Kema Test of Power Transformer Family Day In ... - Siemens Pakistan

Siemens has remained and strives to be
always a step ahead of its competition
in adapting the latest technologies in
order to cater for the increasing
technological requirements of the country.
In recent days, WiMAX has become the
keyword for any telecomm related
business, Siemens realizing the potential
of this technology has been working to
provide a better solution for it. It is already
being predicted that the impact of WiMAX
would be big so first let’s try to understand
this technology. What it is and how it will
affect our everyday life.
WiMAX is a standards-based technology
for providing high-speed, last-mile
broadband wireless connectivity to homes
and businesses. Termed as “WiFi on
Steroids”, WiMAX would enable even
more millions to access the wirelessly,
cheaply and easily, Tests say that
WiMAX wireless coverage will be
measured in square kilometers/miles.
Base stations (similar to the cell-phone
architecture) will eventually cover an
entire metropolitan area, making it a
Wireless-MAN therefore allowing true
wireless mobility within it.
“WiMAX is here to stay” this is what
telecom industry experts are saying
about this new technology in an age
where simply, anything wireless goes.
Reasons for the success of WiMAX
can be itemized as below:
1. WiMAX has the potential to do to
broadband Internet access what cell
phones have done to phone access. In
the same way that many people have
given up their "land lines" in favor of cell
phones, WiMAX could replace cable and
DSL services, providing universal Internet
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Siemens with its strong presence,
highly decorated portfolio and
qualified technical staff is ready for
WiMAX’s promotion, sales and after
sales support. With the headquarters
in Milan and Germany also available
for technical assistance, backed by
an R&D department that is renowned
for the quality of its products,
Siemens is all set to contribute in
promoting WiMAX in Pakistan.
access just about anywhere you go.
2. WiMAX will also be as painless as
WiFi, turning on your computer will
automatically connect you to the closest
available WiMAX antenna.
3. Service providers are opting for
WiMAX to compete with the circuit
switched telephone services by providing
VoIP services for their customers. This
would provide an alternate low cost
PROMOTING WIMAX IN PAKISTAN
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solution to voice calls especially
international voice calls.
Today, WiMAX remains arguably the most
highly touted emerging wireless
broadband technology. A research firm
says revenue from WiMAX equipment
sales are off to a good start, with a nearly
eight-fold increase expected this year.
According to Infonetics, which studied
the worldwide WiMAX market, equipment
revenue in 2004 totaled $16.4 million,
and is expected to increase to $124.5
million in 2005. According to Trade Group
the WiMAX market is will be worth $ 29.3
billion by the year 2008.
With such an incentive, Service Providers
are already cueing to embrace the first
release of this technology in order to
achieve market shares and enjoy for the
following years the tremendous
advantage of being the frontrunner.
By sending obsolete proprietary
standards, prices will become accessible
for a greater part of the population. This
will create a mass demand where
customer flexibility will be guaranteed by
purchasing products labeled “WiMAX
Certified”
Siemens Mobile has strategically opted
for nothing less than the full compliance
to IEEE standards as well as full
adherence to Forum guidelines. As
evidence of this decision, Siemens
products are in the first batch of vendors
participating tests and the executive
management openly declares the intention
of maintaining this technological edge in
the future evolution.
Siemens has set the pace for this
emerging market and recently succeeded
in completing the first live data transfer
with SkyMAX (Siemens solution to
WiMAX), a new end-to-end WiMAX
solution based on the IEEE 802.16-2004
standard, in its test lab in Milan, Italy.
During the live link between a modem
and a base station in the 3.5 GHz
frequency spectrum, data was transmitted
“
The Scope for WiMAX is quite
promising here in Pakistan, as several
operators are showing their interest
in implementing this technology” says
a senior official at Siemens. “The
WiMAX Forum's certification program
has launched, and the first fully
compliant “WiMAX Certified”
labeled gear will ship shortly.
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at a top speed of up to 12 megabits per
second in 3.5 MHz bandwidth.
Transmission rates as high as this had
only previously been achieved with early
proprietary systems. Siemens will
therefore be one of the world's
first companies to offer standardcompliant
WiMAX radio networks,
including end devices, to fixed
and mobile network operators.
SkyMAX modems use Intel’s
PRO/Wireless 5116 chip, the first
on-chip system for WiMAX that
is based on the IEEE 802.16-2004
standard.
The connection between the
SkyMAX base stations and a
number of modems was tested in
a non-line-of-sight setup. The
results demonstrated that
SkyMAX is able to deliver services
such as Web browsing, video
streaming, VoIP and file transfers
with a guaranteed level of quality
even when the radio link between sender
and receiver includes obstacles like trees
or buildings.
