast Asia, the international wire, cable, tube and pipe trade fairs, will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from 13 th to 15 th October 2009 at what could prove to be the cusp of a resurgence in manufacturing and investment in the country. More than 400 companies, including national groups from Austria, China, France, Germany, Italy, Taiwan, United Kingdom and USA, will be exhibiting to enhance and enforce their positioning in southeast Asia. The wire and tube trade fairs, organised by Messe Düsseldorf Asia in Singapore, have established themselves among leading exhibitions in their fields in southeast Asia. They were relocated to Thailand as wire Southeast Asia and Tube Southeast Asia in 2007. The 2007 events furthered the objective of becoming the region’s platform for the wire, cable, tube and pipe industries,

Gauder Group has announced the extension of Maillefer’s contract to represent the Gauder Group range of new rotating machines in all CIS countries. Well-known for many years by Pourtier and Setic customers throughout the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Belarus, Maillefer SA Moscow is now the representative office for Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan markets as well, in direct collaboration with Philippe Letout, sales manager for rotating machines. sales.pourtier@gaudergroup.com Website : www.gaudergroup.com Maillefer office – Russia Fax : +7 495 362 60 41 Email : vladimir.borisevich@maillefer.net Website : www.mailleferextrusion.com Gauder Group – France Fax : +33 1 64 26 61 10 Email :

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New product catalogue Zumbach Electronics has issued a new compact, informative and detailed Profilemaster ® catalogue. The brochure provides details, in several languages, of Zumbach’s on-line profile measuring and monitoring systems for any continuously produced profiles of any shape and any material. Zumbach Electronics to cover any application, considering the best price–performance ratio. Electronic and hard copies are available free upon request.

IWMA conferences

The IWMA is organising a one-day conference on Monday, 12 th October 2009, the eve of the wire Southeast Asia exhibition. “Latest wire technology” will take place at the Bangkok International Exhibition Centre (BITEC), the venue for the wire exhibition. Messe Düsseldorf Asia, organiser of wire Southeast Asia 2009, is sponsoring the conference. A number of exhibiting companies will take up the opportunity to present their latest developments, including the influential Institute of Spring Technology (IST). Mark Hayes from the IST is a well known and award winning speaker at wire conferences and will present a paper titled “Quality requirements for spring wire.” The paper will set the scene for the Spring Manufacturing Technology training course, to be run by Mark Hayes, on 13 th October in the same venue. The next major event will be the biennial conference jointly organised by the Wire Association International (WAI), Associazione Costruttori Italiani Macchine Per Filo (ACIMAF), Comité Européen de la Tréfilerie (CET) and the IWMA, taking place at the WOW Hotel and Convention Center in Istanbul on 2 nd and 3 rd November 2009. A provisional timetable for the conference on 2 nd November 2009 features two concurrent ferrous and non-ferrous sessions with simultaneous Turkish and English translation and, subject to demand, Russian. A tabletop exhibit area will be situated close to the conference rooms and on 3 rd November optional plant tours will be available. The joint organising committee for the conference is recruiting a panel of high quality speakers for the technical programme as well as keynote speakers to present important market overviews.

Zumbach Electronic AG – Switzerland Fax : +41 32 356 0430 Email : sales@zumbach.ch Website : www.zumbach.com

The brochure gives an overview of the many different models available from

IWMA – UK Fax : +44 1926 314755 Email : info@iwma.org Website : www.iwma.org

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This year the family firm of Medek & Schörner – a leader in cable printing machines and optical fibre processing lines – celebrates the 80 th anniversary of its founding by Josef Medek and Gustav Schörner. Originally a precision engineering workshop, the company began the manufacture of machines for the marking of cables, wires, pipes and continuously extruded products in the 1950s. The erection of a production facility at Grossebersdorf in 1989, equipped with the very latest machine tools, went hand in hand with a focus on research and development and a special emphasis on complex electronic controls. This made it possible to continue producing conventional products of exceptional quality, while keeping pace with the latest developments in mo- dern technology. This was of particular benefit with respect to technically highly sophisticated equipment for the colouring and coating of optical fibres for glass fibre cables. Conventional SPS controls and drive components are used in electronic and control engineering, and high-speed processor controls – developed in-house – are employed wherever the standard components available on the market reach their technical limits. Medek & Schörner considers that its employees represent the company’s real capital. Most of the firm’s precision engineers were first employed as apprentices, learning production of high-precisionmechanical components on modern CNC machine tools. The engineers involved in research, development and design are the same engineers who deal with the wide range of problems encountered by customers in everyday on-site operation. This ensures that Medek & Schörner technology stays true to its maxim: to support the company’s customers in every way and meet their requirements in the best possible manner. Medek & Schörner GmbH – Austria Fax : +43 1982 7296 M & S – 80 years in cable printing

