South Korea’s SK Telecom announced this week that it has formed a consortium with KT, LG Uplus, and KCTV Jeju Broadcasting to complete the construction of undersea optical cables spanning approximately 3.23 km between Jeju Island and Udo. The announcement was made on December 7, marking a significant milestone in … Read More
Liberty Networks, the network company of Liberty Latin America (LLA), has announced a partnership with Latin American network provider Gold Data to develop a new Pan-Regional subsea cable system. Under the agreement, the Gold Data 1 system (GD-1) will combine with the new system, Liberty Networks 1 (LN-1), to provide … Read More
Bayobab (formerly MTN GlobalConnect) has successfully landed the 45,000 km 2Africa subsea cable on Ghanaian shores, specifically in Accra. This landing in Ghana is the third in Bayobab’s series of six target locations across five countries, said Bayobab. The 2Africa subsea cable system, set to be completed in 2023 and … Read More
Telefonica’s infrastructure subsidiary, Telxius, confirmed today that it is joining the Firmina subsea cable system, connecting the US, Brazil, and Argentina. First announced in June 2021, Firmina will link the East Coast of the USA to Las Toninas (Argentina), with additional landings in Praia Grande (Brazil) and Punta del Este … Read More
Neutral and independent Mediterranean submarine infrastructure operator, Medusa Submarine Cable System, and data service provider in North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, Libyan United International for Telecommunication and Technology (LUIC), announced this week that they have signed an agreement to extend Medusa to the Libyan coast. The 8,760 km long submarine … Read More
Telefonica’s infrastructure subsidiary and global connectivity provider, Telxius, has announced plans to extend its ultrahigh capacity Tikal subsea cable linking Puerto Barrios (Guatemala) and Boca Raton (USA) with Cancun (Mexico). The extension is expected to provide a key route in the Caribbean with the highest levels of service, reliability, and security. … Read More
London-headquartered digital infrastructure platform connecting Europe and North America, EXA Infrastructure, announced last week that it has added a fifth transatlantic route to its network footprint. This addition is the Dunant cable, which connects the US and Europe via a southern corridor across the Atlantic. This investment follows EXA’s partnership … Read More
Global telecommunications operator Orange has announced the launch of a new transatlantic submarine cable called AMITIE. The cable is 6,800 kilometres long and has 16 fibre pairs, with a maximum capacity of 400 terabits per second (Tbps). According to Orange, AMITIE establishes connectivity between Lynn, near Boston, Massachusetts (USA), Le … Read More
SUBCO, an undersea connectivity provider, has announced the upgrade of its Oman Australia Cable (OAC) to a maximum capacity of 48 Tbps, supporting increased bandwidth demands. SUBCO said it has deployed Ciena‘s GeoMesh Extreme solution, powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme, in the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform. This upgrade enables a resilient … Read More
Sparkle, a global telecommunications operator, signed an agreement this week with Kush Investments, a UAE-based firm, for the provision of virtual fibres on the Equiano submarine cable. Equiano is a new submarine cable that connects South Africa, Nigeria, and Portugal. By acquiring virtual fibre on Sparkle‘s Equiano asset, Kush Investments … Read More
VNET Telecomunicaciones, a Venezuelan telecom operator, has signed an agreement with Liberty Networks to depend on the latter’s ARCOS-1 submarine system (Americas Region Caribbean Optical-Ring System) for enhancing its fibre network connectivity. The agreement was signed during the Fitelven telecom event held in Caracas from September 27th to 30th. Liberty … Read More
NEC Corporation announced yesterday that the Patara-2 submarine cable system, owned by Telkom Indonesia, the digital telco in Indonesia, is now complete and operational. This system connects multiple islands across Indonesia. Also Read: Telecom Egypt and Medusa Submarine Cable Extend Network to Red Sea Enhanced Connectivity Across Indonesia NEC Corporation … Read More
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