News From Around The World Of Submarine Telecoms For The Week Of March 30-April 3

SubTel Forum

Our Exciting News! We Have Redesigned the SubTel Forum Website! Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Cable Faults & Maintenance

Vietnam Internet users have to suffer sluggish internet connections as the disaster-prone AAG undersea cable was disrupted Thursday. New Undersea Cable Disruption Impacts Vietnam Internet Friday, April 3, 2020
South Africa’s slow internet could be back up and running to full capacity by 4 April after new faults on the SAT-3 and WACS submarine cables SAT-3, WACS Suffer New Cable Fault Monday, March 30, 2020

Technology and Upgrades

Infinera unveiled today the expansion of the industry-leading Groove (GX) Series of open, compact, and modular transport solutions. Infinera Unveils New Compact Modular Optical Transport Solutions Thursday, April 2, 2020

State of the Industry

Seaborn Networks has announced today the appointment of Michel Marcelino as Senior Vice President, Head of Latin America. Seaborn Appoints New Senior VP, Head of LATAM Friday, April 3, 2020
NEC Corporation announced the appointment of Mr. Aalok Kumar as the new President and CEO of NEC Technologies India effective April 1, 2020. NEC Corporation Appoints New CEO of Indian Business Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Facebook is seeking to buy a multibillion-dollar stake in Reliance Jio, whose mobile internet service has attracted 370m Indians. Facebook Eyes Multibillion-Dollar Stake in Reliance Jio Monday, March 30, 2020