Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The National Communications Authority of Somalia (NCA) partnered with the International Finance Corporation to prepare new regulations for submarine cable landings aimed at bolstering Somalia’s connectivity sector.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 15, 2025

News The new partnership with Oceanic Environmental Cables (OEC) save more than 35,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (COe) from reusing the cable materials The new deal will see OEC acquire and recover over 22,000km of Sparkles unused submarine cables from the Mediterranean seabed. million kilometres.

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Broadband Breakfast

MARCH 24, 2025

WASHINGTON, March 24, 2025 – Recent disruptions to undersea communication cables have raised alarms over the vulnerability of critical infrastructure amid growing geopolitical tensions. government entities charged with securing undersea cables. In February, three undersea cables were severed in the Red Sea.

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Telecoms Tech News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Meta has unveiled one of the most ambitious subsea cable infrastructure initiatives to date: Project Waterworth. Once completed, the colossal infrastructure project will stretch over 50,000 kilometressurpassing the Earth’s circumference and making it the world’s longest subsea cable deployment.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 8, 2024

By February this year, the ‘Red Sea crisis’ had escalated to become a major issue for the international telecoms community, with submarine cables in the region being badly damaged, severely disrupting data traffic in Europe, Africa, and Asia. According to the report, the damage to the cable reduced Bangladesh’s internet capacity by a third.

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Telecom Talk

MARCH 27, 2025

Indian telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has landed the 2Africa Pearls subsea cable in India, connecting India to Africa, and

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

News The Federal Communications Commission has voted to launch a major review of licensing rules surrounding submarine cable rules. A new Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will begin a review of the regulations surrounding submarine cables. The rulemaking notice, approved Nov.

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Telecom Talk

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Submarine telecommunication cables are the backbone of global communication, carrying approximately 99 percent of internet traffic and supporting critical services.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 3, 2024

News The company currently has shared ownership of 16 subsea cables worldwide Meta is planning a $10 billion subsea cable project spanning 40,000 kilometres around the world, according to a new report from TechCrunch, citing two confirmed sources close to the company.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

News The governments of Germany and Finland fear the damage is the result of deliberate sabotage A pair of submarine cables in the Baltic sea were severed this week in a move European governments fear is the result of deliberate sabotage by malicious actors. Investigations are ongoing, but deliberate sabotage is strongly suspected.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 10, 2024

Southern Cross Cable Network (SX) expands its partnership with FiberSense, implementing the DigitalMarine subsea cable monitoring technology across New Zealand.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

A physical meeting at the Submarine Cable Resilience Summit in Nigeria will follow in February. The formation of this advisory group comes just days after a pair of submarine cables were severed in the Baltic Sea , putting the submarine cable industry under the international spotlight.

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Developing Telecoms

MARCH 24, 2025

Recent cable landing station news from eastern India and West Africa underlines the continuing growth of the submarine cable business across both regions.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions announced on Thursday that the South-East Asia Hainan-Hong Kong Express Cable System (SEA-H2X) subsea cable has officially landed in the Philippines.

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Broadband Breakfast

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

28, 2025 – Cable One lost 4,200 broadband subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2024, the company announced Thursday. The cable operator ended the year with 1,055,200 residential and business broadband customers. Liberty, which is owned by cable billionaire John Malone , itself owns nearly 26 percent of Charter.

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Telecom Talk

MARCH 28, 2025

Metas Project Waterworth, a 50,000-km undersea cable, will boost internet speeds, enhance AI applications, and support Indias digital expansion.

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Burundi and Zambia are to be connected via an underwater fibre optic cable, following an agreement at the second Digital Government Africa Summit, which took place from 2-4 October 2024 in Zambia’s capital Lusaka.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

News The 19,000km cable system is set to connect Malaysia to the US This week, Philippines operator Globe Telecom has announced that it has been selected to build and manage the local section of the MYUS cable system, including building a landing station at Davao City. The submarine cable industry is evolving rapidly.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Bangladesh Private Cable System (BPCS) consortium is ready to start work on building the country’s first privately-owned subsea cable, according to subsea cable consulting and project management company Pioneer Consulting, who is advising the project.

