News From Around The World Of Submarine Telecoms For The Week Of June 8-12

Future Systems

NEC announced that the Asia Direct Cable Consortium is building a high-performance submarine cable connecting the Asia Pacific region. Asia Direct Cable Consortium to Build Submarine Cable Thursday, June 11, 2020
Mohamed Maleeh Jamal noted that the Submarine Communication Cable between Maldives and India would be renewed by the end of 2020. Maldives to Replace Outdated Submarine Cable: Govt Monday, June 8, 2020

State of the Industry

China Mobile International (CMI) has joined hands with Omantel to establish its third Point of Presence (PoP) in the region in Oman. Omantel Partners With CMI for Its Third Pop in Middle East Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Global Cloud Xchange has renewed a multi-year agreement with SGS for its CLOUD X WAN managed network and CLOUD X Fusion services. SGS Extends Agreement with Global Cloud Xchange Tuesday, June 9, 2020
African telecommunications companies are feeling threatened by plans for Facebook and Google to construct new submarine cables. Africa Telcos Threatened As Facebook, Google Plan Cable Monday, June 8, 2020