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Burundi and Zambia plan cable connection

Developing Telecoms

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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Chinese engineers patenting submarine cable cutting tech

Total Telecom

News The patents relate to an “ocean towing type cutting device” that can be used to severe cable on the seabed On Friday, a report from Newsweek shared the news that Chinese engineers had logged multiple patents for anchor-like devices specifically designed to sever submarine cables.

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Sparkle signs deal to recycle 22,000km of submarine cable

Total Telecom

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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Somalia’s NCA, IFC to revamp submarine cable landings

Developing Telecoms

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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FCC launches first review of submarine cable rules since 2001

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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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Subsea cable repaired after likely sabotage

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Telia Lietuva has announced the repair of a major subsea cable running between Lithuania and Sweden in the Baltic Sea. Another cable that connects Helsinki, Finland and Rostock, Germany, was also severed on the same day. Another cable that connects Helsinki, Finland and Rostock, Germany, was also severed on the same day.

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Baltic subsea cable cuts feared to be act of ‘hybrid warfare’

Total Telecom

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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