ENCOM Authorizes Google's Firmina Cable ENCOM Press Release August 10, 2022 During its 80th monthly meeting, the Board of Directors of the National Communications Entity (ENACOM) authorized the company Google Infraestructura Argentina SRL to install the Firmina fiber optic cable system in the Argentine territorial sea, which will provide quality improvement in Internet connectivity . [...]
Google's Equiano Cable Has Landed in South Africa By Duncan McLeod, TechCentral.com August 9, 2022 The Equiano subsea Internet cable was landed at Melkbosstrand north of Cape Town on Monday, the last stop on the route south for the 12-fibre-pair system that promises to drive down Internet costs in South Africa when it comes online in [...]
Landing of Equiano cable extends WIOCC's wholesale offering in South Africa The arrival in South Africa of Google’s state-of-the-art, 144Tbps, 12 fibre pair Equiano cable will have a direct impact on connectivity throughout the Southern Africa region, resulting in faster internet speeds, reduced internet prices and improved user experience. WIOCC Press Release August 8, 2022 [...]
Echo Cable's Golden Bouy Has Landed in Tanjung Pakis By IndoTelko.com June 24, 2022 After several months of undersea construction and deployment, the Echo Submarine Cable Communication System (SKKL) finally docked at Tanjung Pakis, Karawang Regency, West Java. The “Golden Buoy” arrived at Tanjung Pakis, on Wednesday morning (22/6), towed ashore to then be connected to [...]
Echo Branch Lands in Ngardmau, Palau By IslandsBusiness.com June 9, 2022 Belau Submarine Cable Corporation (BSCC) celebrated the next segment of the second submarine cable project laying from Ngardmau State port in Palau this week. The Strider, a specialised cable-laying vessel, started the pre-shore laying early Monday morning. The submarine fibre optic cable connects from a [...]
WIOCC Lands Google's Equiano Cable in Nigeria With a design capacity roughly 20 times larger than any other cable currently serving the region, the Equiano subsea internet cable will have a direct impact on connectivity, resulting in faster internet speeds, reduced internet prices and improved user experience in Nigeria. WIOCC Press Release April 21, 2022 [...]
Google is Moving Forward with Topaz Cable By Bikash Koley, Google April 7, 2022 There’s a new subsea cable in town: Topaz, the first-ever fiber cable to connect Canada and Asia. Once complete, Topaz will run from Vancouver to the small town of Port Alberni on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, [...]
Google's Equiano Cable Has Landed in Togo! The West African country will be the first landing of the ‘Equiano’ cable, which will run from Portugal to South Africa. Source: Aljazeerea March 21, 2022 The West African country of Togo will be the first landing of a new Google undersea internet cable connected to Europe, in what the [...]
Team Telecom Recommends FCC Approval of PLCN US 'Team Telecom' recommends FCC approve Google and Meta US-APAC submarine cable December 22, 2021 by Sebastian Moss A Department of Justice group set up last year to scrutinize submarine cables has recommended approving a Google and Meta/Facebook cable between the US and Asia. The 12,800km Pacific Light [...]
Google's Grace Hopper Cable Has Landed In Bude! By Jayne Stowell, Google September 14, 2021 Last year, we announced a new subsea cable — named Grace Hopper after the computer science pioneer — that will run between the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain. The cable will improve the resilience of the Google network that underpins [...]