Submarine cable
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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. -
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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Colt Technology Services (Colt) has expanded its US digital infrastructure with a new direct route for the Apollo South Transatlantic subsea cable, now landing at the New Jersey Fibre Exchange (NJFX).
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The Middle East's data centre market is experiencing unprecedented growth, with projections indicating that it will double by 2030. This surge is driven by increasing multi-tenant data centre requirements, government digital transformation initiatives, cloud adoption, and hyperscaler investments.
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Hila Sasson, director of product marketing at Windward, discusses the rising threats to undersea cables, the role of AI in maritime security, and how real-time monitoring is transforming risk prevention.
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The global gaming industry has witnessed unprecedented growth over recent years, with the Middle East emerging as a significant player in this dynamic sector. As of today, the gaming market in the region is valued at $500 million and is forecasted to double to $1 billion by 2029.
Forthcoming events
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A US$5.7m dispute between the government of Tonga and satellite company Kacific is delaying moves to provide internet and phone services until the islands’ subsea cables are restored.
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Cinia has teamed with Far North Digital to build a fibre optic cable station that will link Europe and Asia through the Arctic.
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Southern Cross Cable Network (SX) has completed the marine lay portion of its new Southern Cross NEXT (SX NEXT) cable branch into Kiritimati, Kiribati.
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CrossChannel Fibre, the Canadian-owned fibre company, has completed the landing of the first UK-to-France subsea cable in the English Channel for more than 20 years.
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Crosslake Fibre’s new connection across the English channel began its journey from England to France this morning.
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Djibouti Telecom is ramping up the capacity of the Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1) network with Ciena, helping to increase digitisation in East Africa.
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Total international bandwidth more than quadrupled between 2016 and 2020, to exceed 2 Pbps.
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The new Europe-to-India cable that Aqua Comms will manage will be the first of a number of new subsea investments by the company’s owner, Digital 9 Infrastructure.
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TeleGeography has identified more than US$8 billion in new subsea cable investments over the next three years in the new version of its submarine cable map.
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A new subsea cable, IONIAN, is being constructed by IslaLink and Elettra.
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Q&A interview with Şükrü Kutlu, chief executive officer, Türk Telekom International.
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The global pandemic has accelerated the already massive demand for bandwidth as consumers intensified their use of streaming services and enterprises migrated to cloud collaboration platforms. This whitepaper outlines what strategies and technologies MNOs and telcos should consider to drive success in view of these latest capacity trends.
