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Liberia says internet disruptions caused by ACE cable cut

Developing Telecoms

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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NATO funds satellite backup for subsea internet cables

Telecoms Tech News

The ambitious £2 million project – dubbed HEIST (Hybrid Space/Submarine Architecture Ensuring Infosec of Telecommunications) – received the greenlight on 31 July 2024, with partial funding coming from NATO’s Science for Peace and.

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

Total Telecom

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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ITU Establishes International Advisory Body for Submarine Cable Resilience

Telecom Talk

In response to rising vulnerabilities in global telecommunications, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is establishing an International Advisory Body for

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Small Texas City Losing Cable TV, Keeping Internet after Network Sale

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, September 3, 2024 – A small Texas city is finding out what it's like when the cable TV company cuts the cord. 6,000) will soon experience a shift in its media landscape as TDS Telecom plans to discontinue its cable TV service there by Sept. Alpine, Texas (pop. the parent company of Big Bend Telephone Co.,

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Internet issues down to a submarine cable, says Pakistan’s regulator

Developing Telecoms

A new contribution from regulator the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has moved the blame away from VPNs. There have been further developments in the controversy in Pakistan reported yesterday relating to slow internet speeds.

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Airtel Business Secures Additional Capacity with Sparkle on Blue-Raman Cable

Telecom Talk

Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Indian telecommunications service provider Bharti Airtel, has partnered with Italian telecommunications service provider Sparkle

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