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AMEinfo reports that Ducab has collected its fifth consecutive ‘Superbrand’ award, presented by the Superbrand Council – the independent commission for evaluating commercial brands. The criteria for Superbrand recognition of commercial brands include market presence, product quality, consumer confidence, continuity, accounting practices, customer loyalty and market acceptance. Only 56 of the 1,350 companies shortlisted by the Superbrands Council were awarded ‘Superbrand’ distinction, based on the votes of over 2,400 senior level industry professionals. Ashish Chaturvedy, Ducab marketing manager, said of the achievement: “Ducab has become a household name in the field of high grade wire and cable products and has earned the trust of various specialized international bodies. We have succeeded in solidifying our corporate brand when it comes to high quality, standard cable production and as per thehighest internationalmanufacturing standards.” Ducab produces over 40 million meters of insulated building wire cabling every month. “Superbrand” for 5 years in a row

Liquid Telecom has chosen Ekinops as a supplier for the new 2,500km long-haul DWDM network across South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. The new network, featuring the longest uninterrupted fiber spans on the continent, carries multiple 10G wavelengths, and will be able to support many more 10G and 100G services. Liquid Telecom and Ekinops were awarded the “Best fixed network innovation” at this year’s Global Telecoms business innovation awards for their joint work in the project, successfully deploying spans over 310km without inline amplifiers. Typical long-haul optical networks require an amplifier site every 100km to amplify the signal. In rural Africa, where the distance between towns can be more than 400km, this is a major challenge and expense. Liquid explained that this is a key reason for choosing Ekinops. Using Ekinops’ DynaFEC dynamic forward error correction technology, Liquid was able to reduce the number of amplification sites from 16 to 5. Fiber plans for Zambia, SA and Zimbabwe

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