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AMEinfo reports that Nawras, a
communications provider in Oman,
is offering a free trial of high speed
broadband to around 200 customers
living in Al Mabailah North.
For a three-month period,
customers will be invited to
experience the benefits of
Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) with
download speeds of between 10
Mbps and 100 Mbps, completely
free of charge.
This pilot project marks the
beginning of this new service.
Nawras will be working with Haya
Water Company and the
Telecommunications Regulatory
Authority to implement the fibre
optic technology needed to provide
high speed broadband.
“Obtaining customer feedback is
always of great importance to our
caring company,” said Said Al
Shanfari, Nawras’ strategic business
development manager – FTTX
project manager.
“The launch of new products and
services incorporates comments
and experiences gathered during the
planning stages to ensure that final
offerings reflect real customer
needs.”
Nawras – Oman
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Anixter International Inc has
established a strategic partnership in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with
Mohawarean Trading Company (MTC),
a subsidiary of Mohawarean
International Group (MIG), through the
formation of a new business entity,
Anixter Saudi Arabia Limited. Anixter
has the majority holding in the joint
venture.
Commenting on this new venture,
Anixter’s president and CEO, Bob Eck,
said: “One of our key strategies is to
expand the markets we serve, and we
believe the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
presents a significant opportunity for
Anixter and its business partners given
the Kingdom’s investments in
infrastructure, strong economy, and
strategic economic and geographic
position in the Middle East markets
that Anixter serves.”
MIG’s group president and CEO, Mr
Mohammed Al Othman, added: “The
formation of Anixter Saudi Arabia
Limited as a joint venture with
Mohawarean Trading Company is an
exciting new development for our
group.
“The combination of Anixter’s
unmatched capabilities and strong
brand as a leading global distributor of
products, coupled with Mohawarean
Trading Company’s established
presence and knowledge of the
marketplace in the Kingdom, provides
an exciting formula to develop
Anixter’s position in the Saudi
marketplace for the long term.”
This is Anixter’s latest and most
significant commitment to the Middle
East market and follows previously
successful investments in the United
Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar.
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The website of the Chinese General Administration of Customs reports that the
country undertook robust commodity purchases in September as traders took
advantage of falling prices.
Chinese copper imports hit a 16-month high in September after increasing
almost 12 per cent from a month earlier to 380,526 metric tons as domestic
stockpiles were reduced by almost half since March. Copper imports have now
shown gains for the fourth month in a row.
Marketwatch reports Royal Bank of Canada analysts in Hong Kong saw “solid”
China demand for the two commodities “boosted by significant price falls over
the month.” Prices fell 24 per cent in September, but have climbed from the
14-month low hit in early October.
Strikes and output cuts at the world’s largest copper producer Freeport
McMoran’s South American and Indonesian operations should provide a lower
limit to prices in the near term.
China copper trading
Anixter heads into Saudi Arabia
Broadband free trial on offer in Oman