wiredinUSA March 2015

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Long distance communication

Bringing power to the outer isles

Cable sights set on Australia

Cable in Kazakhstan

Sarawak Cable Bhd (SCB), which recently acquired Universal Cable Bhd and Leader Cable Industry Bhd, is to focus on Singapore and Australia for sales of its newly launched 275kV underground high voltage power cables. Universal Cable, now an SCB wholly owned subsidiary, is the only company in ASEAN with the capability to produce the cables. Universal Cable commenced commercial production of the 275kV underground cables after successful testing in August 2014. In Malaysia, Universal Cable’s pilot project to install the 275kV cables is for Pengerang Power Sdn Bhd’s transmission line project. SCB is among Malaysia’s largest integrated manufacturers of power cables and conductors, with a market share of over 50 percent since completing the acquisition of Universal Cable and Leader Cable in December 2014. The acquired companies also manufacture 500kV cables and telecommunications cables. The SCB group now owns and operates seven manufacturing plants in Selangor, Kedah, Johor and Negri Sembilan and two plants in Sarawak.

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), the major telecommunications provider in the Philippines, has expanded its global points of presence (PoP) with the launch of a PoP through Telehouse Europe. This allows PLDT to offer pan-global connectivity from the Philippines to the UK. With this deal, signed through PLDT UK, the company can now provide clients with an Ethernet international private leased circuit (E/IPLC) service from the UK to the rest of the world, as part of its global managed Ethernet service offerings. The PLDT UK PoP has direct connections to Hong Kong and the USA, enabling it to achieve optimal latency for its customers around the world. This builds on over 500 domestic Ethernet nodes that it owns in the Philippines and POPs in Singapore, Japan, US and Hong Kong.

Kazakhstan cablemanufacturer Shymkent Kazinform (K AZ TEL) produces an annual 8,000,000km of cables and wires in over a hundred varieties. Chief accountant of the company, Berkenbai Kuralov said: ”There is a demand of cable products in Kazakhstan. Cables are mostly imported from Russia. We have decided to expand production to embrace the domestic market.” The enterprise is to commence production of aluminum wires after receiving a loan from the Entrepreneurship Development Fund “Damu”. With the launch of the aluminum wire line the plant's capacity will double.

The UAE has inaugurated a solar photovoltaic micro-grid project to power some of Fiji’s outer islands. A statement on the Fiji project revealed it was constructed by Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, and is the third clean energy project financed by the UAE’s $50 million Pacific Partnership Fund, through the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD). Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE’s minister of foreign affairs, said: “The UAE is committed to demonstrating how renewable energy can provide clean power, and spur economic development, while mitigating climate change, particularly for Pacific island countries. The new solar micro-grid projects include a 249kW solar plant on Kadavu Island, a 153kW plant on Lakeba Island and 153kW in Rotuma Island.

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