More recently Siemens Communications
and the government-owned
telecommunications operator BEST in
Belarus have signed a memorandum of
understanding for the delivery of the
WiMAX solution.
“The Scope for WiMAX is quite promising
here in Pakistan, as several operators are
showing their interest in implementing this
technology” says a senior official at
Siemens. “The WiMAX
Forum'sÊcertification program has
launched, and the first fully compliant
“WiMAX Certified” labeled gear will ship
shortly”.
Siemens with its strong presence, highly
decorated portfolio and qualified technical
staff is ready for WiMAX’s promotion,
sales and after sales support. With the
headquarters in Milan and Germany also
available for technical assistance, backed
by an R&D department that is renowned
for the quality of its products, Siemens
is all set to contribute in promoting WiMAX
in Pakistan.
PTD NATURALIST CLUB
ACQUIRES
GLOBAL FAME
PTD naturalist club that was started by
some enthusiasts to promote outdoor
activity for healthier minds and bodies
has now acquired global fame through
the global Siemens newsletter Siemens
World. In the latest issue of Siemens world
our PTD naturalist club proudly proclaims
Siemens Germany
established Asia’s
first transformer
factory in Pakistan
in the year 1962.
Initially upto mid
80s Siemens
Pakistan were
producing only
Distribution Transformers. However
production of Power Transformers (145
kV / 60 MVA) was added in the mid of
1980. In the early 1990 Siemens
established the Power Transformer’s
factory in China for voltage of above
100 kV upto 250 kV. Considering the
growth of the transformers business
in the region Siemens is now
establishing a new transformer factory
in our neighboring country India, near
Mumbai exclusively for Power
Transformer for voltage rating above
220 kV and making a huge investment
around 30 million Euro.
The manufacturing facility in Pakistan
is also being upgraded for 220 kV level
and Distribution Transformer will be
continued to be produce only in
Pakistan.
In a recently concluded R&D meeting
of PTD T at Nuernberg, the
our presence at a height of 8,611 meters.
With a picture taken by Mr. Stefan Mariel
of PTD Munich this is what Siemens World
had to say about our sign
EXCERPT FROM SIEMENS WORLD
It is common knowledge that as a global
player, Siemens has a presence (almost)
everywhere in the world.
However the existence of
a Siemens branch in this
remote mountain village
on Pakistan's Karakorum
Highway, as revealed by
the hand-written signage,
is likely to surprise even
company insiders. After
all, this "Agency" lies close
to K2 - at 8,611 meters, the
world's second-highest peak
after Mount Everest - in a
region boasting the greatest
number of six-, seven- and
eight-thousand meter peaks
on the planet. But while the
location of this unexpected Siemens
outpost is "highly" exotic, its name certainly
is not, since the word Karakorum
TECHNOLOGY BEYOND BOUNDARIES
By S.M. Imran Qasim BU TR
Engineering Managers of all the
transformers factories discussed the
future technology trend and R&D
requirement for PT & DT for the growth
of the transformer business. Mr.
Varkey, Chief of Engineering
Department, Transformers, Siemens
India along with his eight Engineers,
was also in contact with the author.
These experienced Engineering
people are hired by Siemens India
from their different competitors and
they are going through the training
phases in our Nuernberg factory.
Siemens India has got order of auto
transformer of 100 MVA, 220/132 kV
and these engineers are designing
this transformer in
N u e r n b e r g
considering
S i e m e n s
technology.
Transformer
Engineers of
Siemens Pakistan
are in a good
position to share
the design
information with
Indian colleagues
on 220 kV level.
And look forward
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translates simply as "Black Gravel."
SOME ACTIVITIES OF PTD
NATURALIST CLUB
Swimming: Training sessions for
Colleagues and their families
Sight Seeing: A bird watching session
was arranged
Wild Life Activities: Sand arrangement
done for crocodiles in Manghopir pond
Hiking: Two expeditions on K2 have been
carried out
Cricket: Many matches have been held
internally and with other companies
Bowling Competition: Planned in the near
future
The club now has members also from
other Siemens groups and is solidly on
the way to the top as the story above also
bears out.
for the possibilities of information
sharing on higher voltages and MVA
rating in near future.
This Best Practice Sharing opportunity
will increase in future when
relationships of the two neighboring
countries improve. This will bring good
opportunity for Siemens Pakistan
which can strengthen its synergy in
South East Asia and may lead in
starting business for the medium
voltage rating from Pakistan to India
and extra high voltage transformers
from India to Pakistan in future. This
will also support procurement of
competitive quality raw materials from
India and make our product more
competitive.
Mr. Imran Qasim (3 rd from right) with Mr. Kirchenmayer (4 th from right)
Mr. Varkey (2 nd from right) and Siemens India design team