News From Around The World Of Submarine Telecoms For The Week Of April 16-20 SubTel Forum STF Events Announces GDPR Ready STF Events announced measures taken to be in compliance with Global Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) outlined by the European Union (EU). Data Centers ACA International To Invest In Virginia Beach Data Center [...]
FCC Commissioner O’Rielly Statement Hints at Possible Long-Awaited Movement on Team Telecom Review Process Reform By Chip Yorkgitis, Steve Augustino and Denise Smith, CommLaw Monitor April 19, 2018 In 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) initiated a rulemaking proceeding proposing changes to the process of reviewing certain Section 214 and submarine cable landing [...]
Turnbull Confirms Solomon Islands Subsea Cable By Corinne Reichert, ZDNet April 20, 2018 Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that a telecommunications subsea cable between the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Australia will go live at the end of 2019. In a joint statement with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela, Turnbull said [...]
American Samoans Excited About Hawaiki Cable By Radio New Zealand April 20, 2018 Even before it arrives, the Hawaiki marine fibre optic cable is generating interest and excitement in American Samoa over the benefits its touted to bring. Engineers have arrived from America, who will connect the cable to its landing site in the old [...]
Equinix Closes Metronode Acquisition To Become Market Leader In Australia Equinix Press Release April 18, 2018 REDWOOD CITY, California - Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data centers company, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Metronode, a leading data center provider operating facilities throughout Australia. The acquisition makes Equinix the market leader [...]
ACA International to Invest $52 Million for 130,000-Square-Foot Data Center in Virginia Beach By City of Virginia Beach Press Release April 17, 2018 Virginia Beach, Virginia - Assured Communications Advisors International (ACA International), an international telecommunications consultancy firm headquartered in Vint Hill, Virginia, has announced plans to invest $52 million in Virginia Beach to open [...]
STF Events Announces GDPR Ready STF Events Press Release April 17, 2018 Sterling, Virginia - STF Events, a growing events management and services firm, announced measures taken to be in compliance with Global Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) outlined by the European Union (EU). The GDPR require all companies storing data to gain explicit permission for [...]
News From Around The World Of Submarine Telecoms For The Week Of April 9-13 Cable Faults & Maintenance Basslink Subsea Cable Out Until Late May Basslink has announced that its subsea cable will be down until late May, with the return-to-service date delayed from April 14 following third-party damage to the system. Future Systems [...]
Mauritius Starts First Phase Of IOX Submarine Cable By Telecompaper April 13, 2018 Mauritius has launched the first phase of the IOX Submarine Cable (Indian Ocean Exchange) system project, which will position Mauritius as a technology hub and significantly enhance the development of the country's broadband infrastructure to support and drive the new digital economy. [...]
Pakistan To Be Linked With China Backed Submarine Cable With Up To 60Tb Capacity By Aamir Attaa, Pro Pakistani April 13, 2018 Pakistan is getting tons of additional internet bandwidth with new submarine cables systems being added almost every second quarter now. With few hundred GBs of bandwidth available only a few years ago, Pakistan [...]
