Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has completed the extension of 394 kilometres of Fibre Optic (FO) ducts in 2021 across different areas in Dubai.
This increased the total length of these cable ducts since 2015 and until the end of last year to 3,275 kilometres. The external FO ducts protect and direct all Fibre Optic Cables in communication, data transfer and remote operations. This enhances DEWA’s infrastructure of FO and its smart grid and accelerates its digital transformation.
The FO ducts development in DEWA’s infrastructure is part of the InfraX project, one of Digital DEWA’s subsidiaries, the digital arm of DEWA. This enables VSaaS and the Virtual Desktop Interface, which is provided via the digital platform of Data Hub Integrated Solutions (MORO), also a subsidiary of Digital DEWA.
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA, said that the project is part of DEWA’s continuous efforts to expand the Fibre Optic (FO) network, which is reliable, safe and has a high speed.Â
DEWA’s FO network supports the InfraX Network Operations Centre, which it implemented in collaboration with Huawei, to provide pioneering digital services, and enhance smart services and Digital DEWA’s data-centre and cloud-computing value-added services.
The fibre network also plays a crucial role in ensuring the continuity of innovation communication services with international standards and expanding its use. This is through partnerships with DEWA across different government organisations and business sectors to lease out a part of its dark fibre networks to provide communication services.