Conferences

October 5

Spotlight on Software-Defined Network Capabilities of Next-Generation Subsea Systems at Submarine Networks World 2015

Aqua Comms Limited gave a presentation at Submarine Networks World 2015. The presentation examined how modern transatlantic submarine cable networks, will utilize innovative optical technologies to serve the bandwidth requirements of customers seeking low latency and high reliability. Read story…

New Systems

October 7

TE SubCom Completes Hibernia Express Submarine Cable System

TE SubCom has officially announced the completion of the Hibernia Express Submarine Cable System. This route was particularly challenging, requiring over 50% of the system to be buried under the difficult terrain. Read story…

Regional Outlook

October 5

NATCOM Raises Internet Bandwidth As SAT3 Cable Goes Live

The SAT3 submarine cable is set to go live again earlier this month. The relaunch follows rehabilitation efforts by its new owner, NATCOM. The system has been out of service for over two years due to cable cuts. Read story…

October 6

Cork Event Eyes ‘Big Data’ Businesses

The Cork City Council is hosting a stakeholder engagement with local, national, and international businesses to discuss ways to capitalize on the new Tier 1 connectivity provided by Hibernia Express. Read story…

October 8

SEACOM’s Fibre Internet & Cloud Services Turning the Tide for African Business

SEACOM is now providing enterprise level cloud services for African businesses. Customers can take direct advantage of SEACOM's extensive international network and infrastructure. Read story…

October 9

Gibraltar’s Telecommunications Sector Becomes International

Gibtelcom of Gibraltar has obtained a four-percent stake in the Europe India Gateway, allowing it to sell capacity internationally. Read story…

Call for More Submarine Cables to Help Thai Internet

Prasong Ruangsirikulchai, technical expert and senior director of NTT Communications Thailand, has called on the government to have more than one international telecommunications gateway. Read story…

South Africa: Seacom CEO – SA Has Enough International Connectivity

According to Seacom chief executive Byron Clatterbuck, South Africa now has enough international connectivity. The challenge now is to provide that bandwidth to customers within the country. Read story…

Singtel to Set Up $400m Data Centre

Singtel is investing in a new $400 million data center. The new facility will inancial services industry, government agencies and cloud and Internet service providers. Read story…

State of the Industry

October 7

Alcatel-Lucent to Retain Undersea Cables Unit as Wholly-Owned Subsidiary

Alcatel-Lucent has decided to retain its submarine cable division. This will not impact the acquisition by Nokia. Read story…