Submarine cable
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Almost two weeks on from the undersea cable cuts that have blighted connectivity in 12 African countries, the Nigerian Communications Commission demands action.
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46 year-old Matera, lives with his wife and two sons in Sicily
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Laws regulating subsea cables have largely remained unchanged for over the past 100 years, but why?
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For this episode of The C-Suite Hotseat, senior reporter Saf Malik is joined by Steve Alexander, senior vice president and chief technology officer, Ciena.
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Submarine cables are all about connecting different parts of the world. As a historical hub between east and west, the Middle East region has long been a crossing point for the world’s undersea connectivity – particularly through Egypt, which runs many cables through its territory.
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Orange, Medusa, Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and Elettra Tlc will begin work on the Medusa Submarine Cable, aimed at boosting connectivity across the Mediterranean.
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California’s MOX Networks is to build a fibre network to connect a Pacific cable landing station owned by native American community.
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GCI says it has made the final subsea fibre splice for its AU-Aleutians Fiber Project, which connects a string of islands south-west of Alaska.
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Aqua Comms’ America Europe Connect-2 (AEC-2) cable has landed in Ireland, the subsea connectivity company has announced.
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A shortage of cable ships is hurting the subsea industry’s booming demand for new fibre routes to serve hyperscalers. Alan Burkitt-Gray investigates
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A new submarine cable maintenance vessel will join the fleet of Nokia’s subsea cable operation, Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), on Friday.
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The US$350 million Southern Cross NEXT submarine cable that will connect Sydney, Auckland and Los Angeles has been granted provisional acceptance.
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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.