Subsea Resource Hub

Massive growth in connectivity demand in Asia has led to increased capacity requirements, and construction of submarine and subsea cables is growing to meet this demand. An estimated $2.6 billion worth of current and future submarine cable projects are planned for completion by 2025 – here are profiles of 12 of the most important.

center3, a subsidiary of stc Group, has chosen Ciena's portfolio of solutions and technologies for its fibre pairs on the 2Africa subsea cable system.

WIOCC has put in place restoration services on the Equiano cable for its major ISP and IP Transit provider clients affected by ongoing west coast subsea cable outages.

Salam in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has teamed up with Edgnex Data Centres by Damac, Cinturion Corp (Cinturion) and Emaar to ink a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of telecoms and digital infrastructure.

Aqua Comms, Meta, Microsoft and Vodafone have completed work on the Amitié subsea cable system.

China Telecom Global (CTG) has inked a subsea capacity and connectivity agreement with Zain Omantel International (ZOI), enabling the global expansion of both companies in the Middle East and Asia Pacific.

4 - 6 February 2025 (3 February - Pre-event day)

4 - 6 February, Dubai