EoW March 2007

corporate news

Flying high in Korea Nexans has been awarded a €5.91 million contract by the Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) to supply LANmark fibre optic and copper net- work cabling solutions, together with its LANSense Intelligent Infrastructure Management (IIM) system, for the Phase II expansion of South Korea’s largest airport. Kukdong, a Nexans company in Korea, will provide the complete cabling systems for the project. The full range of copper and fibre optic cables will be supplied in cooperation with Nexans’ worldwide LAN cable operations, including Belgium, Korea, US and UK. Incheon – Asia’s most technologically advanced airport ▲

Nexans will supply some 860km of CAT6 copper cable, 351km of single mode fibre optic cable (ranging from 12 up to 144 cores) for the airport infrastructure, and 86km of single mode fibre optic cable for the new airport buildings, as well as 450 sets of racks. The LANSense IIM system, comprising 22,100 fibre optic nodes and 22,000 CAT6 nodes will provide an internet and standards-based approach to the airport’s network security control, together with advanced asset management features. The standard fibre optic network will comprise 8,700 nodes and the standard CAT6 network will comprise 1,250 nodes.

Incheon is considered Asia’s most technologically advanced airport, with state-of-the-art security facilities and medical equipment. The Nexans cabling systems, which will be delivered by the end of 2007, will provide the additional data communications infrastructure required to support the Phase II expansion project that will add a new runway and a further 165,300m 2 of terminal space, enabling passenger numbers to increase to 44 million a year. International Airport Linking South African companies globally The South African Wire Association (SAWA) links the South African wire industry with product manufacturers throughout the world. global manufacturing companies that need to make contact with South African wire product producers. SAWA also facilitates companies and organisations to discuss possible business ventures with the many wire and machinery suppliers located in South Africa. Companies in the South African wire industry offer manufacturers an ever- increasing number of wire products, equipment, chemicals, consumables and services. Member companies are also capable of producing speciality wire products and custom engineered solutions. South AfricanWire Association – South Africa Fax : +27 11453 9653 The organisation assists Nexans – France Fax : +33 15669 8484 Email : info@nexans.com Website : www.nexans.com

First GPON trial in Korea to prepare for all-fibre access network

Hanaro Telecom – Korea’s leading competitive service provider – has chosen Alcatel for its Gigabit Passive Optical Networking (GPON) trial in Korea, signalling a major breakthrough for GPON in the Korean market and in the greater North-East Asian region. The GPON trial, which started in October 2006, is using future-proof fibre access technology capable of delivering ultra-high speeds of 100Mbps. Upon successful completion of the trial, Hanaro Telecom will be able to build an all-fibre access network, enabling advanced triple play services – including high- speed internet, high definition video, and multi-player interactive. “Alcatel’s scalable and flexible access network will allow us to host a wealth of applications, delivering greater value to our customers and optimising costs,” said Minho Bae, senior manager of the Technical Planning Team at Hanaro Telecom. Hanaro Telecom is deploying the Alcatel 7342 Intelligent Services Access Manager fibre-to-the-user (ISAM FTTU), a solution designed to provide the high data rates, interoperability and quality of service that service providers need to advance the adoption of triple play services by the subscribers. Alcatel’s solution satisfies customer demand for high bandwidth, user-centric broadband services at the cost of copper access. As a global leader in broadband access, Alcatel is the first vendor to deliver a Full Service Access Network (FSAN) Group-compliant GPON system. Alcatel is currently engaged in more than 16 GPON projects. Alcatel – France Fax : +33 14076 1400 Website : www.alcatel.com

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