MUSCAT: The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has published an introductory video on the principles of internal communications in buildings.

“In every building, there are infrastructures that support telecom services, which in turn facilitates the delivery of telecom services to those buildings by telecom service providers,” Ibrahim Al-Maawali from the Technical Specifications Department said. 

He explained that the main principles of connections are as follows:

1) Equipping the building with connecting channels from the building wall to the main distribution box in the middle of the ground floor

2) That the extension of the cables be continuous without intermediate connections, and take into account the sizes of the cable passage pipes with future needs.

3) Separate the path of any communication cable inside the building from the electrical cables with an appropriate distance according to the electrical voltage

4) Do not install communication sockets in a place that may be exposed to moisture, dust or extreme heat

5) Not to place communication sockets in a place less than 30 cm above the floor surface.

As for single-storey residential buildings, the following is recommended:

1) Extension of Class VI copper cabling to connect the main distribution box to all telecommunication sockets through cabling ducts.

2) Provide copper cables from the main box for each wireless network device (WiFi)

As for multi-storey residential buildings, it must:

1) Providing a main distributor box on the ground floor linked to rising channels with the floor distribution boxes on each floor.

2) Providing a distribution box in each unit on the one floor with the provision of cable passage channels.

3) A communication room must be provided in the commercial building as an alternative to the main distribution box.