CASE STUDY: Hungary, January/February 2007

Client name: T-Com Hungary (MATAV)

Project location:  area of Budapest (capital city)

Length of project:   46,000 feet (8.7 miles)

Time frame of project:  6 weeks

Problem solved:  City permits required for excavation would take months to secure

Description: T-Com needed to complete a fiber ring around Budapest and connect the industrial area for redundancy.

Testimonial: T-Com project completed in 6 weeks instead of 9 months

Cable type: lead cable, paper core wrap and pulp insulated conductors



CASE STUDY: Austria, February 2006

Client name:  Telekom Austria

Project location:  Linz (city in Upper Austria)

Length of project:  2,789 feet (0.5 miles)

Time frame of project:  3 days

Problem solved: Congested duct run between two central offices with no space ducts and cable could not be removed from ducts by conventional methods

Description: Telekom wanted to connect the two offices with fiber in their conduit without digging up and repairing the existing conduit under city streets

Testimonial: Telekom project completed in 3 days instead of the projected 3 months to repair the conduit

Cable type: lead cable sheath, paper core wrap and pulp insulated conductors



CASE STUDY:
Germany, 2006

Client name:   T-Com Germany (Deutsche Telekom)

Project location:  area of Stuttgart (bigger city)

Length of project:  5,000 feet (0.95 miles)

Time frame of project:  1 week

Problem solved:  Normal excavation not an option

Description: T-Com wanted to connect the industrial area and the PORSCHE (sports cars) company.

Testimonial: T-Com project completed with minimal digging, completed in 1 week

Cable type: lead cable with PVC jacket, paper core wrap and pulp insulated conductors




CASE STUDY: Luxembourg, 2007

Client name:  Luxembourg Telekom

Project location:  area of Luxembourg City (capital city)

Length of project:  24,600 feet (4.66 miles)

Time frame of project:   3 weeks

Problem solved: Permits for digging required 4 months, some areas digging is not possible

Description: Project is part of the country wide system upgrade being built by Telekom.

Testimonial: T-Com project completed in 4 weeks instead of the estimated 4 months to complete the project.

Cable type: aluminium cable with PVC jacket and aluminium wrapping





CASE STUDY: UK, 2007

Client name:  British Telekom

Project location:  Southampton

Length of project: 4,100 feet (.78 miles)

Time frame of project:  3 days

Problem solved:  Permits to dig required 6 months

Description: BT wanted to upgrade part of the city to fiber

Testimonial: BT project completed in 3 days instead of the projected 7 months for the project

Cable type: lead cable with PVC jacket and paper wrapping