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Work begins on E2A transpacific subsea cable

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

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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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SubOptic, Sparkle and University of Genoa team up for world’s first subsea cable degree

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The agreement includes among its main academic objectives the implementation the world’s first post-graduate course on submarine fibre optic cables. The agreement was signed by Federico Delfino, Rector of the University of Genoa, Jayne Stowell, Board Member of the SubOptic Foundation, and Enrico Bagnasco, CEO of Sparkle.

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Vodafone’s new cybersecurity platform takes aim at human behaviour 

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News Half of businesses (50%) have reported having experienced some form of cyber security breach or attack in the last 12 months, according to a recent government survey Vodafone has launched a new cybersecurity platform called Vodafone CybSafe, designed to help small, medium, and enterprise businesses reduce the risk of the cyberattacks that (..)

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Comcast to spin off raft of cable TV channels

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Today we announced the exciting news that we intend to launch a new publicly traded company comprised of a strong portfolio of our cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!,

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Grid Telecom of Greece and Tamares Telecom of Israel Join Forces to Spearhead Open-Access Cable Landing Infrastructure in Cyprus

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The Cable Landing Station will act as an interconnectivity node providing carrier and hosting facilities to anchor international subsea optical fiber cable systems from Europe and the Middle East crossing the Eastern Mediterranean, connecting Cyprus with Greece, Israel, Egypt and other East and West destinations.

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Studies begin on Chile–Antarctica submarine cable

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In this sense, Chile is building a solid technological platform that will allow, among other things, the connection of the Antarctic territory with the rest of the world,explained Chiles Undersecretary of Telecommunications, Claudio Araya. Control over the continents sole submarine cable will be an important asset for Chile in this context.

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