Connecting Africa's Potential Metre by Metre, Country by Country As published in the July Issue of SubTel Forum Magazine By Glenn Maule August 4, 2022 In the early 1900s, the Ugandan Railway was built, connecting Mombasa to Lake Victoria, and facilitating trade within the region. This milestone in East African history connected its many regions not [...]
Submarine Networks: An Evolutionary Change - Part 1 As published in the July Issue of SubTel Forum Magazine By Derek Cassidy July 29, 2022 Communications is a very powerful and strong word, and it evolves many things within people. From the earliest societies to the present day, it has developed into an umbrella word enveloping many [...]
Grooming Middle East Cablers to Meet Ultra High-Speed FO Challenges As published in the July Issue of SubTel Forum Magazine By Greg Varisco and Shaheen Qamar July 29, 2022 Lowering cost per unit of capacity is the goal while finding ways to increase both the security and reliability of the network. This article is meant to [...]
The History of Cable & Wireless As published in the July Issue of SubTel Forum Magazine By Stewart Ash & Bill Burns July 26, 2022 In the May Issue we explained how the Eastern Telegraph Co (ETC) was formed and grew into the largest telecommunications company in the world under John Pender and his youngest son, [...]
Maximizing Capacity and Data Rate Across All Types of Submarine Cables As published in the July Issue of SubTel Forum Magazine By Geoff Bennett July 25, 2022 According to TeleGeography, there are 486 active and planned submarine cables operating around the world today. Traditionally, these cables were designed with an engineering life of 25 years, so [...]
Keeping Continents Connected Subsea Cable Management and Maintenance is Changing with the Times As published in the July Issue of SubTel Forum Magazine By Ron Totten July 22, 2022 Subsea cable management and maintenance is changing with the times to support internet companies that own all their own infrastructure. Subsea cable systems are recognized as a [...]
Connecting the Pacific Nations: Well Done – But It Doesn’t Stop There! As published in the July Issue of SubTel Forum Magazine By John Hibbard & Paul McCann July 21, 2022 Major construction and installation activities over the past decade have seen almost all the Pacific Island Nations connected to the global internet by fibre optic [...]
Calculating a Subsea Footprint As published in the July Issue of SubTel Forum Magazine By Kristian Nielsen July 20, 2022 Even though they contribute to climate change, the digital infrastructure industries are taking a role in leading the planet to net zero. Take for example, the iMasons Climate Accord established earlier this year, which brought together [...]
7 Questions with Inger Gloersen Folkeseon: Talking Network Trends With Bulk Fiber Networks’ Executive Vice President As published in the July Issue of SubTel Forum Magazine July 20, 2022 What is Bulk Fiber Networks’ mission? Bulk’s mission is to accelerate the evolution towards sustainable connectivity. The Nordics offer affordable and abundant clean hydropower enabling large-scale [...]
SubTel Forum Magazine #125 - Regional Systems: Featuring High Capacity Cable Manufacturers - OUT NOW! SubTel Forum Press Release July 18, 2022 READ ISSUE NOW What's Inside: Issue 125 of the SubTel Forum Magazine contains articles discussing the needs of different regions for submarine cable infrastructure around the world and highlights high-capacity [...]