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Bevan Slattery

Fiber training in Africa

Cable on standby

TE SubCom has produced 3,300km of its SL17 submarine cable for use within SubPartners Pty Ltd’s APX-West cable system. Delivering both systems (APX-West and APX-Central) within 24 months is key to meeting the expectations of the foundation customers. The systems will stretch between Singapore to Perth, and Perth to Sydney, respectively. With the cable secured, and most major permits attained, SubPartners can finalize the remaining commercial agreements while maintaining its installation timelines. CEO and co-founder of SubPartners, Bevan Slattery, stated: “TE SubCom have shown strong commitment to the APX projects from day one. The manufacture of this cable further highlights the strong partnershipwe have developedwith the TE SubCom team, stemming from the PPC-1 Sydney to Guam cable system in 2008.”

Two BICSI accredited training workshops on fiber optic communications have been scheduled for South Africa and Zambia, with plans for more training events to be organized throughout Africa. The two-day workshops will take place during July, and are the result of a partnership between ICT Africa and The Fibre Lab. “Our fiber optic communications course is critical for engineers and managers responsible for optical transmission and network planning, especially for long haul, metropolitan and access networks,” said Dr Jabulani Dhliwayo, founder of ICT Africa. The ICT Africa and Fibre Lab partnership sees the latter responsible for thepromotion of ICT Africa workshops, registrations and other administrative support. Attendees to theworkshops use The Fibre Lab registration portal to register attendance.

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