21.   Smith added that this, however, is not the scenario today as the cost of implementing optical fibre systems and LAN equipment is still high.

22.   The division managed to secure a number of contracts to supply optical fibre cables to the local market.

23.   Using one of the most advanced optical fibre technologies available, the Flag cable will provide high-bandwidth transmission capacity to PTTs and international carriers.

24.   While Bright Packaging is established in the packaging business, it is still relatively unknown in the optical fibre and cables business abroad.

25.   AT and T executive Walter Fulcher told AFP that the only major optical fibre cable to Africa currently runs through the Atlantic from South Africa to Europe.

26.   Foreign investors focused on shipbuilders, optical fibre makers and constructors, all of them regarded as laggards.

27.   It has already announced that it is trying to exploit an under-used optical fibre cable to enter the telecommunications business.

28.   The company has closed its factory making optical fibre cable in Aurangabad in the state of Maharashtra and sold off its telecommunications division in Bangalore.