wiredInUSA december 2018

Maintenance and support

Island proposal

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A Bahrain project calls for a submarine power cable to connect the mainland to the Hawar Islands, an archipelago of desert islands situated off the west coast of Qatar in the Gulf of Bahrain. The 25km power cable will run from Al Bar, the southernmost tip on the island of Bahrain, to north-western Hawar. The goal is a permanent electricity grid for Hawar, rather than relying on temporary power generators as it does at present. A statement from Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, a Bahraini deputy prime minister who heads the ministerial committee for reconstruction and infrastructure work, said the project is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2019 and be completed in the last quarter of 2020. The electricity and water authority has submitted a proposal for the cable route. Bahrain said it plans to develop sections of Hawar Island, in line with Bahrain’s national economic strategy for 2030. The electricity supply needs to be upgraded in order to sustain the development and to meet increasing demand. The project is funded by the Saudi Fund for Development.

Huawei Marine has signed a three-year maintenance and support agreement with Suriname Guyana Cubmarine Cable System (SGSCS). This is the third maintenance and support contract SGSCS has signed with Huawei Marine. As the first large-capacity broadband submarine cable network in the region, the 1,249km SGSCS cable system connects Suriname, Guyana and Trinidad. During its eight-year warranty period, Huawei Marine’s professional maintenance team provides customers with 7x24x365 helpdesk andcustomer service request handling, and provides remote emergency support for critical issues, meeting the SLA time limit of the contract. During Huawei Marine’s eight years working with SGSCS, the transmission equipment’s software and NMS software were successfully upgraded. Under the new support agreement, Huawei Marine will optimize the maintenance service based on the SGSCS network’s running status in recent years to provide technical support services for new devices. Based on facilitating a stable network operation, the aim will be to develop an equipment health check and network evaluation optimization to detect hidden issues and potential risks. The 2018 SGSCS new maintenance contract signing ceremony

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wiredInUSA - December 2018