Electrastar have undertaken a major operation with one of their key Hull based clients, Arco Ltd. Arco is the UK’s leading supplier of personal protective equipment, workwear and workplace safety products. As such it is widely recognised as a provider of expert advice, services and safety solutions for businesses in every market sector. Founded in 1884, the Hull-based, 4th generation family business has an expanding 40-strong branch network and over 110,00 customers. Recent investment saw the North East regional office in Blaydon, Newcastle, undergo a complete refurbishment in which Electrastar played a key part in making the major changes a success.

A method may be emerging for East African countries to circumvent the mess in telecommunications in the region - and it is rising out of the sea, the BBC Reports.

Developed countries in Europe embraced fibre-optic technology several years ago at which time Electrastar Directors, Brendon Jackson and Lee Harrison spent over 18 months commissioning long haul fibre optic links to most major cities across Europe, and now including North America and Asia, the western world boasts over 500 cables.

In Paris on September 28, 2009, Alcatel-Lucent announced that scientists have set a new optical transmission record of more than 100 Petabits per second, kilometre (This can be expressed as 100 million Gigabits per second, kilometre). In layman's terms, this transmission speed is the equivalent of sending 400 DVD's per second over a transoceanic cable.

The test was made over a cable 7,000 Kilometers in length which is roughly the distance between Paris and Chicago. This is the highest capacity ever achieved over a transoceanic distance and represents an increase that exceeds that of today's most advanced commercial undersea cables by a factor of ten.

Electrastar's Networking dictionary provides a useful resource for networking terms. There have been more items added recently and it is a glossary of items relating to Fibre Optics and Networking. The dictionary is part of the Technical Page of the website where you can also find a useful explanation of IP Ratings and Fibre Optic Cable types. Click Here to visit the Networking Dictionary

Internet service provider BT will begin rolling out its fibre optic broadband technology to commercial customers next year. FTTH, the company's fibre to the home service will be made available for the first time in January 2010, and by early summer hopes to have 1.5 million subscribers. The UK have in the past been accused of lagging behind in the fibre optic broadband stakes. Currently the UK is not even in the top ten of European nations providing Fibre To The Home. Countries such as Slovenia, Lithuania and Andorra, rank well above the UK.