Medek & Schörner focuses on research and development m m

Email : m+s@medek.at Website : www.medek.at

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行业 新闻

m 1965 年开发的第一台挤出机

技术创新的 50 年 持续发展和技术进步是 Rosendahl 50 年历程的基本写照。 50 年来， Rosendahl 成长 为电力、汽车和光纤电缆、 RF 、数据通信和通州电缆制造技术的全球供应商。 1959 年， Walter Rosendahl 立志成为能用于各种工业领域的高技术电缆设备制造 商。 Rosendahl 先生勤奋工作，力图在各个领域取得发展，并于 1965 年成功达到他 心中的目标。开发出第一套挤出装置是一个历史里程碑。多年来，持续开发挤出技 术是 Rosendahl 的强项之一。 1971 年引进 SZ -绞合技术是第二大步，被用于大量的 装置中。发泡和光纤领域的技术开发激励了 Rosendahl ，以增强其产品范围，为不 断发展的市场服务。后来， RF 焊接和波纹技术解决方案的开发成就了 Rosendahl 当 前的专业技术领域。

独联体的新任命

Gauder Group 宣布延续与 Maillefer 的合同，由 Maillefer 在所有独联体国 家中为其代理新的动设备。 多年来，整个俄罗斯联邦、乌克兰 和白俄罗斯的 Pourtier 和 Setic 的客户 们都知道， Maillefer SA Moscow 从 现在起是亚美尼亚、阿塞拜疆、格 鲁吉亚、哈萨克、吉尔吉斯斯坦、 摩尔多瓦、塔吉克斯坦、土库曼斯 坦、乌兹别克斯坦市场的代表处， 与旋转设备销售经理 Philippe Letout 直接合作。 Gauder Group – 法国 传真 : +33 1 64 26 61 10 电子邮件 : sales.pourtier@gaudergroup.com 网址 : www.gaudergroup.com Maillefer representative office – 俄罗斯 传真 : +7 495 362 60 41 电子邮件 : vladimir.borisevich@maillefer.net 网址 : www.mailleferextrusion.com

1973 年，位于奥地利 Pischelsdorf 的工厂的开工扩大了 Pischelsdorf 的制造能力，不 断增加的需求促使公司持续扩展在工厂和全球的办公机构和生产设施。

1997 年， Rosendahl 成为活跃于全球的 Knill Group 旗下一员。 2005 年， Nextrom 成为集团的一部分，与 Rosendahl 一起共同服务于技术市场。今天，集团是全球光 纤、线材和电缆制造解决方案的领军企业之一。 Rosendahl 持续投资于设施和技术 开发。

目前，集团在 40 多个国家运作，其办公机构遍布五大区域 – 奥地利、美国、俄罗 斯、印度和香港。

Rosendahl Maschinen GmbH – 奥地利 传真 : +43 3113 5100 59 电子邮件 : office@rosendahlaustria.com

网址 : www.rosendahlaustria.com

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线材处理炉和设备 印度 Precimax Engineers Limited 自 1963 年以 来一直致力于工业线材热处理和表面涂层装置 的设计、制造、供应、安装和试车，活跃于印 度和海外市场。公司供应许多线材镀锌炉、罩 式炉、退火装置和应力消除装置，用于线材热 处理和表面涂层。目前， Precimax 供应整套线 材镀锌装置，用于斯里兰卡制造商。

