This Week in Submarine Telecoms

January 2-6

Cable Faults & Maintenance

Singtel users have experienced slowdowns when connecting to websites and servers in the USA after submarine cables were damaged in February. Singtel Affected by Submarine Cable Damage

Data Centers

Guy Danskine, Managing Director of Equinix Australia believes Perth will continue riding the wave of new data centre expansions. Perth's Data Centre Wave to Continue – Equinix

Future Systems

InfiniVAN Inc., a TSE-listed IPS subsidiary, and 2 PH telcos witnessed PDSCN's cable landing in Zamboanga City. InfiniVAN Lands PDSCN Cable in Zamboanga
Prysmian will bid for new stretches of Brazil's Norte Conectado project of underwater fiber backbone in the Amazon basin.  Prysmian to Bid for Amazon Basin Fiber Backbone
Eastern Communications is spending P1.04 billion this year to strengthen Visayas and Mindanao operations and complete PDSCN. Eastern Communications P1 Billion Expansion, Subsea Cable

State of the Industry

Telstra has appointed Nitin Tikku as the new Vice President of Global Business Development for Telstra Americas Telstra Names Nitin Tikku as VP of Global Business Development for the Americas

SubTel Forum

Issue 129 of the SubTel Forum Magazine address Finance & Legal topics in the submarine cable industry and previews the ICPC '23 Plenary. SubTel Forum Magazine #129 – Finance & Legal

Technology & Upgrades

Infinera announced today that EXA Infrastructure has deployed its ICE6 800G on the EXA Trans Adriatic Express (TAE) submarine cable system. EXA Infrastructure Deploys Infinera’s ICE6 on TAE