Nunavik Prepares for Increased Demand for Internet Bandwidth By Sarah Rogers, Nunatsiaq News August 17, 2020 Tamaani Internet said it’s too soon to say what the loss of some of Xplornet’s services could mean for broadband access in Nunavik. In the meantime, the Kativik Regional Government–led internet service said it’s working to boost capacity in [...]
Submarine Cable Almanac – Issue 35 Out Now! SubTel Forum Press Release August 16, 2020 SubTel Forum is pleased to announce that the 35th edition of the Submarine Cable Almanac is now available. Since the last issue, we have added eight systems and updated an additional fifty-eight. You may also notice more of our continuous [...]
Submarine Cable Glitch Slows Internet in Bangladesh By bdnew24.com August 9, 2020 Internet users in Bangladesh are experiencing slow speed or outages due to a technical glitch in the second submarine cable. Efforts are underway to carry out the necessary repairs, Moshiur Rahman, managing director of Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd, told bdnews24.com on Sunday. [...]
SubTel Forum Magazine #113 - Regional Systems OUT NOW! SubTel Forum Press Release July 20, 2020 The 2020 Regional Systems Edition of SubTel Forum Magazine is out now! READ ISSUE NOW What's Inside: Articles from more than 20 industry thought leaders and magnates discussing the importance and continued relevance of regional submarine systems [...]
HGC Launches a New Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Bangkok to Further Extend ASEAN Network Penetration HGC Press Release June 15, 2020 Hong Kong – HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC), a fully-fledged fixed-line operator and ICT service provider with extensive local and international network coverage, services and infrastructure, today announced that it has launched its third point-of-presence (PoP) [...]
Undersea Cable Faults Cause Internet Chaos in Vietnam, Cambodia & Lao PDR By Stella-maris Ewudolu June 2, 2020 Vietnam’s high level of digital penetration has been a saving grace during the COVID-19 lockdown, enabling home-based work, e-learning, and e-Commerce to thrive. It has been a somewhat different situation for those using international online services though, [...]
Vietnam Internet Speed Sluggish Till Early June By Nguyen Quy May 21, 2020 Vietnamese internet users will continue to experience slow speeds until repairs to the disaster-prone AAG undersea cable are completed on June 2. The operator of the Asia America Gateway (AAG) has notified local service providers that repairs on the disaster-prone cable will [...]
Building Africa’s Hyperscale Infrastructure By Chris Wood May 18, 2020 Africa is the world’s second largest and second most populous continent, and is in many regards the one most primed for ICT growth: according to the latest (March 2020) internet usage figures from Internet World Stats[1], only 39.3% of Africa’s estimated 1.34 billion population currently [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