来自台湾的欧洲质量 Sheng Chyean 主要销售汽车部件和 修理机械，持续改进和开发技术， 达到欧洲和日本制造商期望的高标 准生产。

m 一套已供应给中东的线材镀锌装置

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LMI India (P) Ltd 成为 Uhing 在印度 的第二个代理，销售合作伙伴合同 已于 2009 年 1 月日生效。“印度市 场的发展很快”， Uhing 的市场总监 Wolfgang Weber 说。 根据推荐，在 2008 年 11 月 Mumbai 线 缆 会 展 期 间 ， We b e r 会 见 了 Mohan Pandit – LMI India (P) Ltd 的 业主。 LMI India (P) Ltd 是产品标识 解决方案和无接触测量系统贸易公 司，总部在新德里，活跃于线缆和 加工工业领域。 新的伙伴熟悉德国业务文化，若干 年来已经成为另一家德国公司的贸 易伙伴，由于产品品种互补，它同 时成为两家德国的代理。“除了所 有这些优点外，我们新的印度业务 伙伴使我们相信他具有很高的专业 知识和工作积极性，” Weber 指出。 India 在 Mumbai 、 Channai 、 Hyderabad 、 Jamshedpur 和 Surat 都 有办公室，保证 LMI India 员工与现 有和未来的客户之间保持最短的工 作距离。 LMI 来自中国的冷焊接 设备 Shanghai Shenchen Wire & Cable Equipment Co Ltd 成立于 1993 年， 专业生产销售冷焊接设备，是中国 该领域最大的企业。 SCH 品牌主 要用于 0.06 毫米到 25 毫米直径铜 线、 0.08 毫米到 35 毫米直径铝线和 一些合金线棒的冷焊接。 Shanghai Shenchen Wire & Cable Equipment Co Ltd – 中国 传真 : +86 21 6519 9430 电子邮件 : schsc8@yahoo.com.cn 网址 : www.sch.chinacable.com.cn Uhing 在印度的新代理

m Sheng Chyean 的发线架

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Sheng Chyean Enterprise Co Ltd – 台湾 传真 : +886 4 7588500 网址 : www.tw-sc.com.tw www.taiwantrade.com.tw/sc

M&S 的 80 年 今年，家族式公司 Medek & Schörner – 一家电缆打印设 备和光缆生产装置领军型企业 – 庆祝公司诞辰 80 周年，这家 公司由 Josef Medek 和 Gustav Schörner 创建。公司发起于一间 精密工程车间，并于 1950 年起 开始制造生产电缆、线材、管道 和连续挤出产品设备。

今天的第三代管理层（ Fritz Descovich II 和 Kurt Descovich ， 创始人 Josef Medek 的孙子，以 及 Werner Lichtscheidl ， Gustav Schörner II 的女婿）继承先辈们建立的公司传统。先进的专业技术、训练有素的员 工和最新的生产技术继续保证公司产品的质量。 在 1989 年建成的、位于 Grossebersdorf 的工厂中，装备了最先进的生产工具，他们 同心协力，致力于研究和发展，特别注重复杂的电子控制，使公司能持续生产品质 极佳的传统产品，又能与现代化技术的最新发展并驾齐驱。这对技术高度先进的光 缆光纤上色和涂层设备来说尤为重要。 Medek & Schörner 相信他们是一家唯一能提 供所有电缆打印和光纤编码设备的公司。 Medek & Schörner 认为他们训练有素的员工团队代表了公司的真正价值。公司的 大多数精密工程师最初都是从学徒开始的，他们学习用现代化 CNC 生产工具来生产 高精度设备元件。在电子和控制工程中采用传统的 SPS 控制和驱动元件，而且还应 用公司自己开发的高速处理器控制，他们的技术标准能满足市场上存在的任何标准 元件。研究、开发和设计工程师们同样也是处理客户们在现场操作中日常遇到的各 种问题的工程师。这保证 Medek & Schörner 技术真正地名副其实：完全支持公司客 户，并以可能的最好方式满足他们的要求。 m Medek & Schörner 致力于研究和开发

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拉丝钻石模具

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Shunhong Diamond Die Co Ltd 专业生 产设计所有类型的高质量线材拉伸模 具，以客户为导向，承诺质量，公司获 得 ISO-9001:2000 认证。

Nexans 从挪威集团 StatoilHydro ASA 和 Statkraft 获得一项 1200 万欧元的合同，提供 81 公里现场电缆和设备，用于 Sheringham Shoal 海上风力发电场。这项重大合同紧 接着 2008 年获得的 2800 万欧元合同，为相同的风了发电场提供电力输出电缆。风 电场位于距离英格兰 Sheringham 北 Norfolk 沿海城镇 20 公里的海上。 野外电缆合同包括设计、制造和供应 81 公里 36 千伏 XLPE 海底电力电缆，包括 3x1x185 平方毫米和 3x1x400 平方毫米设计。将于 2010 年 6 月从 Nexans 在挪威

Halden 的海底电缆工厂交货，然 后与由 Nexans 在挪威 Rognan 工厂 生产的光纤合并。 “我们很高兴与 Scria Offshor Ltd . 进一步拓展业务关系，” Nexans 欧洲公司总裁 Yvon Raak 说道。 Sheringham Shoal 海上风力发电场 面积达 35 平方公里，位于浅海区， 平均水深 20 米。风电场将扩建，采 用 88 台透平机，单台额定功率为 3.6 兆瓦。透平机通过 Nexans 的现 场电缆并网，与两个变电站连接。

m Shunhong Diamond Die Co 典型的模具

为了保证天然钻石的合适形状，最大化 每个模具的耐用性，所有天然钻石都经 过严格挑选、打磨和抛光。

m 典型的海上风力发电场

总发电能力为 315 兆瓦，通过两 根连接陆地输出电缆的海底电力

公司在中国享有高端市场，向美国、欧 洲和日本的出口量大幅增长。

电缆，每年向大陆平均输出电力约 1.1 万亿瓦时。然后，这些将连接风电场连接到 Salle 的区域电网，那里的电力输送线将延伸到挪威的国家电网。风力发电场计划在 2011 年第三季度竣工和试运转。

