Cable
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Telecom cable workers at Prysmian Group’s Bishopstoke factory in the UK are preparing for a potential strike over potential job cut plans. -
Exa Infrastructure has signed an agreement with Ultranet to construct a 175 km fibre route connecting two of Italy’s key data hubs.
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Iraq is set to boost its international connectivity with the landing of the Fibre in Gulf (FIG) subsea cable, following a new agreement between the country’s Ministry of Communications and Qatar’s Ooredoo Group.
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AFR-IX Telecom has secured a €14.3 million grant from the European Commission to extend the Medusa Subsea Cable System into West Africa.
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President Trump’s broadside of tariffs on semiconductors and optical fibre products has forced firms around the globe to scramble — except one, which claims that even with 200% tariffs, operators would still be better off.
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Swedish authorities are investigating a suspected cable break off the coast of Gotland, the latest in a series of incidents affecting undersea infrastructure in the region.
Forthcoming events
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Digicel has deployed Infinera’s GX Series, featuring Infinera’s ICE6 800G and FlexILS solutions, to light the Deep Blue One subsea cable connecting French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago.
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IOEMA Fibre has announced a new submarine cable that will link key markets across Northern Europe.
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Niklas Lindqvist, Nordic General Manager at Onnec believes data centre operators on the race to deliver capacity
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Unitirreno Submarine Networks has secured landing permits in strategic locations including Mazara del Vallo, Genoa and Rome.
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David Coughlan, CEO of SubCom, talks to Capacity about the challenges of working in the Red Sea
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Global Independent Connect Limited (GICL), a subsidiary of IHS Holding, has completed the rollout of more than 10,000km of fibre optic cables across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
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The new route will connect London with Ostend and increase cross-channel reliability.
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PLDT confirms the launch of the Philippines segment of the US-Transpacific Jupiter subsea cable system.
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Farice and Far North Digital (FND) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the joint marketing and sales of its combined connectivity between Japan and Iceland.
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Another subsea takes to the sea, this time in Asia. Capacity speaks to Dr Erwei Lin, director & executive vice president of China Mobile International Limited (CMI), about the newly announced SEA-H2X subsea cable.
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A shortage of cable ships is hurting the subsea industry’s booming demand for new fibre routes to serve hyperscalers. Alan Burkitt-Gray investigates
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Ocean Networks has been selected by the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii (RCUH)to conduct research on fibre optic cable routing and site locations for new cable landing stations.
