July 2020 - Advertiser Corner By Kristian Nielsen July 20, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlwmcz2sQ24 Dear Readers, In what feels like another blink of an eye, July is here, and I am grateful to be writing this piece from my office, at my desk. It is a funny notion; I had not once considered how much I valued [...]
July 2020 - Continuing Education By Sean Bergin July 20, 2020 I would like to start off this blog with a big thank you to all who have supported the PTC Academy over the last three years. It has been fantastic to watch it evolve and grow over time. The most recent 2019 PTC Academy [...]
Back Reflection The Man History Forgot (Part 1) By Bill Burns and Stewart ash July 20, 2020 Regular readers of Back Reflection will know that after the 1858 failure of the first attempt to lay the Atlantic Telegraph, six years would pass before the next attempt could be organised. We know that Cyrus West Field [...]
Submarine Telecoms Market Sector Report: Regional Systems Edition By Kieran Clark July 20, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlupPF36JzI To address the growing reporting and analysis needs of the submarine fiber industry, SubTel Forum Analytics continues its Market Sector Report series – designed to provide the industry with the information it needs to make informed business decisions. The Submarine [...]
Where in the World Are Those Pesky Cable Ships? By Rebecca Spence July 20, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoCIy4Qs9yw Another quarter has come and gone, and much of the world is entering a cautious new form of normal. Currently, the fleet of cableships across the globe do yet seem to have returned to full steam, progress is still [...]
Building Blocks and Specificities of Regional Systems By Jean-Francois Baget July 20, 2020 What is a regional system? There is no official definition of the Regional System, however the most widely accepted one is based on distance, where regional system may span from a few hundred kilometers to a few thousands, typically 3,000 to 4,000 [...]
The Third Wave – Reflections on the Ownership Possibilities Ahead By Kieran Clark July 20, 2020 Back in 2008, BP completed the first repeatered submarine fiber optic system for offshore oil & gas facilities. The Gulf of Mexico Fiber (GoM Fiber) system provided an immediate and unprecedented increase in telecoms capability – especially compared to [...]
Tailoring the Network for Low-latency and High Availability By Steinar Bjørnstad July 20, 2020 In today’s market the need for low-latency and high availability services is growing, pushed by users in high-speed financial trading and the gaming industry, as well as new applications like Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR). One of the key goals [...]
Disaggregated Supply: Commercially Advantageous or Too Much Hassle? By Anders Ljung, Lynsey Thomas and Gavin Tully July 20, 2020 The supply market for subsea cable systems is changing at a rapid pace. Over the past few years, we have seen several changes of company ownership, a vast increase in vessel utilisation and after a long [...]
Regional Systems: Why They Matter More Than You Might Think By Hans Christian Nilsen July 20, 2020 North of the Arctic Circle. Where the sun never sets during summer and never rises at winter. Where you, if lucky, can spot the majestic Northern Lights coloring the sky with its hypnotic green light. Here in the [...]
