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Finance & Legal Issue 3 April 2007 Submarine Telecoms Forum is published bi-monthly by WFN Strategies, L.L.C. The publication may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form, in whole or in part, without the Welcome to the 31st issue of Submarine Telecoms Forum magazine, our Finance & Legal permission of the publishers. edition. Submarine Telecoms Forum is an independent com- mercial publication, serving as a freely accessible forum for With tax time coming to much of Europe and America, it seems timely to talk once again professionals in industries connected with submarine optical about finance and legal issues affecting our industry. Long gone are the Romanesque parties fibre technologies and techniques. of yesteryear; those high flyers are cooling their heels today in some picturesque federal Liability: while every care is taken in preparation of this publication, the publishers cannot be held responsible for the facility. Instead, our industry is much smaller, much more focused than before. Money is accuracy of the information herein, or any errors which may available, but not free wheeling; but it is moving again. occur in advertising or editorial content, or any consequence arising from any errors or omissions. In turn, we have some excellent articles for this issue. The publisher cannot be held responsible for any views Andy Lipman and Ulises Pin discuss financing for private submarine cable networks, while expressed by contributors, and the editor reserves the right to edit any advertising or editorial material submitted for John Golding outlines one company’s proactive efforts in sustainability. Robert Mazer details publication. the change in the ownership, market and technology of submarine cables, as John Weisbruch © WFN Strategies L.L.C., 2006 illustrates issues affecting system rights-of-way and permitting. A new cable factory in Thailand is highlighted, and we reprise an earlier, excellent article by Charlotte Winter and Contributions are welcomed. Please forward to the Marianne Murfett describing simply what to do when things go wrong. Jean Devos returns Managing Editor: Wayne F. Nielsen, WFN Strategies, 19471 Youngs Cliff Road, Suite 100, Potomac Falls, with his ever insightful observations, and of course, our ever popular, “where in the world are Virginia 20165, USA. all those pesky cableships” is included as well. Tel: +[1] 703 444-2527, Fax:+[1] 703 349 5562. Good reading. Email: [email protected] General Advertising Email: [email protected] Designed and produced by Unity Marketing 2 Issue No 3 NewsNow 5-9 Digital Energy Journal 31 April 2007 Financing a New Private Submarine Cable Network Entelec 13 Andrew D. Lipman and Ulises R. Pin 11-12 Global Marine Systems 17 Great Eastern 25 Saving the Planet Means Being Green At Sea As Well: Nexans 21 One Company’s Proactive Efforts in Sustainability John Golding 14-16 OFS 5-9 From Circuits to Terabits Robert Mazer 18-20 STF Advertising 33 System Rights-Of-Way and Permitting SubOptic 10 – An Exercise in Patience John Weisbruch 22-24 Wanted: Senior System Engineer 32 WFN Strategies 4 JDR Establishes New Cable Factory in Thailand 26-28 What To Do When Things Go Wrong Marianne Murfett And Charlotte Winter 29-32 Tracking the Cableships 34-38 Letter to a Friend Jean Devos 39 Upcoming Conferences 40 3 +.703.444.2527 www.wfnstrategies.com Engineering of submarine and terrestrial optical cable, microwave/WiMax, mobile, satellite and RF systems for telecom, oil & gas and government clients EASSy Awards Supply Contract to Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent has signed a turnkey contract with the East Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) consortium to lay a submarine cable network landing in East Africa. A synopsis of current news items from NewsNow, the weekly news feed available on the www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/18_march _2007.htm Submarine Telecoms Forum website. E-marine Sets Up New Submarine Cable Depot Asia Netcom Appoints Chief Financial Officer Bookham 980nm Pump Technology Selected by Tyco Telecommunications E-marine Private Joint Stock Company (E-marine PJSC), Asia Netcom has announced the appointment of Brett Etisalat’s marine services unit that is at the forefront for Lay as Chief Financial Officer for the company. Bookham, Inc., a leading provider of optical components, submarine cable installation, maintenance, storage and modules and subsystems, has announced that the com- www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/11_february _2007.htm related activities in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean pany’s 980nm OceanBright™ pump laser technology has regions, has recently concluded a long term lease agree- been selected by Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc. for ment with the Port of Salalah for constructing a new depot AT&T to Invest $750 Million-Plus Globally in 2007 deployment in its undersea cable systems. and additional berthing facility for permanently stationing one