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[GRAVEYDAVEY]

Comfortably numb What a cool name Did you here any thing about Iraq? I have been waiting? According to Line-man.coms telephone page Bectel has some of it. Anybody you know? If so shoot me a private message I am curios about the pay. Thanks

[Comfortably Numb]

Not sure yet, working on stateside base jobs currently...

[Comfortably Numb]

I understand that the first phase of the overseas build is locked up by Bectel :( We are currently working on some bids stateside, and plan to look at the future phases overseas.

[Wood Walker]

Here's a little something to read about the middle east fiber status, we'll close enough.

Think they'd hire any Americans?



The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with eleven international telecom firms to jointly work on the construction of a new undersea cable linking South East Asia, the Middle East and Europe. The South East Asia Middle East-Western Europe cable (SMW4) network will connect the 12 countries i.e. Pakistan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy and France, an official of the PTCL said on Thursday.

The telecom companies other than PTCL are the PT Indosat, Singapore Telecom, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board, Bharti Telesonic, Sri Lanka Telecom, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, Emirates Telecom, Saudi Telecom, Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia SPA and France Telecom.

According to plans, this mega cable project will be built using the Dense Wave Division Multiplexing DWDM technologies [ essentially a Fiber Optic Cable to Channel splitter technology ] , with a proposed design capacity of 1.28 Terabits per second (Tbps). The network will provide increased bandwidth as the existing cables along the same route have reached a saturation point. The cable project, which is expected to be ready for service in 2004, will bring a revolution in the ICT sector by increasing the speed of data transfer through the Internet. It will be built using DWDM ( Dense Wavelength Division Multiplening) technology, with a proposed capacity of 1.28 terabits per second (TBPS) speed to 1024 G.B.

The submarine cable network will provide the much-needed bandwidth as the existing cables along the same route become saturated. Currently, data traffic from the Southern Asia and the Middle East to Europe is routed via smaller capacity cable, mainly SEA-ME-WE-3, with a speed of 40 G.B. per second and FLAG having a speed of 10 G.B. per second.

They signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Bali, Indonesia to develop the Southeast-Asia, Middle East, Western Europe-4 (SEA-ME-WE-4) cable network.

The optical fiber network will connect the country with the global high-speed communications area and bring about a revolution in the information and communication technology (ICO) sector in the country.

The SEA-ME-WE 4 consortium cable would link Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Italy and France. Each member country would have free access to the counterparts' cable landing point. The SEA-ME-WE 4 is scheduled to be operational by the first quarter of 2004.

This cable project is backed by experienced telecommunications operators with a ready customer base in their home markets. The other partners in the cable project are PT Indosat, Singapore Telecommunications Limited, Telecom Malaysia Berhad, Bharti Telesonic, Sri Lanka Telecom Limited, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, Saudi Telecom, Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia S.p.A and France Telecom.

Currently, data traffic from South East Asia and the Middle East to Europe is routed via smaller capacity cables, mainly South East Middle East Western Europe 3 (SEMEWE-3) and Fibre Link Around Globe (FLAG). According to the PTCL spokesman, most of the partners are common investors in the new venture that had a stake in the SMW3 cable system.

He said, the factors like growing internet penetration, rise of internet distributed media, data storage and other bandwidth intensive application coupled with telecom deregulation and increased competition warrants the implementation of a new high capacity fibre optic submarine cable system. The PTCL has been striving hard to get a new landing of Fibre Optic Cable in Pakistan and its participation in SMW4 consortium shows the commitment of the company to have diversified cable connectivity for the country.

Pakistan will have at least one more submarine fibre optic, which will be in operation by the end of the year.

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) had given approval for the laying of the high-speed undersea optical fibre to link up the country with international communications in December 2001, in the third meeting of National Commission on Science and Technology. Pakistan will lay down the undersea optical fibre from its territorial water limits to Dubai where it would be connected with the already existing international cable named FLAG, project of a consortium comprising several European, Asian and Gulf States.

Pakistan would lay the undersea optical fibre from its territorial limits to Fujeirah, a point near Dubai, where it would be connected with the FLAG. The project worth $55 million would take a year for completion. FLAG would not charge for the connection but claim a share in the revenue, which Pakistan would earn from its consumers. Currently, sources said that the country was connected with an international undersea optical fibre, SEMEWE-3.The SEMEWE-3 is a project of 34 countries including Pakistan. These countries in 1998 laid down the undersea optical fibre cables. Pakistan had borne $35 million of the total cost of the project and was awarded 3 per cent usage quota of from the total capacity of the SEMEWE-3.

However, sources said; that Pakistan was not utilising the whole of its quota, as it has more than its need. Keeping in view the same point, PTCL rented out rest of its quota and was earning handsome revenue, added the sources. Defining the need of the new undersea optical fibre, sources said that the SEMEWE-3 was vulnerable to cuts (accidental and malicious) and international communications between Pakistan and the world could be disrupted for several weeks. The only access would in such circumstances would be via the backup Intelsat Satellite System. The main purpose of the second fibre link is to make an alternate option, in case of any failure.

[Elvis is in the house]

Wood Walker, your really boring me! :blink:

Can we move on!

[Wood Pecker]

Elvis,
You seem to get bored alot At anytime you can stop reading I personally like all of the news that is out there! However if you get bored in the future there is a cool website out there called Playboy .com or one My 14 year old son found 69.com. He is now grounded!!! :angry: Anyway I am interested in this overseas DATA Banking I have been hearing about :huh: Does anyone know anything about that?
WP

[Midnight Lasher]

Hey Wood Pecker, I have heard a little bit about the overseas banking, Is that where they send data overseas to store it in safe computer banks for backup?
ML

[Tha Bobster]

That's Switzerland and no it's not in the middle east.

Try again ML! nerdy

[Midnight Lasher]

Swordsmile I was just responding to Wood Pecker, and the overseas banking he is talking about is Data banking not in funds. I think it is being done on the longhall fiber that worldcom sold, I am not sure. I think I saw this in the wallstreet journal. Should I start a new topic? :)
ML

[Comfortably Numb]

Update, overseas and domestic contracts... Swordsmile Bechtel has parts of it sewn up, but not all...meeting in Cawleeforneea scheduled with Armed Forces general to discuss current and upcoming domestic contracts and the future of overseas contracts... brewsky

[Comfortably Numb]

Yup, Bechtel has some of the work over there, but not all...

Just met with General in DC last week to discuss some work in Afghan...Pak...other locations which I will update later...

Hey, it's actually looking good, friends!! brewsky yes way

[Comfortably Numb]

Gimme about two more weeks...will have new info on possible work overseas and here in the states for '04 brewsky

[Wood Pecker]

Hey Bro after seing the pix that SBATTS posted.
I dont think they have enough money to send me over there.
Hats off to the guys who do go!!!!
I will keep my narrow a$$ stateside :P
WP

[Comfortably Numb]

WP and SBATTS are right on target, (Ptpun) From what I am hearing, the contractors over there now are refusing to complete the work and shipping home...too many casualties... surrender

[Linegods Inc]

[COLOR=red] oh hell

You can't beat Canadian military LINEMAN!


Carry on Canada! brewsky

[Wood Pecker]

Our hats are of to you and your team Linegods inc yes way
If you get anymore pix please share them yes way
You guys rock!!!!
WP

[slack-span]

This could be interesting..

You can't beat American hockey players.. Haha..

What do you say our Canadian brothers? ey?

Rock on and keep up the fight... yes way