Arctic
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Viasat confirms that the second satellite in its upcoming Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission has completed thermal vacuum testing at its Northrop Grumman's Dulles, Virginia site.
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The first fibre-optic cable across the Arctic has found its first investor, the consortium behind the US$1.15 billion plan said.
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Far North Fiber’s Ethan Berkowitz tells Alan Burkitt-Gray that Japanese, US and European businesses have teamed up to build the first cross-Arctic cable, which will cut latency between Europe and Japan by 100ms
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Three companies, in Europe, the US and Japan, have formally created the company they hope will build the first Arctic cable.
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Finland's Cinia and Japan's ARTERIA Networks (ARTERIA) have formed a joint collaboration to build a subsea cable system linking Europe and Asia through the Arctic.
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Satellite telco OneWeb is continuing its foray into the Arctic, this time with a Canadian company, Rock Networks.
Forthcoming events
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The US Air Force has emerged as a significant customer for UK/Indian satellite network OneWeb, saying it will use it for Arctic services.
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OneWeb has announced a new distributor partnership with Pacific Dataport Inc (PDI), a supplier of satellite communication systems in Alaska.
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Quintillion Networks and ATLAS Space Operations have announced plans to build ground station in Utqiagvik, Alaska.
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Huawei is to build a broadband wireless network for two companies in the far north of Canada, but the UK has delayed its decision on whether the company should be allowed to build its 5G networks.
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Cinia, a Finnish designer, builder and operator of intelligent network solutions, and MegaFon have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a new subsea cable in the Arctic.
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Elizabeth Ann Pierce, former CEO of the Quintillion subsea cable project around Alaska, has pleaded guilty to using fraud to persuade investors to back the scheme.
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As telecoms operators look for new routes with lower latencies, the idea of a cable running through the Arctic to connect west to east is being revisited. Quintillion’s Fiber System and the hotly anticipated Artic Connect are leading the way in the region.