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Telecom news

The announcement, on 17 th April, that Nokia Siemens had again recorded an operating loss – of $97.2 million in the second quarter – was generally reported with a qualifier: this result was a 387% improvement over the Finnish-German company’s first-quarter 2008 results. This indication of the relative health of Nokia Siemens had been preceded, a few days earlier, by an even more important piece of information. Writing from Berlin in the International Herald Tribune , Kevin J O’Brien began with a question: Which two European companies run the biggest wireless networks in the world, with a combined 355 million customers? “If you are thinking of the top mobile operators – Vodafone, Telefónica, T-Mobile, or Orange – you would be wrong,” Mr O’Brien told his readers. The right answer: Ericsson, of Sweden, and Nokia Siemens Networks. (“Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Are Managing Just Fine,” 13 th April). His assertion would be hard to refute. Over the past six years, these wireless equipment makers have become two of the largest mobile network operators in the world as telephone companies hire them to manage the flow of voice, text, and data among their subscribers. According to the Tribune , mobile operators are not only sharing base stations and other hardware to save money, as Vodafone and Telefónica agreed to do for their European networks in March. They are also increasing their reliance on Ericsson and Nokia Siemens to operate their networks. In Britain alone, Ericsson manages significant parts, if not all, of the networks of 3, T-Mobile and O 2 . In March, Ericsson added Vodafone, its fourth mobile operator client in Britain. On the same day, Nokia Siemens said it had been hired by Orange, the mobile unit of France Télécom, to manage its British network. Mr O’Brien wrote, “The business of running and maintaining networks is becoming a significant source of revenue for the two companies. Ericsson, the world’s largest maker of network gear, generated $1.7 billion from managing networks last year, up 17% from a year earlier. That represents 7% of the company’s total revenue. Nokia Siemens does not disclose its revenue from network outsourcing.” According to industry executives, mobile operators ✆ ✆ in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East are doing most of the outsourcing to this point. American companies have taken a go-slow approach, farming out the operations of only a few services, like text messaging or prepaid billing. But, one analyst told the International Herald Tribune , “The outsourcing of network management is definitely a growing trend. It will absolutely be a global phenomenon.” Two ambitious players are out ahead in a growing trend: the outsourcing of network management

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“We have observed a movement towards backhaul as a managed service,” said ABI’s Ms Manjaro. “This enables mobile operators to focus on their core business while guaranteeing a backhaul capacity matched to their changing traffic demands.” With telecom demand surging, Kenya promotes – and safeguards – its lines of communication The government of Kenya is con- sidering measures that would bring down the price of computer hardware, facilitating Internet access in advance of the mid-year commissioning of an undersea high-speed fibre optic cable. The $130 million East African Marine Cable, which will link Mombasa, on the coast of Kenya, with Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, is in an area menaced by sea pirates. In March, a government official said the projected route of the cable had been shifted some 125 miles as a safety precaution. But Kenya’s Information and Communications Minister Samuel Poghisio said in a statement 16 th April that the 3,100-mile cable was on schedule for completion in June. This year’s government budget includes an item that would make the benefits of computer technology available to more Kenyans. Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta said, “The [stimulus package] will also enable telecommunication companies to expand across the country and make their services more affordable.” The number of mobile phone subscribers in Kenya grew by 1.7 million in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the Communication Commission. Official data also indicate that total subscribers grew from 11.3 million in 2007 to 16.2 million in 2008. As an example of of the new communications emphasis, Telkom Kenya has launched a service that will enable organisations to exchange data more securely among sites almost anywhere in Kenya. As reported in the Nairobi Standard (18 th April), an execu- tive of the firm said Orange Business Services is offering a one-stop communication package – a virtual private network – that includes mobile and fixed phone, network systems, video services, and data solutions on one platform. Telkom Kenya is the sole provider of landline phone services in the country.

