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Recent damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has sparked fears of sabotage, but experts urge caution before assigning blame. -
UK energy regulator Ofgem has greenlit five new subsea energy links in the North Sea.
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Internet Exchange operator DE-CIX has partnered with submarine cable firm GCX to resell the IX’s India’s services to end global end customers.
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Angola Cables has launched a European subsidiary, TelCables Europe, to bring its digital solutions to customers across Europe and the Mediterranean.
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The development of Indonesia Cable Express System 2 (ICE System 2) will boost Indonesia's infrastructure
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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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Qualcomm has unveiled a drone platform that offers 5G and AI capabilities in a bid to boost the development of commercial, enterprise and industrial drones.
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Kenyan operator Safaricom has teamed up with Nokia, UNICEF, and the country’s ministries of education and ICT to connect close to 90 primary schools serving 33,000 pupils to the internet in rural and informal urban settlements.
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Neos Networks has completed its local full fibre network project in Perth, Scotland, ahead of schedule.
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BT Group has named Adam Crozier as its new chairman from 1 December, succeeding Jan du Plessis.
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Veon has added a new face to its leadership line-up after appointing Michael Schulz to the role of group chief people officer.
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Vodafone Idea saw revenue fall by 4.7% quarter-on-quarter to INR91.5 billion (€1 billion) in the three months to the end of June.
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Facebook and Amazon have sought US government approval to operate a new subsea cable connecting Philippines and California.
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Google and Facebook have announced that they are to build Apricot, a new subsea cable connecting Singapore, Japan, Guam, the Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia.
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Vocus has announced plans to deliver the first international subsea cable connection into Darwin, Australia.
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The 2Africa consortium announces the addition of four new branches to the 2Africa subsea cable.
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British satellite operator Inmarsat is launching a "major upgrade" to its L-band services, which it said would offer faster speeds, and bring new opportunities in industrial IoT and maritime services.
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Satellite operators Telesat has secured C$1.44 billion in investment from the Canadian government, which it said represents a "major milestone" towards completing the financing of Telesat Lightspeed.
