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Kazakhtelecom’s general director Alim
Shukenov has told the news agency
Strategy2050.kzthat around 60 villages in
North Kazakhstan will be connected to a
fiber optic network infrastructure by the
end of 2017. In total, over 200 settlements
in the region will be covered by the firm’s
fiber backbone network by 2020.
Kazakhtelecom completed work on
the final section of an 11,500km fiber-
based network, the National Information
Superhighway (NISH), in 2008. In November
2014, the telecommunication company
presented a plan to parliament for the
deployment of fiber optic infrastructure
to public buildings in rural areas.
Villages and towns with over 250
inhabitants are to be connected to KT’s
fiber network, with the operator providing
broadband, IPTV and IPVPN services
over the infrastructure. Kazakhtelecom is
majority-owned by the state.
Leoni has secured a two-thirds holding in
Adaptricity AG. The company will provide
software-supported consulting services to
the Leoni group.
For example, Leoni will be in a position to
deploy proprietary software that generates
time series-based simulations to optimize
power distribution grids by using SmartGrid
technologies.
Other than expanding Adaptricity’s core
business, Leoni aims to establish a close
relationship with its international project
business. A focal area will be to transfer
the acquired Adaptricity’s skills to a range
of leading-edge applications and market
segments.
Leoni will also accumulate additional
expertise in the areas of electronics, sensor
technology, software and data analysis,
all viewed as crucial to offering intelligent
cable systems and related services.
Fiber spread
Acquiring expertise
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