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Work begins on E2A transpacific subsea cable

Total Telecom

SK Broadband, and Verizon Business has announced the start of construction of the East Asia to North America (E2A) submarine cable system. Photo courtesy of Chunghwa Telecom The system will be deployed by subsea cable specialist Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and is expected to be ready for service in H2 of 2028.

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Building international scale, one fibre cable at a time: YOFC's Dr Zhuang Dan

Developing Telecoms

In the rapidly evolving world of telecommunications, Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable (YOFC) company has emerged as a global leader.

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Industry giants call for joint action on subsea cable security 

Total Telecom

The group stresses that subsea cables are vital to Europes connectivity, competitiveness, defence readiness, and economic stability, and call for increased collaboration between public authorities and industry stakeholders across borders. However, many in the industry remain cautious about attributing recent cable outages to sabotage.

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One cable to rule them all: Meta’s $10bn plan to build global subsea cable 

Total Telecom

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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Submarine cable damage in the Red Sea ‘severely underestimated’

Total Telecom

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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Cable One Loses 4,200 Subs, Liberty’s GCI Down 700

Broadband Breakfast

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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PEACE subsea cable activated from Singapore to France, says CMI

Developing Telecoms

China Mobile International (CMI) announced on Tuesday that the PEACE subsea cable running from Singapore to France is now fully activated end to end, adding more open and flexible connectivity between Southeast Asia and Europe.

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