This Week in Submarine Telecoms

March 6-10

Data Centers

EdgeConneX has connected its data center located in Barcelona Spain, to the AFR-IX Barcelona Cable Landing Station (CLS). EdgeConneX Interconnects With Barcelona CLS

Future Systems

Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy, has commenced laying the BlueMed subsea cable in Genoa, Italy. Sparkle Starts Laying the BlueMed Cable in Genoa

Technology & Upgrades

Asia Submarine-cable Express is working with Ciena to improve the design capacity and sustainability of its cable system. ASE Reduces Cable Power by 60% With Ciena
Sumitomo Electric and US Conec announced an agreement to manufacture MMC connector and TMT ferrule components for multi-fiber solutions. Sumitomo, US Conec Partner on MMC Multi-Fiber
The Open XR Forum has demonstrated long-haul point-to-point transmission between QSFP56-DD coherent transceivers over 1,400 km at 400 Gb/s. Open XR Forum Completes Point-to-Point Trial of 400G Pluggable Optics