Submarine cable
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No evidence has been found to suggest that the Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3 intentionally damaged two subsea cables last November, Sweden’s Accident Investigation Authority (SHK) has ruled. -
Leading European telecoms and cable infrastructure companies have called on EU, UK, and NATO leaders to step up co-operation to protect the continent’s subsea cable networks, citing growing geopolitical threats and the need for enhanced resilience.
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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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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.
Forthcoming events
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Cengiz Oztelcan, CEO at Gulf Bridge International (GBI), explains how GBI is bringing end users to the forefront of the subsea cable market and transforming its operations to deliver optimised digital experiences.
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The EllaLink Group and Portugal’s Global Parks are partnering to promote the Sines Tech - Innovation & Data Centre Hub in Sines, Portugal.
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Ciena has completed a significant upgrade to the South East Asia – Middle East – Western Europe 5 (SEA-ME-WE 5) submarine cable system to support enterprise data exchange, internet TV, and online gaming.
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The 4,700km Coral Sea cable from Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands has landed in Australia and should be ready for service in December.
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Global Cloud Xchange has received quotes from three vendors for its Eagle cable but won’t let the contract until its future is settled.
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Tom Peters and Robert Waterman promoted the phrase ‘Sticking to the knitting’ during the 1980’s and covered this concept in detail in their international best-selling book “In Search of Excellence”.
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Infinera has boosted Orange's Kanawa subsea cable capacity to 10Tbps for its existing customers, operators and internet content providers.
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EllaLink Group and Emacom have announced today that their partnership on the EllaLink subsea system has extended further in order to meet the growing capacity demands of the islands of Madeira.
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Network Atlas has announced the creation of a Global Advisory Board made of industry experts in multiple disciplines as it prepares for its launch later this month.
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Claim your path. This was one of the key overarching messages during Subsea Americas in Florida. The event saw the inaugural launch of Women in Subsea, a new networking initiative chaired by Amy Marks of Xsite Modular and Naaz Bax of Seaborn Networks.
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Orange has officially launched its Kanawa subsea cable system, linking French Guiana with Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean.
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Bahrain’s Batelco has enhanced its Gulf network by adding a new protected route over the network.