Wireless backhaul expansion continues unabated, is even seen as intensifying

The advent of 4G challenges US carriers to solve the last-generation lag With its beguiling touch screen, computer-like display, and Wi-Fi capa- bility, the iPhone from Apple was a smash hit with customers even before its introduction, in June 2007. And the phone retains its hold on a dedicated band of owners. But, for many frustrated users in cities across the US, the powerful device is hobbled by inconsistent service from the nation’s wireless operators. Writing in the New York Times , Matt Richtel reported that iPhone owners complain of continual ‘hiccups’, particularly in certain cities. He recounted the experience of a visitor to New York from San Francisco, whose iPhone “couldn’t hang on to the network” in Manhattan. This made it difficult even to use the map function to get directions, and the California resident rated the coverage far inferior to what he receives at home. (“3G Phones Exposing Networks’ Last-Gen Technology,” 14 th March). This customer had upgraded in January from a second-generation (2G) iPhone to the 3G version. And here, according to Mr Richtel, is the locus of the problem. It also foreshadows the broader technical challenges awaiting all carriers as they move to the higher-speed networks – both 3G and, soon, 4G. Industry observers consulted by the Times fault the ‘complex quilt’ of the nation’s wireless networks. Mr Richtel wrote, “The major mobile carriers have spent tens of billions of dollars on new voice and data networks that they advertise as superfast wireless express lanes. But analysts say these upgrades present major engineering challenges, and the networks often underperform.” While acknowledging some disappointment on the part of some users, AT&T, the exclusive carrier for the iPhone in the US, claims that improvements in its network provide an example of ‘extraordinary’ recent advances in wireless service achieved by the industry. But the company is doing more. On 10 th March, it announced plans to invest some $11 billion this year to expand and improve its wireless and broadband networks.

Worldwide revenues from backhaul leasing are expected to double over the ensuing 30 months, according to a study published 15 th April by ABI Research. The global-connectivity research and advisory firm expects the growth curve even to accelerate after 2012, for a five-fold revenue increase between 2009 and 2014. A backhaul network includes the lines that connect a provider’s towers or cell sites to one or more cellular telephone switching offices, long-distance providers, or a public switched telephone network. According to ABI Research senior analyst Nadine Manjaro, the main driver of this powerful performance will be the effort by mobile operators to prepare for an upgrade to LTE (long term evolution). “Operators might not deploy LTE immediately,” she said. “But they know that, before they do, they’ll have to upgrade their backhaul capacity.” Describing backhaul as a potential bottleneck to a satisfactory 3G experience, ABI Research expects wireless network traffic to surge as iPhone and other phone-media- Internet devices become the norm, and laptop PC card usage increases. Ms Manjaro noted that AT&T Mobility, the service provider for the iPhone, “has found that one iPhone user typically generates as much data traffic as 30 basic-feature phone users.” Another indicator of higher revenues from backhaul leasing is the growing capital expenditure on microwave backhaul, which ABI Research sees as exceeding $8.5 billion in 2009. The market opportunities generated by this growth in backhaul are spread around the backhaul equipment vendors and fixed line operators. In the company’s view, some backhaul infrastructure vendors (Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, and Nokia Siemens Network, among them) will benefit from the operators’ strong interest in Carrier Ethernet solutions. Major microwave equipment vendors, like Dragon Wave and Harris Stratex, will also benefit from increased microwave adoption. And fixed-line operators – such as BT, Embarq, AT&T, and Verizon Communications – will develop new revenue streams by providing leased backhaul services. Even the business models for backhaul are in flux.

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in Nortel assets are Ericsson, of Sweden; Huawei Technologies, of China; and Finland’s Nokia Siemens Networks. Acquisition of Nortel’s carrier unit would strengthen the Finnish com- pany’s position in the lucrative US market. Nokia Siemens Networks is in fourth place behind Alcatel-Lucent, Nortel, and Ericsson in the North American telecom equipment market. Huawei, the largest telecommuni- ✆ ✆ cations equipment supplier in China, posted on 22 nd April, results for 2008 showing a 20% rise in net profit to $1.15 billion on revenues up 43%, and an operating margin that rose three points to 13%. But, despite soaring sales, a five-fold increase in finance costs – to $971 million, up from $199 million in 2007 – took the bloom off the impressive results. The annual report confirmed that privately-held Huawei made $18.3 billion in sales last year, up from $12.84 billion in 2007.

