Row Erupts Over Financing of Teams Cable Deal
We all want the best for TEAMS. Any Comments ?? ........... the $80 million East African Marine System project - popularly known as Teams - under which the government is to construct a 1,500-kilometre submarine cable between Mombasa and Fujaira in the United Arab Emirates, continues to be dogged by controversy. A new row has erupted over the manner in which the financing of the cable has been arranged. Apparently, the government had delayed in meeting the conditions agreed by the contractors, Messrs Alacatel Lucent of France, which was awarded the tender to build the cable in October last year. ...More >> http://allafrica.com/stories/200802191072.html?viewall=1 -- Muthoni My Blog: http://rugongo.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------- Mahatma Gandhi once said:- First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, AND THEN YOU WIN!!!
...sounds like double-trouble coming up. Maybe the KDN+Indian partnership might be the first one to touch-base at Mombasa after all. I wonder if it is still on... Also what could be the state of the others? They used to be: 1. EASSy 2. TEAMs 3. KDN (FLAG??) 4. SEACOM? Am sure one of them would finally come through... walu. --- Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni@gmail.com> wrote:
We all want the best for TEAMS. Any Comments ??
........... the $80 million East African Marine System project - popularly known as Teams - under which the government is to construct a 1,500-kilometre submarine cable between Mombasa and Fujaira in the United Arab Emirates, continues to be dogged by controversy.
A new row has erupted over the manner in which the financing of the cable has been arranged. Apparently, the government had delayed in meeting the conditions agreed by the contractors, Messrs Alacatel Lucent of France, which was awarded the tender to build the cable in October last year. ...More >> http://allafrica.com/stories/200802191072.html?viewall=1
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While the middle eastern cables are being hit (cut) by saboteurs. Another form of sabotage is being aimed at projects like our TEAMS. The article in this weeks papers give some indication but there is much more afoot as some of the "competing" cable projects try to put in all manner of blocks against our project. Nevertheless, we shall overcome. Brian Via: AFP: Damage to several undersea telecom cables that caused outages across the Middle East and Asia could have been an act of sabotage, the International Telecommunication Union said on Monday. “We do not want to preempt the results of ongoing investigations, but we do not rule out that a deliberate act of sabotage caused the damage to the undersea cables over two weeks ago,” the UN agency’s head of development, Sami al-Murshed, told AFP. Five undersea cables were damaged in late January and early February leading to disruption to Internet and telephone services in parts of the Middle East and south Asia. There has been speculation that the sheer number of cables being cut over such a short period was too much of a coincidence and that sabotage must have been involved. India’s Flag telecom revealed on February 7 that the cut to the Falcon cable between the United Arab Emirates and Oman was caused by a ship’s anchor. But mystery shrouds what caused another four reported cuts. “Some experts doubt the prevailing view that the cables were cut by accident, especially as the cables lie at great depths under the sea and are not passed over by ships,” Murshed said on the sidelines of a conference on cyber-crime held in Gulf state of Qatar. The Falcon cable has since been repaired, along with the Flag Europe Asia (FEA) cable which was damaged off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. The status of the remaining cable is still unclear.
Brian, It would really help if you included links to your sources on this very important or lucrative issue (depends on the side), moreso when UN is mentioned Asante Alex --- brian <brian@caret.net> wrote:
While the middle eastern cables are being hit (cut) by saboteurs. Another form of sabotage is being aimed at projects like our TEAMS. The article in this weeks papers give some indication but there is much more afoot as some of the "competing" cable projects try to put in all manner of blocks against our project.
Nevertheless, we shall overcome.
Brian
Via: AFP:
Damage to several undersea telecom cables that caused outages across the Middle East and Asia could have been an act of sabotage, the International Telecommunication Union said on Monday.
âWe do not want to preempt the results of ongoing investigations, but we do not rule out that a deliberate act of sabotage caused the damage to the undersea cables over two weeks ago,â the UN agencyâs head of development, Sami al-Murshed, told AFP.
Five undersea cables were damaged in late January and early February leading to disruption to Internet and telephone services in parts of the Middle East and south Asia.
There has been speculation that the sheer number of cables being cut over such a short period was too much of a coincidence and that sabotage must have been involved.
Indiaâs Flag telecom revealed on February 7 that the cut to the Falcon cable between the United Arab Emirates and Oman was caused by a shipâs anchor. But mystery shrouds what caused another four reported cuts.
âSome experts doubt the prevailing view that the cables were cut by accident, especially as the cables lie at great depths under the sea and are not passed over by ships,â Murshed said on the sidelines of a conference on cyber-crime held in Gulf state of Qatar.
The Falcon cable has since been repaired, along with the Flag Europe Asia (FEA) cable which was damaged off Egyptâs Mediterranean coast. The status of the remaining cable is still unclear.
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My best bet is always http://www.google.com :-D But just in case mouse-clicks are bit tiring: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080218/technology/gulf_mideast_internet B On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:55:53 -0800 (PST), Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru@yahoo.com> wrote:
Brian,
It would really help if you included links to your sources on this very important or lucrative issue (depends on the side), moreso when UN is mentioned
Asante
Alex
--- brian <brian@caret.net> wrote:
While the middle eastern cables are being hit (cut) by saboteurs. Another form of sabotage is being aimed at projects like our TEAMS. The article in this weeks papers give some indication but there is much more afoot as some of the "competing" cable projects try to put in all manner of blocks against our project.
Nevertheless, we shall overcome.
Brian
Via: AFP:
Damage to several undersea telecom cables that caused outages across the Middle East and Asia could have been an act of sabotage, the International Telecommunication Union said on Monday.
âWe do not want to preempt the results of ongoing investigations, but we do not rule out that a deliberate act of sabotage caused the damage to the undersea cables over two weeks ago,â the UN agencyâs head of development, Sami al-Murshed, told AFP.
Five undersea cables were damaged in late January and early February leading to disruption to Internet and telephone services in parts of the Middle East and south Asia.
There has been speculation that the sheer number of cables being cut over such a short period was too much of a coincidence and that sabotage must have been involved.
Indiaâs Flag telecom revealed on February 7 that the cut to the Falcon cable between the United Arab Emirates and Oman was caused by a shipâs anchor. But mystery shrouds what caused another four reported cuts.
âSome experts doubt the prevailing view that the cables were cut by accident, especially as the cables lie at great depths under the sea and are not passed over by ships,â Murshed said on the sidelines of a conference on cyber-crime held in Gulf state of Qatar.
The Falcon cable has since been repaired, along with the Flag Europe Asia (FEA) cable which was damaged off Egyptâs Mediterranean coast. The status of the remaining cable is still unclear.
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