of its cable ships. AT&T Inc. has announced that it will invest more than www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/25_february _2007.htm $750 million in 2007 to accelerate the delivery of global www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/18_march _2007.htm IP services and solutions to businesses and multinational companies in key markets worldwide. BT to Acquire i2i Enterprise Ltd BT has announced that it has signed an agreement for GCN, Antilles Crossing Announce Joint Venture www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/18_march _2007.htm the acquisition of i2i Enterprise Pvt Ltd, a Mumbai-based Global Caribbean Networks (GCN) and Antilles Crossing, enterprise services company specializing in Internet pro- two submarine cable operators in the Caribbean, have tocol (IP) communications services for major Indian and announced a new joint venture called Global Caribbean global multinational companies. Fiber (GCF). www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/11_february _2007.htm www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/11_march _2007.htm IT Wins Installation Contract for SHEFA-2 IT International Telecom announced that it has signed a contract with Faroese Telecom, the incumbent telecom operator of the Faroe Islands, to install the new SHEFA-2 fiber optic submarine cable. www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/21_january _2007.htm Global Crossing Supports GCN to Promote Develop- Iceland Says New Cable Will Make It the World’s Data ment of Caribbean Region Storage Leader Lighthouse Completes Cabled Seismic and Tsunami Global Crossing has announced that it is working with With the completion of a second submarine cable be- Detection System Global Caribbean Network (GCN), a submarine cable tween Iceland and the UK scheduled for 2008, Iceland will A Houston based research and development company, operator headquartered in Guadeloupe, French West add yet another reason to the long list of why it is being Lighthouse R & D Enterprises, Inc, has recently com- Indies, to enhance global IP connectivity to the Carib- considered one of the best places in the world for high-se- pleted the development of the first integrated real-time bean region. curity data storage, according to an announcement made cabled seismic and tsunami detection system. by Iceland’s investment agency, Invest in Iceland. www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/4_february _2007.htm www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/4_march _2007.htm www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/11_march _2007.htm Global Marine Board of Directors Appointed Marine Survey for Next Iceland Cable Planned Global Marine Systems Limited has announced three Inauguration of International Fiber Link between A submarine cable route survey is planned in the sum- new additions to their Board of Directors. Dhiraagu and Deutsche Telekom mer of 2007 between Iceland and the United Kingdom Dhiraagu, the national communications provider and www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/28_january _2007.htm or Ireland. largest service operator of the Republic of Maldives, has signed a contract on 13th February 2007, with www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/25_february _2007.htm Deutsche Telekom’s International Carrier Sales & Solu- tions (ICSS). www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/25_february _2007.htm New World Network to Build New Submarine Net- work for Trinidad Columbus Communications Inc. continued its investment commitment in the Pan Caribbean Region as its wholly owned subsidiary, New World Network Ltd., announced that it is building a new undersea fiber optic network that Matrix Chooses Tyco Telecommunications for Indo- MedNautilus and CYTA Will Build First Submarine will connect Trinidad to Curacao and further expand the nesia-Singapore System Ring to Cyprus reach of its ARCOS network. Independent Indonesian telecommunications provider PT The Mediterranean Nautilus Ltd., a fully owned subsiyd- www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/4_february _2007.htm NAP Info Lintas Nusa and Tyco Telecommunications, a iary of Telecom Italia Sparkle, and Cyprus Telecommuni- business unit of Tyco Electronics and an industry pioneer cations Authority (CYTA) have signed an agreement for in undersea communications technology, have announced the construction of a new ring from Cyprus to Sicily, the NSW Wins Faroe Island Submarine Cable Supply the signing of a contract between NAP Singapore-based Minerva System. Contract affiliate Matrix Networks and Tyco Telecommunications to www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/11_february _2007.htm Faroese Telecom has announced the award of a supply construct an undersea fiber optic system that will provide contract for the SHEFA-2 cable to NSW to supply the high bandwidth connectivity between Jakarta, Batam and Faroe Island cable. Pontianak, Indonesia and Singapore. New Name Server to Be Installed in Egypt www.subtelforum.com/NewsNow/21_january