It also said the company had signed $23.3 billion in contracts and expects to increase that to $30 billion in 2009. As noted on telecomasia.net , this ‘turbo-charged growth’ is closing the distance between Huawei and the world’s biggest telecom equipment vendors. Cisco Systems, of the US, made $39 billion in sales in 2008, up from $34.9 billion in sales in 2007. Its first-quarter gross operating margin was 20.5%. Ericsson, of Sweden, posted $24.4 billion in sales in 2008, up 11.3% from 2007. Huawei said it had shipped more than 25 million mobile broad- band terminals in 2008, as well as 38 million DSL modems and 20 million CDMA phones. It completed 231 turnkey network deployments, and its sales of networks and related services were up 111%.

Elsewhere in telecom . . .

China Telecom Corp the country’s ✆ ✆ biggest fixed-line phone operator, on 20 th April reported that it had gained 4.93 million mobile-phone users in the first quarter for a total of 32.8 million at the end of March. The statement also said that the company aims to add 30 million wireless customers this year, which would more than double the 29.1 million total when the mobile phone unit was acquired from China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd in October 2008. China Telecom intends to use as much as 30% of its mobile phone revenue this year for hand-set subsidies, company chairman Wang Xiaochu said in March. As reported in the ✆ ✆ Financial Times (London) for 15 th April, Canadian telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks is expected by analysts to be sold off piecemeal rather than emerge from bankruptcy protection intact. Among the companies said to be interested

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百亿美元的投资，并且对外宣称这些网 络是超级无线高速公路。不过分析人士 认为这些网络升级工作带来了重大的工 程难题，网络往往不能正常运转。” 在了解到某些用户对服务感到不满的情 况后，美国唯一的 iPhone 入网营运商 AT&T 表示，其网络服务的改善是行业里 无线业务近期取得的“重大”进步的一 面旗帜。而且公司还在增加投入。 3 月 10 日， AT&T 宣布将在今年投入 110 亿美 元，改进其无线和宽带网络。 其他电信新闻 . . . ✆ 中国最大的固话公司中国电信 4 月 20 日宣布到 3 月底结束的第一季度，公 司新增移动电话用户 493 万，用户数 累计 3,280 万。该项声明还表示该公 司今年计划新增 3,000 万移动用户。 这样，该公司的移动电话用户会在 2008 年 10 月购入的中国联通(香港) 的 2,910 万用户的数量上再翻一番。 据公司总裁王晓初在 3 月份表示，中 国电信准备把多达 30% 的移动电话收 入用于补贴手机。 ✆ 据《金融时报》 4 月 15 日的报道，据 分析家预计，加拿大电信设备生产厂 家北电网络将无力从破产保护中浴火 重生，而会被分拆出售。据透露的消 息，有意购买北电资产的公司有瑞典 爱立信、中国华为和芬兰诺基亚西门 子。购买北电的营运商部门将有助于 强化诺西在利润丰厚的美国市场上的 地位。在北美电信设备市场上，诺西 紧随阿尔卡特朗讯、北电和爱立信， 排在第四位。 ✆ 4 月 22 日，中国最大的电信设备生产 厂家华为公布财务数据。 2008 年华 为的销售收入增长了 43% 。净利润 增长了 20% ，达 11.5 亿美元。经营 性利润率上升 3 个百分点，达 13% 。 不过，虽然销售收入增长迅速，华为 的财务费用增长了五倍，达 9.71 亿美 元。 2007 年该数值为 1.99 亿美元。 这使华为诱人的财务数据蒙上了一层 阴影。据该财务报告称，民营的华为 去年的销售收入为 183 亿美元，高于 2007 年的 128.4 亿美元。该财报还表 示华为 2008 年签约总金额为 233 亿美 元， 2009 年预计为 300 亿美元。 据 telecomasia.net 表示,这种“飞速 增长”缩小了华为与世界主要电信设 备生产厂家的距离。美国思科 2008 年的销售收入为 390 亿美元, 2007 年为 349 亿美元。思科的四季度经 营性利润率为 20.5% 。瑞典爱立信 2008 年的销售收入为 244 亿美元,较 2007 年增长 11.3% 。华为表示 2008 年华为销售的移动宽带终端总数为 2,500 万部, DSL 调制解调器 3,800 万 部, CDMA 电话 2,000 万部。华为 2008 年完成了 231 个交钥匙网络工程,网络 及相关服务的销售增长了 111% 。

