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wiredInUSA - August 2012
Submarine cable consortium WIOCC
is delivering Internet connectivity to
businesses, institutions and consumers in
Lesotho. WIOCC will use terrestrial and
submarine fiber-optic cable network for
Internet connectivity. Its arrival has
already enabled a reduction in pricing
of Internet services by up to 67 percent.
This is supporting the Lesotho Government’s
8
th
Millennium Goal to make new
technologies available to its citizens and
organizations.
Educational institutions, such as the
National University of Lesotho, are already
benefitting, with Basotho students able to
access web-based resources.
Connectivity
in Lesotho
LS Cable & System has won a 400kV extra-
high voltage cable project worth $110
million from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Electricity
and Water. The company will supply and
install 400kV extra-high voltage conductor
with insulated cables and connectors on a
turnkey basis.
Kuwait is currently building a new town on
its border with Saudi Arabia named Sabah
Al Ahmad. This is the second contract LS
Cable & System has won from the Ministry
of Electricity and Water of Kuwait following
a similar contract worth $107 million won
last spring.
Unlike ordinary extra-high voltage cable
using pure copper for the conductor, the
conductor with insulated cables to be
installed at Sabah Al Ahmad will comprise
conductors coated with enamel to reduce
transmission resistance. This technique
is said to raise transmission capacity by
over 20%. With this type of conductor the
overall weight and thickness of the cable
can be reduced, greatly reducing the cost
of cable manufacturing and power grid
implementation.
Kuwait
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Chris Wood,
WIOCC CEO