BT Group, the largest British phone company, said Tuesday that it would suspend a share buyback program to triple its spending on fiber optic lines for high-speed Internet services. BT said it would stop buying back its stock July 31 to help pay for the £1.5 billion, or $3 billion, investment in a service that would be available in as many as 10 million homes by 2012.
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BT to triple investment in fiber optic cable
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Ducab Professional Marketing Listing
July 16, 2008From a humble beginning in 1979 to a regional giant with 100% local holding, Ducab has indeed progressed a long way in powering the growth of the Middle East with advanced Cable Technology. Although the company’s products are hidden underground and behind walls, Ducab’s reputation is known to the world as a leading name in quality power cable solutions.
On March 2nd 2005 Ducab opened its new factory in Abu Dhabi. Ducab’s success is the result of the company’s unflinching commitment to continuous innovation and technology. Not to mention a relentless pursuit of quality in both products and services.
The company, jointly owned by the Governments of Dubai and Abu Dhabi (50% each), has one of the most modern manufacturing units in the region, occupying an area of 590,000 square metres of land in Jebel Ali, Dubai and nearly 200,020 square metres in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi.
Today, Ducab produces over 65,000 copper tonnes equivalent of low and medium voltage cables, emerging as the leader and the first choice of prestigious customers in the Middle East
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General Cable Promotes North American CEO
July 16, 2008General Cable Corporation said that it will consolidate the leadership of its North American operations with Gregory J. Lampert as the regional president and chief executive officer. The appointment will be effective on August 1, 2008. “The combination of our North American operations under the leadership of Greg Lampert, a skilled and proven operating executive, will provide a more streamlined approach to our North American business, allowing us to serve our markets and our customers even more efficiently,” said Gregory B. Kenny, president and chief executive officer of General Cable.
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Cimteq – Cable Builder Business Benefits
July 16, 2008Business Benefits
Increase sales and improve efficiency
Centralize and share information
Reduce costs
Increase sales and improve efficiency
The overcapacity in the cable industry puts the quotation-to-order ratio under pressure. More competitors are quoting for less customer requests. Standardization further increases competition. In other words: you have to produce more quotations at a higher quality to defend or even grow your sales revenues with the same, or even less, resources.
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Silent killer safeguards patients health
July 15, 2008Hospital managers and specifiers working on healthcare projects are frontline in the fight against infection and know only too well the difficulties encountered in halting the spread of deadly bugs such as MRSA. Enforcing rigorous cleaning regimes, coupled with high levels of personal hygiene for patients, staff and visitors, is imperative. However, there is growing awareness that building products specified for use within healthcare environments can play their part in preventing the spread of infection.
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L-com Adds Two New Cable Assemblies to Their USB Line
July 15, 2008L-com Connectivity Products announced today that it has added two new USB cable assemblies to their already broad USB line. Both of the new additions use a molded “horizontal panel mount” USB type A female connector on one side. On the other side of the cable is either a USB type A male connector or a 5 pin female header connector.
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Leoni recieves “Intelligence for Transportation and Logistics” innovation award
July 14, 2008The wire, cable and wiring systems specialist Leoni received this year’s “Intelligence for Transportation and Logistics” innovation prize of the Center for Transportation & Logistics (CNA) in Nuremberg for its new kind of metallisation process called Flamecon. This technology, developed entirely at Leoni, enables automated application of the finest metallic structures for electrical functions to different base materials such as plastic, wood, ceramics and metal.
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Draka optimistic about first half 2008 results
July 14, 2008Draka expects an operating result of approximately € 75 million (H1 2007: € 70.5 million) and net income of approximately € 45 million (H1 2007: € 39.6 million), both excluding non-recurring items1.
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Dekoron Instrumentation Cable – Maser now Exclusive Distributor for Australia and New Zealand
July 11, 2008Maser is pleased to announce that Maser is now the EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR for Dekoron Instrumentation Cable in both Australia and New Zealand. Dekoron are the Instrumentation experts in the Wire and Cable industry. They are the market leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of multi-pair instrumentation, control, and thermocouple extension cables; including metric sizes that are qualified to industry standards.
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Dekoron’s DEKABON – “An innovative, more environmentally friendly & a valuable alternative to Lead Sheath technology”
July 11, 2008In Oil & Gas and most industrial environments a major problem is given by the permeability of Cable plastic sheaths to humidity and aggressive chemicals, organic ones such as hydrocarbons and solvents and inorganic ones such as acids and bases. Penetration of these elements to the core of the cable compromise its overall lifetime performance. A conventional cable core protection against above mentioned elements is generally achieved by applying a lead sheath.
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