两设备巨头雄心勃勃把握增长趋势：网络代维

诺基亚西门子 4 月 17 日宣布第二财季再度蒙受经营性亏损，亏损金额 9,720 万美 元。不过与 2008 年一季度的情况相比，诺西本季度的表现已经有了 387% 的改 善。在这条有关诺西经营健康状况的信息公布之前数天，曾有一条更加重要的信 息面世。《国际先驱者论坛报》记者 Kevin J O’Brien 从柏林报道时，开篇就提出 了一个问题：哪两家欧洲公司经营着用户数量达 3.55 亿人的世界最大无线网络 ? O ’ B r i e n 告 知 读 者 ： “ 如 果 你 想 的 是 顶 尖 的 移 动 营 运 商 ， 比 如 Vodafone 、 Telefónica 、 T-Mobile 或者 Orange 之类的，你就错了。 ” 正确的答案 是瑞典爱立信和诺基亚西门子网络。(见 4 月 13 日《爱立信和诺基亚西门子代维 业务开展顺利》) 他的说法很难反驳。在过去六年里，随着通信营运商雇佣这两家无线设备生产厂 家从事他们的客户的语音、短信和数据的维护工作，这两个营运商已经成为世界 上规模最大的移动网络营运商。据《论坛报》的消息，移动营运商不仅通过共享 基站和其他硬件来压缩成本，比如 Vodafone 和 Telefónica 在 3 月份同意在欧洲网 络上这么操作，它们还通过增加购买爱立信和诺西的代维服务来压缩成本。 仅在英国，爱立信就管理着 3 、 T-Mobile 和 O2 网络的主要部分。 3 月份，爱立信 把沃达丰也纳入了客户范围。这是爱立信在英国的第四家移动营运商客户。同 日，诺基亚西门子表示法国电信旗下的移动通信公司 Orange 选择其对其在英国 的网络进行代维。 O’Brien 表示： “ 营运和管理网络已经成为两家公司重要的收入 来源。爱立信作为世界上最大的电信设备生产厂家，去年代维网络的收入为 17 亿 美元，较 2007 年增加 7% 。代维收入占公司总收入的 7% 。诺西没有透露其代维 收入情况。 ” ✆ 据行业专家的意见，欧洲、亚洲、非洲和中东的移动营运商正在大力推行代 维业务。美国的营运商反应相对迟钝，仅把少量业务代维出去，比如文本短 消息业务或者预付费业务。 不过，一位分析人士告知《国际先驱论坛报》， “ 网络管理的外包明显呈增长趋 势，并将成为全球性现象。 ”

电信服务需求暴涨，肯尼亚保 护电信生命线 肯尼亚政府正在考虑通过采取措施降低 计算机硬件的价格，并在年中之前通过 把一条海底高速光缆投入试运行，促进 互联网的发展。这条投资 1.3 亿美元，名 为东非海底电缆的光缆将把肯尼亚海岸 的蒙巴萨与阿联酋的富查伊拉相连接。 这片海域上海盗活动猖獗。 3 月份，一 位政府官员宣布，为了这条电缆的安全 性，电缆的路线做了 125 英里的变更。 不过肯尼亚的信息及通信部长 Samuel Poghisio 4 月 16 日在一项声明中表示， 这条总长 3,100 英里的海底电缆将于 6 月 份如期完成。 今天政府准备投入专项预算，让计算机 技术惠及更多的肯尼亚人。财政部长 Uhuru Kenyatta 表示：“本刺激计划还 能促进电信公司在全国的发展，降低它 们的业务资费水平。” 根据肯尼亚通信委员会提供的数据，肯 尼亚移动电话用户的数量在去年四季 度增长了 170 万。该委员会提供的官方 数据还显示移动电话的总用户数已经从 2007 年的1 ,130 万增加到 2008 年的 1,620 万。

作为对新通信技术的重视的样板，肯 尼亚电信推出了一项新业务。据《内 罗毕标准报》 4 月 18 日报道，肯尼亚 电信的一位高管表示 Orange Business Services 正在提供一项一站式通信服务 包。这项业务能够让各机构在肯尼亚任 何地方的站点间更加安全地进行数据交 换。该业务实际上是一个虚拟专用网， 可以在一个平台上提供移动电话、固定 电话、网络系统、视频服务和数据解决 方案。肯尼亚电信是肯尼亚唯一的固定 电话服务提供商。 4G 时代的到来迫使美国电信 公司加紧解决上一代网络遗 留下的问题 苹果的 iPhone 在 2007 年 6 月正式亮相之 前，就靠新颖夺目的触摸屏，计算机一 样的显示屏以及 Wi-Fi 功能折服了消费 者。而且 iPhone 现在积累了一批忠实 的用户。不过， iPhone 强大的功能因 为美国无线营运商的服务跟不上，让 用户大感沮丧。据《时报》采访的行业 观察家认为，这种情况出现的原因在于 美国的无线网络有着复杂的“接合”问 题。 Richtel 报道称，“主流移动通信 公司在新的语音和数据网络上投入了上