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Telecoms Tech News

AUGUST 7, 2024

Read more » The post NATO funds satellite backup for subsea internet cables appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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Telecom Talk

OCTOBER 19, 2024

EllaLink and SPLANG are extending the EllaLink subsea cable to French Guiana with the Lum@link system, providing low-latency, high-capacity connectivity.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 19, 2024

News The Asia Direct Cable (ADC) spans approximately 10,000km, connecting China, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam Today, Japanese tech giant NEC Corporation has announced the activation of the long-awaited ADC submarine cable system.

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Developing Telecoms

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Telin, a provider of premium international carrier voice, data services, and business solutions, and subsidiary of Telkom Indonesia, and Citra Connect, an Indonesian provider of connectivity services and digital solutions, have officially held a ceremony for a new cable landing station (CLS) at Nongsa Digital Park, Batam, the largest city in the Indonesian (..)

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 20, 2024

Digicel Suriname has successfully transitioned to the Deep Blue One submarine cable, boosting connectivity across the Caribbean and South America.

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Developing Telecoms

JANUARY 24, 2025

The 45,000 kilometre 2Africa subsea cable systems interconnecting Europe, Asia and Africa is back in the news again, this time thanks to an announcement from Telecom Egypt and Cisco.

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Developing Telecoms

JANUARY 30, 2025

Safaricom has reportedly sought permission from the Communications Authority of Kenya to build its own subsea cable, aiming to reduce reliance on third-party providers and enhance network resilience following last years major cable cuts.

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Telecom Talk

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) have established the International Advisory Body to strengthen

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 2, 2024

To be precise, it’s about submarine cables. A timely announcement from the ITU, the United Nations specialised agency for digital technology, is aimed at enhancing efforts to protect the world's digital infrastructure and secure global connectivity.

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Developing Telecoms

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Chilean regulator Subtel says it has received four offers to carry out a feasibility study of a project to implement the first submarine fibre optic cable between Chile and Antarctica.

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Telecom Talk

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Indian telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has landed the SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-West Europe-6, or SMW6) submarine cable in

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VoIP Review

APRIL 10, 2025

A coalition of key European telecoms and infrastructure companies, including Vodafone and Orange , is urging intensified efforts to protect subsea cable infrastructure. These cables are vital for maintaining Europe’s connectivity, economic stability, defense readiness, and competitiveness.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

News The investigation was launched after two cables were severed in the Baltic Sea last week Swedish Prime Minster Ulf Kristersson has requested that a Chinese ship return to Swedish waters as part of an ongoing investigation into the damage of two s ubsea cable systems in the Baltic Sea last week.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 22, 2024

Liberia is the latest African country to be hit with internet service disruptions, which the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has attributed to a cut in the ACE (Africa Coast to Europe) subsea cable.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 6, 2025

News The tanker is believed to have damage submarine telecoms and electricity cables by dragging its anchor across the lines late last year Late last month the subsea cable Estlink 2, which connects Finland and Estonia, was severed, causing significant disruption to data transport between both countries.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 28, 2024

Telkom Indonesia’s international arm Telin said on Wednesday it has signed a strategic partnership with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison to develop ICE System 2, the latest announced leg of Telin’s Indonesia Cable Express subsea cable project.

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Developing Telecoms

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Mobily) announced on Tuesday it has successfully landed the Africa-1 subsea cable in Duba, which it says will position the country as a key international data exchange hub. Saudi Arabian telco Etihad Etisalat (a.k.a.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

News The two companies first signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the cable in 2022 Saudi Arabian telco Mobily has partnered with Telecom Egypt to launch the first submarine cable connecting Saudi Arabia and Egypt through the Red Sea. The cable will land at two stations: Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt and Duba in Saudi Arabia.

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