Wrapping technology developed by Russian company Telecom Transport is used to build a fiberoptic communication line in Cyprus

Cable wrapping technology for medium voltage power lines (PTL) developed by a Russian company Telecom Transport was used to build a fiberoptic communication link in Cyprus. It took only several days to install a line with a length of more than 2 km. The line has connected a high-voltage substation at a backbone PTL and a telecommunication center at the sea coast.

The technology for construction of fiberoptic communication links using existing infrastructure of 6-33 kV medium voltage power lines was patented by Telecom Transport one year ago (Russian Federation patent No. 2205486 as of May 27, 2003). A number of organizations all over the world have expressed interest in the new technology. ThunderWorx is the first company to implement it outside Russia.

"The fiberoptic cable wrapping on power lines is very elegant and cost effective solution," said Hermes Stephanou, Managing Director of ThunderWorx. "It allowed us to deploy a fully functional fiberoptic link in less than a week. It would take us several months to build a similar underground link."

"This project confirms viability of the fiber wrapping technology, equipment quality and reliability. We have proved that it is possible to use efficiently the infrastructure of PTL to fiberoptic cable installation with a speed up to 250 meters per hour," said Evgeny Gaskevich, Managing Director of Telecom Transport. "Today we have no doubt that the wrapping technology has a prosperous future both in Russia and all over the world!".

About ThunderWorx

As a licensed Electronic Communication Carrier (ECC), ThunderWorx offers innovative information and communication technology services and professional solutions, broadband networks, fixed-line and wireless communications, Internet and specialist applications for the
services sector. ThunderWorx is an industry leader and one of the fastest growing companies in Cyprus and the surrounding region, competitive and skillful in many areas of advanced communication technology.

About Telecom Transport

Telecom Transport is a leading provider of advanced networking solutions for corporate customers and telecommunication companies in Russia. Telecom Transport experts graduated from the best Russian technical universities (MIPT, MSU, MEPhI) and have been developing telecommunication systems since 1994. Telecom Transport is the pioneer in sectors such as passive optical networks (PON), multiservice Ethernet networks, video transmission systems, optical cross panels, last mile solutions, low-fiber cable systems.