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wiredInUSA - May 2014 39 ASIA / AFRICA NEWS
Dialog Axiata PLC, a unit of Malaysia’s
Axiata Group, is to invest $30 million in
a submarine cable. The company has
entered into an agreement with the Bay
of Bengal Gateway (BBG) consortium to
establish a cable landing station in South
Colombo.
The 8,000km BBG submarine cable system
will link Sri Lanka and the region, spanning
from Singapore to Oman to high capacity
Internet hubs in Singapore and India, and
onward to submarine cables to Europe
and the USA.
The project is expected to be fully
commissioned by the end of 2014.
Investors of the BBG consortium include
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (Malaysia),
Vodafone Group (UK), Reliance Jio
Infocom Ltd (India), Oman
Telecommunications Company (Oman)
and Emirates Telecommunications
Corporation (UAE).
Malaysia
investment
Prysmian Group has been awarded a
contract by UAE-based construction
company Emirates Holding, on behalf
of the offshore oil and gas producer
Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company
(ADMA-OPCO). Thecontract is for thedesign
and manufacture of submarine cable links
for the Zakum, Abu Dhabi offshore oilfield.
The Zakum field is the first submarine
electrification project planned by
ADMA-OPCO and will be the benchmark
for future projects aimed at developing
and implementing a power distribution
and transmission network among offshore
oilfields.
The project includes the design and supply
of around 200km of XLPE insulated medium
voltage submarinecables for thedistribution
of energy to oil towers and platforms, plus
accessories and network components. The
project will be implemented by the group’s
office in the UAE, using production from
Pikkala (Finland) with first 70km batch due
for delivery in November 2014 and final
delivery due mid-2015.
Abu Dhabi
contract