EXORIDUM FROM THE PUBLISHER

WELCOME TO ISSUE 130, OUR GLOBAL CAPACITY AND SUBMARINE NETWORKS EMEA CONFERENCE PREVIEW EDITION!

Ihad the pleasure of attending ICPC in Madrid last month, which was an extremely well-considered and effective event for the 200 or so of us attendees. Not only was it the first time we met in the flesh in four years, but it was also a chance to meet or make friends with folks we had not seen for a long time, if ever. Congratulations to the ICPC team for making such a memorable plenary.

Welcome To Andres

Welcome to Andrés Fígoli who has volunteered to create a new department for SubTel Forum, that being Legal & Regulatory Matters. And for his premier article he has penned an interesting look at capacity agreements, namely “Three Things You Should Know About Capacity IRU Agreements.” We are thrilled to have his insights going forward.

Suboptic Awardees

Congratulations to this year’s recipients of SubTel Forum’s Excellence in Industry Awards presented in March at SubOptic ’23 in Bangkok; namely:

• Michael Clare, SubOptic 2023 Best Oral Presentation Award

• Kristina Shizuka Yamase Skarvang, SubOptic 2023 Best Poster Presentation Award

• Nancy Cai, SubOptic 2023 Best Newcomer Award

We have the pleasure of republishing their papers in this issue, which are all very interesting reads.

Submarine Cable Almanac

The 46th issue of the Submarine Cable Almanac will be available later in May and will contain details on every major submarine cable system in the world. Keep an eye out for all the new cables mentioned (https://subtelforum. com/almanac/).

Ask The Expert Button

In our last issue we added the “Ask the Expert” button to a number of department articles and are a little overwhelmed with the interest and response – Thanks – and please keep asking…

SEE YOU IN LONDON!

We are thrilled to be traveling to the UK at the end of the month and attending the Submarine Networks EMEA Conference. The folks at Total Telecom provided some excellent content to this issue, and we expect their event to be an excellent opportunity to learn, as well as see a lot of industry friends.

Thank You

Thanks for their support to this issue’s advertisers: Submarine Networks EMEA, Fígoli Consulting, and

WFN Strategies. Thanks also to the many authors who continue to make our issues interesting and so far reaching. Of course, our ever popular “where in the world are all those pesky cableships” is included as well.

Lastly, we hope that SubTel Forum continues to be your primary destination for news and analysis related to the submarine cable industry.

Stay well and save me a seat at the nearest pub – Slava Ukraini STF

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