Indian Railways as Cable and Internet Provider

wirecableMay 28, 2015June 17, 2015

May 28, 2015June 17, 2015

RailTel would be eyeing mostly the non-metro areas not considered by many MSOs as profitable April 23, 2015 Indian Railways is set to become your neighborhood cable and broadband service provider. Its arm RailTel Corp would soon take the project nationwide, which till now was being tested in southern states.......

The Growth of Electrical & Electronic Industry at 11.47 Percent in Q3FY14: IEEMA

wirecableMay 28, 2015June 17, 2015

May 28, 2015June 17, 2015

Cable, low voltage and high voltage switchgears were the major drivers of the sector March 18, 2015 The electrical and industrial electronics industry witnessed a growth of 11.47 per cent during October-December 2014 although the sector continued to be plagued by high imports, according to industry body IEEMA. “Although high......

Govt plans to spend Rs. 800 cr on undersea cable link to Andamans

wirecableJuly 3, 2014August 2, 2014

July 3, 2014August 2, 2014

April 1, 2014 To improve telecommunications connectivity with the distant Andaman and Nicobar, located about 1,000 km from Chennai, the government has proposed an undersea cable link to the Union territory’s nine main islands at an estimated cost of Rs. 800 crore. The project will be implemented by Andaman and......

Bharti Expands i2i Submarine Cable with Ciena

wirecableJuly 3, 2014August 2, 2014

July 3, 2014August 2, 2014

March 19, 2014 Ciena Corporation, the network specialist, announced that i2i, a venture of Bharti Airtel Limited, has completed a submarine network upgrade spanning from India to Singapore using Ciena’s converged packet optical and network management solutions. The upgrade leverages a flexible 100G ROADM-based infrastructure that has enabled Bharti to......

Technical Articles

High Temperature Thermoplastics Polyurethanes for Cable Jacketing Applications

wirecableMarch 28, 2014July 16, 2021

March 28, 2014July 16, 2021

The temperature rating of jacketing material is very important for cable applications. Temperature rating helps users determine operating range of cable products. There are several ways one can determine temperature rating of cable products. One of the widely used methods is to assign temperature rating according to UL 1581. Until......

Headlines Special Feature

WIRE AND CABLE INDUSTRY’S YOUNG TURKS

wirecableJanuary 7, 2014July 31, 2021

January 7, 2014July 31, 2021

Meet the exceptional young achievers in wire and cable industry who have distinguished themselves before rallying the troops. The Wire and Cable in India (WCI) team recently identified and interviewed wire and cable industry’s young achievers who are currently taking the lead in the industry. Full of ambition and energy......

Headlines Interviews

NIEHOFF Gruppe Turns a New Leaf

wirecableDecember 2, 2013August 2, 2021

December 2, 2013August 2, 2021

Last September, the Wire and Cable India (WCI) team had a friendly conversation with three stalwarts of NIEHOFF Gruppe – Heinz Rockenhauser, outgoing president/chief executive officer; Arnd Kulaczewski, incoming president/chief executive officer; and Daniel Thomas, managing director, Niehoff of India – at wire and Tube Southeast Asia 2013 – 10th......

Corning Celebrates Opening Ceremony of Optical Fibre Plant in India

wirecableNovember 27, 2013January 6, 2014

November 27, 2013January 6, 2014

Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan inaugurates the Corning facility at Chakan September 26, 2013 Corning Incorporated hosted an inauguration ceremony for its new optical fibre manufacturing facility in India. Located in Chakan, near Pune, in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) Phase II industrial park, the plant is the Company’s first......

News Wire & Cable News

Marking the establishment of Lapp’s first very own cable factory fifty years ago

wirecableNovember 27, 2013August 2, 2021

November 27, 2013August 2, 2021

October 3, 2013 Oskar Lapp (1921-1987) was not only an ingenious inventor, but also a passionate entrepreneur: he developed the first industrially manufactured control cable with coloured cores and, with the support of his wife Ursula Ida, he ensured that within a very short period of time his new product......

Industry once again looking for an encouraging wire & Tube China show

wirecableSeptember 1, 2012September 13, 2012

September 1, 2012September 13, 2012

Asia’s No.1 wire, cable, tube and pipe industry exhibitions, the 5th All China – International Wire & Cable Industry Trade Fair (wire China 2012) and the 5th All China – International Tube & Pipe Industry Trade Fair (Tube China 2012) will be held concurrently again in Shanghai New International Expo......