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INDEXInternational cable test and certification
body, the British Approvals Service for
Cables (BASEC) has accompanied Ducab
in a technical seminar on fire performance
cables, advising Kuwaiti engineers and
contracting consultants on a British
standard for life safety and fire-fighting
systems, BS 8519.
The seminar, held at the Raddison Blu
hotel in Kuwait City, was attended by
senior MEP professionals representing the
Kuwait ministry of electricity and water
and reputed consultant companies from
across the region.
Dr Jeremy Hodge, chief executive at
BASEC and guest speaker at the event,
said: “We are delighted to work with
thought leaders like Ducab, providing
independent technical information to
educate and inform engineers in Kuwait
to ensure they are fully conversant with
up-to-date fire cable regulations.”
Spreading the word on
safety
The government of Malaysia has
announced that the fiber optic submarine
cable linking West Malaysia with the states
of Sabah and Sarawak is scheduled for
completion in June 2017.
The Rakyat Post reported the deputy
minister
of
communications
and
multimedia, Datuk Jailani Johari, as saying
that the 3,800km fiber optic cable system
will involve an investment of $155 million,
with funding provided by the Malaysian
communications
and
multimedia
commission (MCMC) and Telekom
Malaysia, via a public-private partnership
agreement.
The new Sistem Kabel Rakyat 1Malaysia
(SKR1M) network, designed to have an
initial capacity of 4Tb per second, will land
in Mersing (Johor), Kuching, Bintulu and
Miri (all Sarawak), Kota Kinabalu (Sabah)
and Cherating (Pahang).
SKR1M will comprise five segments: S1
connecting Mersing and Kuching; S2
Kuching to Bintulu; S3 Bintulu to Miri;
S4 Miri-Kota Kinabalu; and S5 Kota
Kinabalu-Cherating. On completion, and
depending on demand, the SKR1M system
capacity could be upgraded up to 12Tb,
Mr Johari said.
Malaysia cable makes
progress
ASIA / AFRICA NEWS
Dr Jeremy Hodge at the event in Kuwait.
Photograph courtesy of BASEC