Deployment of Subsea Cable DARE1 Officially Completed By Ecofin Agency March 11, 2020 (Ecofin Agency) - Kenya is now officially connected to Djibouti via an optical fiber with the subsea cable Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (Dare1) landing on the Kenyan coast of Mombasa as expected. In May last year, the Kenyan government expressed its [...]
Liquid Telecom Gets Permit to Build Subsea Cable Landing Station in DR Congo By Ecofin Agency March 10, 2020 (Ecofin Agency) - The Congolese Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARPTC) has granted fiber Internet connectivity provider Liquid Telecom a license to build a subsea cable landing station in the country. The news was revealed last [...]
East Africa’s Largest Submarine Cable Lands in Mombasa By Betty Kiptum, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation March 6, 2020 Data consumers in East Africa could see a significant reduction in their bills with the landing of East Africa’s largest submarine cable, Djibouti Africa Regional Express with the moniker DARE 1. The 4000 kilometers fibre optic cable which [...]
Oman Australia Cable (OAC) Enters Full Contract in Force Status With Target Completion December 2021 SUB.CO Press Release March 5, 2020 Brisbane, Australia – SUB.CO today announced its Oman Australia Cable project has entered contract in force status (CIF) with its final system connection expected to be completed in December, 2021. The project delivers a [...]
Kumul Submarine Cable Network Lands in PNG's Vanimo By Telecompaper March 3, 2020 The Kumul submarine cable network (KSCN) has landed in West Sepik’s Vanimo in Papua New Guinea, The National reported. The project, part-funded by the Chinese government, signifies the cooperation between China and PNG governments, said a commercial counselor at the Chinese embassy [...]
DARE1 Cables Land in Mogadishu and Bossaso, Somalia By MENAFN February 27, 2020 Somalilandsun : According to Djibouti Telecom, DARE1 cables have landed in Mogadishu and Bossaso (the two biggest coastal cities in Somalia). The landing of the DARE1 cables in these two important cities demonstrates great progress on DARE1 network which is on schedule [...]
PEACE Cable to Land in Seychelles in July 2021 By Telecompaper February 26, 2020 A second submarine cable linking Seychelles to the rest of the world is scheduled to land on the island nation in July 2021, Seychelles News agency reported.The cable's landing is planned at Perseverance, an artificially created island on the northeastern coast [...]
SubSea Networks Supports NO-UK in New Subsea Cable Build Between Stavanger and Newcastle SubSea Networks Press Release February 24, 2020 Penzance, UK and Stavanger, Norway – SubSea Networks Limited, a leading provider of subsea consultancy services, and NO-UK announced today that, after a focused period of collective teamwork which addressed all aspects of technical and [...]
Construction Launch of Submarine Fibre Cable Between Norway and UK Altibox and Xtera Press Release February 21, 2020 Altibox Carrier and Xtera announced today that they had started construction of a new repeater-based cable system between Norway and UK. Xtera is a provider of novel subsea fibre optic solutions. With a capacity of up to [...]
New International Submarine Cable Connects Maldives to Sri Lanka Huawei Marine Press Release February 17, 2020 Huawei Marine Networks (HMN) is pleased to announce the contract to construct a new submarine cable project, the Maldives Sri Lanka Cable system (MSC). The system will facilitate a direct connection between the Maldives and Sri Lanka increasing regional [...]