FOA visited in UAE and Lebanon in May 2012. Jim Hayes and Zenon deSilva of Etisalat Academy pose with a poster for the Dubai seminar.
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Etisalat Academy provided a great theater for our seminar and invited many of their customers.
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Etisalat has brought FTTH to over 1 million subscribers in UAE making it the second highest FTTH rate in the world. In doing so, they have used some unique components like this special drop cable.
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This is a 3M closure for connecting distribution cables to drop cables.
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An Etisalat FTTH fiber distribution hub in the Spice Market in Dubai
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Our other school in Dubai, eSharp, held two seminars, one in Dubai, where Jim Hayes is speaking.
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The attendees of the eSharp seminar in Dubai.
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eSharp also held a seminar in Abu Dhabi which was well attended.
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ESharp personnel with Jim and Karen, from left, K. Ganesan, Cliff Walker, P.R. Rajendranath, Karen, Jim and Kinneri Nair
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In Beirut, the seminar was hosted by the Ministry of Telecommunications
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Christine Beylouni of the FTTH Council MENA was our hostess and arranged everything
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Gamal Hegazy of Alcatel-Lucent and a board member of the FTTH Council MENA talked about the advantages of FTTH
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There was much discussion of local projects during breaks in the seminar.
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The audience listens attentively to Jim Hayes.
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Beitmisk is a planned community that will include FTTH. George Faddoul and Sleiman Faras Farah show Christine the planned development.
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Ogero, the Beirut telco, has plans ready for FTTH as soon as approved by the government.
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