Submarine cable
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The Middle East has long served as a crucial hub for global internet traffic, particularly through the route south of the Arabian Peninsula and via the Suez Canal. However, recent disruptions, such as the Red Sea cable cuts, have exposed vulnerabilities in the existing infrastructure. -
Australia’s first submarine “hypercable,” SMAP, is now fully manufactured and ready for ship loading at the ASN factory in Calais, France, marking a major milestone for the country’s digital infrastructure.
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PTCL invested $59.5 million in Africa-1 submarine cable to strengthen Pakistan’s digital future
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The panel discussion at Capacity Middle East titled: How important is Africa to Middle East connectivity, explored Africa’s role in Middle East connectivity, focusing on digital transformation, infrastructure development, economic benefits, and technological advancements.
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A consortium of European telecom firms has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the development of a Pan-Arctic Cable System (PACS), aimed at boosting global digital connectivity through a resilient submarine cable network.
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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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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.
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With Capacity Latam 2021 upon us, we heard from Rafael Arranz, Chief Operating Officer at Telxius Cable Business, about the Tannat and Mistral cables, partnerships, Covid-19 impacts, and what's on the horizon at Telxius
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Telecom Egypt provides Google with a TransEgypt meshed solution and Mediterranean capacity to EuropeCairo, 04 January 2021: Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cables operators in the region, signed an agreement with Google to provide Google with the first of its kind layer three meshed solution on multiple Telecom Egypt’s redundant and resilient Egypt crossing network infrastructure.
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The English Channel is home to the busiest shipping route in the world, windfarms, and hundreds of unexploded bombs – they’re just some of the reasons why nobody has put a new subsea cable there in 20 years. But that’s all about to change. Melanie Mingas gets the details from Pioneer Consulting’s Iain Ritson
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Angola Cables CEO António Nunes has been promoted to the board of the company, just over a decade after the government of Angola invited him to join the venture.
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Avelacom has launched a new Chicago to Tokyo back-up route, linking two major financial centres and allowing for “robust trading systems among banks, exchanges and trading firms”.
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EllaLink network assures the lowest latency between Europe & Latin America.
Forthcoming events
Datacloud Asia 2025 co-located with ITW Asia
3 DECEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2025 Singapore, Singapore
