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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (33346)5/1/2010 10:42:53 AM
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Further to the story "Uganda: Huawei Now Ordered to Fix Fibre-Optic Errors" at #msg-26481650, the article below goes deeper into the nature of the alleged 'wrong' cable specification being used:
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Uganda: Nation Lays Wrong ICT Cable - Experts
AllAfrica | 4 April 2010

Kampala — UGANDA is laying the wrong fibre optic cable for the national backbone infrastructure, local and international experts have said. Uganda is using the G652 type whereas it should be using G655 for the kind of data Uganda will need to transmit. But despite instructions from the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Parliament to halt the second phase until the technical issues have been resolved, the Chinese company, Huawei Technologies, has refused to stop.

Cont.: allafrica.com

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