wiredinUSA February 2013

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Football fiber Brazilian state-owned telecom company Telebras has completed the deployment of 70 percent of the fiber optic network in the six cities that will host FIFA’s Confederations Cup, due to start in June 2013. Telebras was awarded the task of providing the infrastructure for the deployment of metropolitan fiber optic networks, satellite links and radio systems in all the cities hosting the tournament – Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Fortaleza, Recife, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador.

WAI’s 2013 president

The telecom infrastructure has to be in place by April 2013 in all six cities. The telecom infrastructure for the six other cities that will host the 2014 World Cup will be ready by November 2013, said sports ministry sources. The fiber optic network, including all 12 cities, will cover a distance of 2,000km. The government has also taken initiatives to create a Telebras subsidiary to provide telecommunications services to FIFA during the two tournaments. This will be called Telebras Copa.

The Wire Association International (WAI) has appointed Richard R Miller as president of the association for a one-year term that began on 1 st January. He will serve as chairman of the board of directors and as the 59 th president of the association. Miller has been involved with an association-wide initiative to increase WAI membership, which has resulted in hundreds of new members representing both industry manufacturers and suppliers. “If you work in the wire and cable industry, you should have a willingness to support your industry association and help grow WAI membership. It’s about participating in your profession,” he believes. A WAI member since 1996, Miller has served on the association’s board of directors, its executive committee, and on multiple committees including member relations, conference programming, and paper awards. Miller is senior vice president at Southwire Company, where he began his career 37 years ago. He has been instrumental in developing the nationally recognized 12 for Life program – a partnership between Southwire Company and the Carroll County School System – to reduce the high school drop-out rate by allowing at-risk students to work in a manufacturing plant designed for students while earning credit toward a high school diploma. Other notable accomplishments include receiving the 1994 Southwire H A Case Technological Achievement award and the 1998 Southwire D B Cofer Enterprise award. Miller has a BSc in industrial engineering technology and holds several Southwire patents.

wiredInUSA - February 2013

wiredInUSA - February 2013

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