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substantial reductions on health care costs, among other concessions. The talks were being held with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) concerning a new contract covering more than 80,000 employees, who had been working under their old deal since its expiration some four days before the attacks. There was no suggestion that the talks were linked to the sabotage, and the contract negotiations were not suspended. “I can state that CWA members have nothing to do with this at all,” said Candice Johnson, a spokeswoman for the CWA. “There is an investigation going on, and we’ll fully cooperate. But our members are working. They’re on the job.” Rapidly increasing its lending in Latin America, China does well by doing good “This is how the balance of power shifts quietly during times of crisis,” David Rothkopf, a former Commerce Department official in the Clinton administration told the New York Times . “The loans are an example of the checkbook power in the world moving to new places, with the Chinese becoming more active.” The reference was to the large amounts of money being offered by China to countries across Latin America at the same time that President Barack Obama is mounting an effort to rebuild frayed US relationships with countries in the region. Another Times respondent – Dante Sica, the lead economist at Abeceb, a consulting firm in Argentina – said the Chinese overtures in the region were made possible by the “lack of attention that the United States showed to Latin America during the entire Bush administration.” As reported by the Times ’ Simon Romero and Alexei Barrionuevo, in the weeks leading up to Mr Obama’s first visit to the populous region to the south, China was negotiating deals to double a development fund in Venezuela to $12 billion; lend Ecuador at least $1 billion to build a hydroelectric plant; provide Argentina with access to more than $10 billion in Chinese currency; and lend $10 billion to Brazil’s national oil company. (“Deals Help China Expand Sway in Latin America,” 16 th April) Mr Obama would meet with Latin American leaders to discuss economic matters, including a plan to replenish the coffers of the Inter-American Development Bank established in Washington in 1959 to support Latin American and Caribbean development. But the US president will need to move fast if he is to blunt the edge of China’s thrust into the region. Chinese trade with Latin America has grown quickly in this decade, making China the region’s second largest trading partner after the United States. And the recent loan activity suggests a deepening engagement. For its part, China hopes to ensure its access to natural resources, mainly oil, for years to come. The Times reporters note that a single loan planned by China, the $10 billion for Brazil’s national oil company Petrobras, almost matches the total $11.2 billion in financing approved The US and China

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A rare but devastating attack in Silicon Valley highlights the vulnerability of fibre optic lines Deliberate interference with fibre optic communications in the US comes most often by way of cybercrime; less often from mishaps with earth-moving machinery, particularly backhoes; seldom from sabotage. In April, however, one or more saboteurs deliberately severed fibre optic cables in California’s Silicon Valley – the major high-tech hub of the country. The attacks cut off landline, cell phone, and Internet service for tens of thousands of people in three counties. As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle , in the predawn hours of 9 th April ten fibre optic cables were cut at four locations. More than 50,000 landline customers – residential and business – lost service for up to 24 hours. While the full effects could not be known immediately, Liz Kniss, president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, told the Chronicle that no “major catastrophic emergency” had resulted from the assault. Although definitely ascribed to malicious intent, it was held by authorities to be unrelated to terrorism. (“Sabotage Attacks Knock Out Phone Service,” 10 th April) Most of the disruption derived from the first attack, shortly before 1:30am, in San Jose – “the capital of Silicon Valley” – on four cables belonging to AT&T Inc. Four more underground cables, at least two of them the property of AT&T, were cut about two hours later at two locations in San Carlos. An additional two lines were sliced in south San Jose. In total, at least 500 fibre optic strands were cut, each requiring hours of painstaking work to be spliced back together. The gravity of the episode was evident from the involvement of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Phone company managers and police were joined promptly by FBI agents in an aggressive search for the perpetrators. Potential penalties include criminal charges of vandalism, heavy restitution charges, and more severe consequences if any injuries or fatalities are traced to the destruction. A sense of outrage was prevalent in the cradle of the American semiconductor industry. So was a grim deter- mination to identify and punish the saboteurs. Rob Davis, the police chief of San Jose, told the Chronicle , “I pity the individuals who have done this.” AT&T immediately posted a $100,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the perpetrators, but quickly raised it to $250,000 “as the full scope of the vandalism became more clear.” AT&T customers were not the only ones affected by the outage. Among those without service were subscribers of Verizon, Verizon Wireless, and Sprint wireless, which rely on AT&T to carry their phone traffic back to their networks. Cell phone customers at T-Mobile and AboveNet also lost service. The cutting of the fibre optic lines occurred as AT&T was ❖ ❖ in negotiations with employees of its landline business, which maintains the fibre-optic cables, and was seeking

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