Alcatel

As a world leader in the high-speed access and optical transport market, Alcatel is a major player in the area of telecommunications and the Internet.

Alcatel has been operating in Australia for more than 100 years and is part of the Alcatel group which has operations in over 130 countries and more than 130,000 employees. Alcatel's global position as a leader in communications technology includes the manufacture and deployment of specialized undersea cables for the worldwide market, with sales totaling more than $31 billion in 2000. The United States was its largest market (23%), Europe contributed 51%, Asia 8% and the rest of the world 18%.

The optical fiber submarine cable site in Port Botany has shipped over 75,000 kilometers of submarine cable for SND projects around the world, with a total export value of more than 1.6 billion Australian dollars.

To assist in the efficient loading of fiber cables into ships at the Sydney Australia Submarine plant, Alcatel has installed a Clear-Com Party-line Intercom System which may be adapted and relocated to suit each particular loading operation.

Interfacing to existing 2-way radio bases has increased the flexibility of the system with mobile operational personnel being able to communicate with wall- and desk-mounted intercom stations throughout the plant. The 2 channels of 2-wire screened cabling throughout the plant enables talk/listen stations to be simply added or removed as required.