Teletimes April 2011.pdf
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Qatar government sets up broadband company<br />
The Qatari government has<br />
established a new company<br />
called Qatar National<br />
Broadband Network Company<br />
(Q.NBN) with the aim of accelerating<br />
the roll out of the<br />
broadband fibre-to-the-home<br />
(FTTH) network across the<br />
country, according to Qatar’s<br />
telecoms regulator, ictQatar.<br />
Dr. Hessa Al-Jaber, secretary<br />
general, ictQATAR, said: “The<br />
Qatar National Broadband<br />
Network represents a bold<br />
Gulf Bridge completes UAE cable landing<br />
Mobiserve rolls out Saudi’s First 4G Network<br />
Mobiserve, a leading solutions<br />
provider for technical<br />
and telecoms infrastructure<br />
services and engineering in the<br />
region, said it has launched the<br />
first Long Term Evolution (LTE)-<br />
WiMAX forth generation 4G<br />
network in Saudi Arabia.<br />
Mobiserve was selected by<br />
vendors Samsung and Huawei to<br />
deploy the landmark project on<br />
behalf of Saudi operator Mobily.<br />
Its scope will cover the project<br />
implementation including survey,<br />
design hardware and Radio<br />
step forward in Qatar’s drive<br />
to be a leading knowledge<br />
economy.”<br />
Q.NBN is to provide fibre<br />
access to individuals and businesses<br />
across Qatar, with a<br />
coverage target of over 95%<br />
of the population by 2015.<br />
This government-led initiative<br />
was developed in consultation<br />
with network operators<br />
Qtel and Vodafone Qatar, and<br />
will support the development<br />
of their broadband service<br />
In a milestone achievement,<br />
Gulf Bridge International<br />
(GBI), the Middle East’s first<br />
privately-owned submarine cable<br />
operator, has announced the<br />
landing of its cable at Fujairah in<br />
the UAE.<br />
The cable will connect to the<br />
landing station of du, an integrated<br />
telecom service provider<br />
in the UAE.<br />
The cable landing in Fujairah is<br />
the first of ten planned cable<br />
landings around the Gulf region,<br />
said a statement from GBI.<br />
To be launched later this year,<br />
the GBI cable system is a high<br />
capacity, fiber-optic communica-<br />
Ahmed Mekky<br />
tions cable which will connect all<br />
the Gulf countries to each other<br />
and provide onward connectivity<br />
to Europe, Africa and Asia,<br />
it added.<br />
This connectivity will ensure<br />
that the GBI cable system will<br />
Frequency (RF) installation and<br />
commissioning.<br />
With its selection of Mobiserve,<br />
vendors Samsung and Huawei<br />
ensure best in class expertise in<br />
the installation of a complete<br />
4G network that will significantly<br />
increase data speeds for<br />
Mobily’s estimated 5 million<br />
customers.<br />
The LTE-WiMAX 4G network<br />
will be the highest speed data<br />
network in the country with<br />
speed estimated to be two<br />
times faster than current 3G<br />
Sameh Atalla<br />
Dr. Hessa Al-Jaber<br />
offerings to government,<br />
enterprises, and consumers.<br />
Q.NBN is to focus solely on<br />
the deployment of a passive<br />
network infrastructure,<br />
leveraging existing and new<br />
infrastructure in Qatar.<br />
As part of its initiatives to<br />
drive demand and uptake of<br />
broadband in the country,<br />
ictQATAR is fostering the development<br />
of a digital content<br />
ecosystem that encourages<br />
innovation and entrepreneurship<br />
including national digitisation<br />
and cloud computing<br />
for government, enterprises<br />
and individuals. T<br />
offer the most comprehensive<br />
geographic reach of any subsea<br />
network in the region, remarked<br />
board member and CEO of Gulf<br />
Bridge International, Ahmed<br />
Mekky.<br />
Commenting on the achievement,<br />
Mekky said, landing is<br />
another significant step towards<br />
the launch of the GBI Cable System.<br />
We are committed to our<br />
vision of Connecting the World<br />
to the Gulf.”<br />
“GBI will offer our customers<br />
greater choice, value, diversity<br />
and resilience. We are also glad<br />
to work hand in hand with a<br />
number of outstanding companies<br />
such as ‘Du’, who are going<br />
to help us realize this vision,”<br />
Mekky added.<br />
Farid Faraidooni, chief commercial<br />
officer, du, said: “Once<br />
operational, the cable will not<br />
only expand the choice of connectivity<br />
but more importantly<br />
will enhance the redundancy in<br />
operations.”<br />
Over the next few months, the<br />
cable ship, “Responder”, will be<br />
working in the Gulf waters with<br />
a fleet of other specialized ships,<br />
to continue the installation<br />
process of the GBI Cable System,<br />
which is configured as a selfhealing<br />
ring within the Gulf. T<br />
networks.<br />
CEO Sameh Atalla, said,<br />
“Mobiserve is looking forward<br />
to begin work on such a<br />
breakthrough project as we are<br />
committed to deploying the<br />
latest advanced technologies<br />
in conjunction with our vendor<br />
partners Samsung and Huawei.”<br />
“Saudi is setting the benchmark<br />
for next generation connectivity<br />
with forward looking operators<br />
such as Mobily beginning to<br />
implement the highest speed<br />
networks beyond 3G.” T<br />
15Apr - 14May 2011<br />
www.teletimesinternational.com<br />
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