‘MoC completes 72% of Fiber Device Replacement Project’

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KUWAIT CITY, Oct 25: According to informed sources at the Ministry of Communications, 72 percent of the project to complete the first phase of the Fiber Device Replacement Project had been completed as of the beginning of September. The terminal devices had been installed for a number of completed plots amounting to 6,060, with 4,000 plots remaining. A total of eight live devices had also been installed. The sources explained that the project targeted seven areas – Bidaa, Rumaithiya, Salwa, Fintas Agricultural, Salmiya, Ras Salmiya, and the Capital.

The project aims to develop the landline network and convert it from the old copper network to a high-speed fiber optic network in order to improve the quality of telephone and Internet services. The project work was not assigned to the contractor through the work order system, but rather all the work was assigned to him for completion, given that the live devices are subject to the ministry’s supervision. The contractor’s completion of the installation and operation of the peripheral devices is subject to what the ministry has indicated on the NGN systems regarding the installation and activation of the devices.

There was no need for the works to be based on the work order system, considering that these works would be carried out without any financial cost to the ministry. On the other hand, the ministry has two projects within the development plan for the current fiscal year, the first is the major optical network (third phase) at a total amount of KD 2.312 million. The rate of completion of design, planning, and study reached 85 percent. As for the second project, it is for restructuring the post office for a total amount of one million dinars.

By Mohammed Ghanem
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff

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