General Cable wins $100 million contract in Indonesia

Highland Heights-based General Cable Corporation's (GCC) subsidiary, Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke GmbH (NSW), and repeater technology partner, Fujitsu, have a new $100 million deal on the books. It entails laying 1,000 miles of pipe off the coast of Indonesia. GCC was awarded this massive submarine fiber optic communications link project, called JaKa2LaDeMa, by PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk (PT Telecom).

This project is the first underwater high-bandwidth cable project of its kind for several Indonesian islands:  Kalmiantan, Sulawesi, Java, Bali and Lombok. NSW will provide the cable, among other resources, while Fujitsu supplies cutting edge terminal equipment, repeaters, branching unit system integration and other services. 

This project grew out of GCC's 2007 acquirement of NSW and its increased investment in its submarine capabilities.  From its deep-sea pier located on a tributary of the North Sea, NSW is ideally suited to further develop this submarine cable laying vision.

This substantial submarine venture is expected to reach completion in the first quarter of 2010.  GCC is expected to receive $80 million for its part in the project.