SUBMARINE CABLE NEWS NOW

SUBMARINE CABLE NEWS NEWS NOW

CABLE FAULTS & MAINTENANCE

Two international undersea optical cables, IA and APG, had problems Conferences & Associations Elaine Stafford of DRG Undersea Consulting breaks down the upcoming PTC’21 Virtual Conference

CURRENT SYSTEMS

ALVAL/ORVAL Cable System in Service NEC completes submarine cable system for BSNL connecting Chennai, India and the A&N Islands Hawaiki and Hawaiian Telecom Announce ‘Milestone’ Agreement AEC-2 Successfully launched by Aqua Comms Hawaiki Further Boosts Subsea Network

DATA CENTERS

DC/FOTM Subsea Control Infrastructure For Northern Lights CO2 Transport And Storage Project Telxius to land the Grace Hopper Subsea Cable at its Derio Communications Hub in Bilbao Datagrid and Meridian partner to build NZ’s first hyperscale data centre in Invercargill

FUTURE SYSTEMS

NEC to Supply Palau Cable 2 ICE6 Trial on MAREA Trans-Atlantic Cable Yields Two Record Results EllaLink: “the new submarine cable between Europe and Latin America will reduce the current latency by 50%, to below 60 milliseconds” CanArctic Inuit Networks’ SednaLink Fibre to eliminate Nunavut and Nunatsiavut Connectivity Crisis by November 2022 Hexatronic to Supply Unrepeatered Cable for CrossChannel Cable System Telxius to land the Grace Hopper Subsea Cable at its Derio Communications Hub in Bilbao New Arctic cable will accelerate traffic between Europe and Asia New Submarine Cable in India To Connect Kochi and Lakshadweep Islands Third submarine cable approved by Government of Bangladesh Cyta starts construction of submarine cable connecting Cyprus to France, Egypt

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY

New Cable Laying Ship From Prysmian Group Will Join The Fleet This Year Could rising sea levels threaten our ability to communicate? U.S. senators Cruz, Rubio warn Pacific ally on Chinese bid for undersea cable project Lisbon eyes undersea cable investment to bolster EU tech infrastructure Orange Marine to build new cable ship Regional Trade Boost for Cyber, Digital and Data

SUBTEL FORUM

WFN Strategies Installs Two New Directors Subtel Forum’s Top 10 News Stories of 2020 Submarine Cable Almanac – Issue 36 Out Now! SubTel Forum Magazine #115 – Data Centers and New Technology – OUT NOW!

TECHNOLOGY & UPGRADES

Telecom Egypt provides Google with a TransEgypt meshed solution and Mediterranean capacity to Europe Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. creates first optical fiber with ultra-low transmission loss for mass production Fugro opens remote operations centre (ROC) in Abu Dhabi