Zayo Group Holdings, a global communications infrastructure provider, has announced the launch of a new transatlantic route connecting Manchester to New York. This is the fastest direct network route, offering a direct subsea cable route to North America without the need to backhaul to global internet hubs in London and Paris. This will reduce transatlantic... Read More
Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy, has announced the deployment of state-of-the-art technologies supplied by Infinera and Nokia on its global optical terrestrial and subsea networks. The move aims to enhance its offering and meet the increasing market demand worldwide. Also Read: Vocus Rolls Out Final Segment of Its DJSC Subsea Cable Increase in Transmission Capacity Sparkle's deployment of C band + L band ("C+L") photonic nodes on the... Read More
Mauritius Telecom strengthens its very high-speed internet connectivity with the implementation of its third subsea cable of the latest technology, the T3 cable. Mauritius Telecom (MT) announced the landing of the T3 cable last Friday, on March 24. The contracted supplier ASN and cable ship CS Teliri connected the first end of the cable to the landing station in the south of Mauritius (Bay Jacotet). Also Read: Du and Omantel Launch... Read More
SEACOM, Africa's leading telecommunications and managed services provider, announced that it has launched its services on the Equiano subsea cable, which landed in Cape Town, South Africa, in August 2022. As a result, the company now provides Private Line services, with an impressive latency speed of approximately 110 milliseconds (ms) between South Africa and Europe, making it the fastest... Read More
Dubai's Du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) and Oman's Omantel have announced the launch of the Oman Emirates Gateway (OEG) project, linking UAE and Oman. The 275 km international fibre optic subsea cable, named OEG, will link the Sultanate of Oman and the UAE to meet the growing demands of connectivity, speed and enhanced customer experience. Also Read: Du and SES Trial Satellite-Enabled 5G Mobile Backhaul Oman Emirates Gateway to... Read More
In December, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued the Consultation Paper on Licensing Framework and Regulatory Mechanism for Submarine Cable Landing in India. Submarine cables are vital communication infrastructure of the digital age and critical to a data-driven economy; hence to address specific issues, DoT and TRAI have raised for stakeholder consultation through this paper. Broadband India Forum (BIF) has emphasized the need to promote competition, innovation, and investment... Read More
Sparkle, the communication infrastructure provider and first international service provider in Italy, announced that it has commenced laying the BlueMed subsea cable in Genoa, Italy. The cable will connect Italy with India, becoming the main data highway between Asia and Europe. Also Read: Vocus Rolls Out Final Segment of Its DJSC Subsea Cable BlueMed Subsea Cable BlueMed Subsea cable will establish connections between... Read More
Vocus, Australia's specialist fibre and network solutions provider, has begun the rollout of the final $ 100 Million segment of its Darwin-Jakarta-Singapore Cable (DJSC) system. The DJSC system, a comprehensive network of cables connecting Darwin, Port Hedland, Perth, Christmas Island, Jakarta, and Singapore, will be completed with the installation of a new 1,000 km cable capable of carrying up to 40 Tbps of data.... Read More
NTT announced on December 13, 2019, that it would commence building the MIST subsea cable system, a 12 fiber-pair and more than 216 Tbps high-capacity submarine cable connecting Singapore, Myanmar, and the Indian cities of Mumbai and Chennai. NTT aims to interconnect its large-scale data centers in Singapore, Myanmar, and India with the MIST cable system. Also Read: NTT to Invest Rs... Read More
The marine survey for 2Africa Pearls in Bahrain has been successfully completed by the center3 and stc Bahrain, representing a significant achievement in the progress of the broader 2Africa subsea cable project. The 2Africa Pearls is a new submarine cable system part of the broader 2Africa subsea cable project. A consortium of global telecommunications companies, including Facebook, China Mobile International, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, announced... Read More
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