Nordic Capacity Outlook By Dag Aanensen May 18, 2020 The Covid-19 has radically changed the data traffic profile in the Nordics. During mid-March most Nordic countries required private, businesses and governments employees to work remotely from home. Schools shutdown and students were sent home to follow remote learning programs. This created an overnight need for [...]
Subsea Cable Demand Post COVID-19 By John Tibbles May 18, 2020 Introduction Forecasting demand for subsea cable capacity is never easy, so there won’t be any figures here just some thoughts. ‘Crises Create Change’ is hardly a new observation or comment but for most of us, in Europe at least, alive today we have not [...]
The Impact of COVID-19 on Telecommunications and the Future By Eric Handa and Sean Bergin May 18, 2020 How is the telco industry responding to the Covid-19 crisis? Most Telecom operators are deliberating their next moves in these uncertain times and many operators have already taken steps to mitigate damage to their business and increase [...]
A Global Crisis: Showcasing Dependence on Submarine Cable Infrastructure By Henry Lancaster May 18, 2020 The spread of the contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the illness COVID-19, has led to a range of physical distancing measures and lockdowns. In turn this has resulted in many millions of people being required to work from home. Compounded [...]
SubTel Forum Magazine #112 - Global Capacity &COVID-19 Special Edition OUT NOW! SubTel Forum Press Release May 18, 2020 The 2020 Global Capacity & COVID-19 Special Edition of SubTel Forum Magazine is out now! READ ISSUE NOW What's Inside: Articles from some 22 industry thought leaders and magnates discussing the health of the Global [...]
Infinera Breaks Industry Record with 800G Transmission over 950 Kilometers in a Live Network Trial Infinera Press Release March 17, 2020 Sunnyvale, Calif. – March 17, 2020, 8:00 a.m. ET – Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today the successful completion of a live network trial of 800 gigabits per second (800G) single-wavelength transmission at 96 Gbaud [...]
Hawaiki to Provide REANNZ With Additional Cable Capacity By Telecompaper February 20, 2020 Hawaiki Submarine Cable and Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand (REANNZ) have signed an agreement to provide the country’s peak research network with increased international cable capacity and resiliency. Under the terms of the deal, Hawaiki will provide REANNZ with connectivity, [...]
Re-Imagineering Telecom Subsea Systems By Clifford Holliday January 19, 2020 Subsea Cable technology has developed since its inception in the 1850s through several changes to its current form today. It first morphed from copper to coax and then to fiber, where it has been for several years. Now a new kind of the traditional fiber [...]
Ciena Completes Upgrade of IMEWE Submarine Cable Ciena Press Release October 28, 2019 HANOVER, Md. – IMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe), the ultra-high capacity fiber optic submarine cable system, is deploying Ciena’s (NYSE: CIEN) coherent optical solutions and automation software to address network capacity requirements in the region. Leveraging leading edge technologies, Ciena’s solutions provide IMEWE [...]
OTEGLOBE Doubles Subsea Network Capacity with Infinera Deployment Infinera Press Release September 16, 2019 Sunnyvale, Calif. – Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today that OTEGLOBE deployed Infinera’s industry-leading fourth-generation Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE4) technology to double the capacity on its international subsea network on the subsea links between Greece and Italy that form an essential part [...]
