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The coastline of Dubai is rapidly changing as The Palm islands emerge from the sea.  Today, the city of Dubai holds approximately 1.5 million people.  In 2015 this number is expected to have been increased to 3 million.  Dubai is currently the fastest growing metropolis on earth.  To promote tourism, three Palm islands was built by Nakheel in the waters of the Arabian Gulf.  Construction on The Palm Jebel Ali began last year.  The Palm Jumeirah consists of a trunk, a crown with 17 fronds, and a surrounding crescent island that forms an 11 kilometer-long breakwater.  The island itself is 5 by 5 kilometers and will add 78 kilometers to the Dubai coastline.  The Palm Jumeirah is primarily a retreat for tourists and a residential area for living, relaxation and leisure.  It will contain more than 30 five star hotel brands, three types of residential villas, shoreline apartment buildings, beaches, marinas, restaurants, cafes and a variety of retail outlets.  Dutch involvement in The Palm construction is high because of their vast knowledge and long history of building dikes and other waterworks.  Optelecom-NKF, a company with branches all over the world including the Netherlands, was awarded an order from Siemens Building Technologies -- Security Systems to supply state-of- the-art digital fiber optic transmission equipment in order to monitor the residential areas on The Palm Jumeirah.  The cameras which are located on the fronds are connected to a single control center in the trunk of the palm.  The system consists of more than 200 video and data modules to be used in the security network.  Because of its small TX footprint and high picture quality, Optelecom-NKF’s Up-the-FiberTM (UTF) system was chosen.  The UTF series provides high-quality; 9-bit digitized video transmission over extended distances.  In this case, the UTF works with one single-mode optical fiber.  The system features a potential free contact to transport alarms from the camera (anti-tamper or door contact).  The miniature stand-alone transmitters are suitable to be used within outdoor camera housings or camera connection boxes and are managed with Optelecom-NKF’s Smart Network Management (SNMTM).

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