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wiredInUSA - March 2015 wiredInUSA - March 2015 39 38 ASIA / AFRICA NEWS
Sarawak Cable Bhd (SCB), which recently
acquired Universal Cable Bhd and Leader
Cable Industry Bhd, is to focus on Singapore
and Australia for sales of its newly launched
275kV underground high voltage power
cables.
Universal Cable, now an SCB wholly owned
subsidiary, is the only company in ASEAN
with the capability to produce the cables.
Universal Cable commenced commercial
production of the 275kV underground
cables after successful testing in August
2014.
In Malaysia, Universal Cable’s pilot project
to install the 275kV cables is for Pengerang
Power Sdn Bhd’s transmission line project.
SCB is among Malaysia’s largest integrated
manufacturers of power cables and
conductors, with a market share of over 50
percent since completing the acquisition
of Universal Cable and Leader Cable in
December 2014. The acquired companies
also manufacture 500kV cables and
telecommunications cables. The SCB
group now owns and operates seven
manufacturing plants in Selangor, Kedah,
Johor and Negri Sembilan and two plants
in Sarawak.
Cable sights set on
Australia
Philippine Long Distance Telephone
Company (PLDT), the major
telecommunications provider in the
Philippines, has expanded its global points
of presence (PoP) with the launch of a PoP
through Telehouse Europe. This allows PLDT
to offer pan-global connectivity from the
Philippines to the UK.
With this deal, signed through PLDT UK, the
company can now provide clients with an
Ethernet international private leased circuit
(E/IPLC) service from the UK to the rest of
the world, as part of its global managed
Ethernet service offerings.
The PLDT UK PoP has direct connections
to Hong Kong and the USA, enabling it to
achieve optimal latency for its customers
around the world. This builds on over 500
domestic Ethernet nodes that it owns in the
Philippines and POPs in Singapore, Japan,
US and Hong Kong.
Long distance
communication
Kazakhstan cablemanufacturer Shymkent
Kazinform (K AZ TEL) produces an annual
8,000,000km of cables and wires in over a
hundred varieties.
Chief accountant of the company,
Berkenbai Kuralov said: ”There is a
demand of cable products in Kazakhstan.
Cables are mostly imported from Russia.
We have decided to expand production
to embrace the domestic market.”
The enterprise is to commence production
of aluminum wires after receiving a loan
from the Entrepreneurship Development
Fund “Damu”. With the launch of the
aluminum wire line the plant's capacity
will double.
Cable
in Kazakhstan
The UAE has inaugurated a solar
photovoltaic micro-grid project to power
some of Fiji’s outer islands.
A statement on the Fiji project revealed it
was constructed by Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s
renewable energy company, and is the
third clean energy project financed by
the UAE’s $50 million Pacific Partnership
Fund, through the Abu Dhabi Fund for
Development (ADFD).
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
UAE’s minister of foreign affairs, said: “The
UAE is committed to demonstrating how
renewable energy can provide clean
power, and spur economic development,
while mitigating climate change,
particularly for Pacific island countries.
The new solar micro-grid projects include
a 249kW solar plant on Kadavu Island, a
153kW plant on Lakeba Island and 153kW
in Rotuma Island.
Bringing power to the
outer isles