Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

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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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Telecommunications and digitalization are the driving force of development in our country and in the entire region. Discussions around building a potential cable linking Puerto Williams, situated near Cape Horn, on Chiles southernmost point, to King George Island, Antarctica, have been ongoing since 2021.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Bharti Airtel Limited (Airtel), one of Indias leading telecommunications service providers, landed the new SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-West Europe-6, or SMW6) in Chennai. The company had already landed the cable in Mumbai on December 30, 2024. This cable system will bring a whopping 220 TBPs of global capacity to India.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 21, 2024

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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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

News The heavy reliance on undersea cables remains a major risk as over 95% of global internet traffic depends on them UK Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer has urged European leaders for increased cooperation on subsea infrastructure defences at a European Council meeting in Brussels. Get tickets here.

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VoIP Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

China Telecom recently announced that the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) project has been completed ahead of schedule. The cable, spanning approximately 10,000 kilometers, acts as a new submarine link in the Asia-Pacific region – the first in over eight years. This cable provides a much-needed boost for connectivity in the region.

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VoIP Review

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) have united to establish an advisory body focused on enhancing submarine cable resilience. This initiative is timely, given the recent incidents involving subsea cables in the Baltic Sea.

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Telecom Talk

OCTOBER 7, 2024

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

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

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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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Vocus will also gain access to TPG’s fibre network, IT assets, and international submarine cables, including the PPC-1 cable linking Sydney to Guam.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 8, 2025

News The new wholesale arm will serve 250 telecommunications providers and resellers in Germany, and over 900 international customers Deutsche Telekom has announced that it will consolidate its national and international wholesale activities into one entity, named T Wholesale. Beyond the Cable discusses

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VoIP Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Saudi Arabian telecom company Mobily has teamed up with Telecom Egypt to establish a submarine cable across the Red Sea. This new cable is set to enhance connectivity between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, addressing the rising demand for internet services in both regions.

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Telecom Talk

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

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

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Developing Telecoms

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has reportedly limited bandwidth imports from India to 50% of Bangladeshs total international capacity, and plans to lower that percentage even further in favour of subsea cables and satellite.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

This unique and innovative initiative combines submarine telecommunications infrastructure with a cable landing station (CLS) and an edge data centre. The submarine cable will feature 12 fibre pairs, each with a capacity of 32 Tbps per pair. VDPC) is a Spanish telecommunications infrastructure company based in Alicante.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 29, 2024

Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin) and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) have officially announced partnership to develop Indonesia’s telecommunications infrastructure through the

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GeoTel Blog

AUGUST 24, 2024

The Strategic Importance of Arctic Subsea Cables International deep-sea submarine cable networks provide 99% of all global telecommunications. Arctic subsea cables have been a testament to this success, providing greater […]

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 28, 2024

about Chinese technology infiltrating telecommunications networks, subsea cables carrying nearly 98% of global internet traffic have surfaced as the latest potential targets for sabotage, with China and Russia identified as primary threats. WASHINGTON, August 28, 2024 – Amid escalating concerns in the U.S.

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VoIP Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Comcast , a leading US telecommunications company, plans to spin off several of its cable TV channels into a new entity. As viewer preferences change and streaming services gain popularity, traditional cable networks have experienced declining revenues. As digital consumption rises, cable networks need to pivot and innovate.

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VoIP Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

A recent series of submarine cable cuts in the Baltic Sea have set off alarm bells among European nations, with potential implications pointing towards deliberate sabotage. Arelion, which operates the BCS East-West Interlink, confirmed the cable suffered complete damage.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 10, 2024

That is the game changer,” said Holger Muent, EBRD’s director of telecommunications, media and technology, told Reuters. The promise of funding from the EBRD and the IFC was crucial in the planning of the acquisitions, with the details of this funding still being finalised when the merger was concluded last month.

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VoIP Review

JANUARY 30, 2025

Ooredoo has made a significant move in the telecommunications sector with the launch of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) largest submarine cable , connecting seven Middle Eastern countries. Partnering with Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), the cable will serve Qatar, Oman, UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iraq.

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RCR Wireless

DECEMBER 3, 2024

What is happening to the world of cable television? Once upon a time, way back in the 1990s, Comcast was one of many tiny cable television providers, run by Ralph Roberts. Back then, the original AT&T acquired Telecommunications Inc. TCI was the largest cable TV behemoth at the time.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

” Keep up to date with the latest international telecoms news by subscribing to the Total Telecom daily newsletter Also in the news: Nokia and Microsoft expand data centre partnership Openreach’s full fibre rollout to boost economy by £73bn in next decade – report FCC launches first review of submarine cable rules since 2001

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 21, 2025

21 January 2025 – Telstra International, the global arm of telecommunications and technology company Telstra, has announced its vision and roadmap for the international network, aligning with Telstras broader strategy to develop a highly autonomous network that aims to transform customers experiences in a zero-touch, secure, and resilient way.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Viewpoint by Jon Abbott, Technologies Director & Industry Advisor at Vertiv Telecommunications infrastructure has evolved in response to growing demand. At cable landing stations, compute power is increasingly being installed at the point where undersea cables come ashore, reducing the need to transfer data inland before it is processed.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Viewpoint It’s all too easy to overlook the fact that the quality of the network depends on the quality of the fibre cable, points out Richard Moyes, Digital Solutions Business Director at Prysmian In building an effective digital infrastructure the hero of the network is (or should be) the fibre optic cable.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Rome, 13 September 2024 Sparkle , the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces a new agreement with Nexim Global, Italo-American telecommunication operator, for the provision of International IP Transit and other IP services.

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Telegeography

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The 2025 Africa Telecommunications Map is outand it pairs perfectly with this years Submarine Cable Map. Make some space on your wall.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

SK Telecom intends to leverage SK Group’s energy-efficient technologies to make these centres regionally and globally connected, supported by submarine cables. The company plans to build large AI data centres (AIDCs) in key regions, powered by renewable energy sources such as hydrogen, solar, and wind.

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Broadband Breakfast

JANUARY 28, 2025

Power and communications cables and gas pipelines  stitch together the nine countries with shores on the Baltic, a relatively shallow and nearly landlocked sea. Why are cables important? Undersea pipes and cables help power economies, keep houses warm and connect billions of people. What's under the Baltic?

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This included mastering key skills such as cabling, pole climbing, and splicing. Sheffield-based Mohammed Ameen, 28, previously worked in quality control and completed a BTEC Level 3 in IT and Telecommunications before joining Quickline. The training course gave a fantastic overview of the skills we need in the role.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Airtel Business is India’s leading and most trusted provider of ICT services with strategically located submarine cables, satellite networks and global networks spanning 400,000 Rkm (including IRU) across 50 countries and five continents. Its sales force is active worldwide and distributed over 33 countries.

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Light Reading

AUGUST 21, 2024

TDS Telecommunications has entered into a purchase agreement with Poka Lambro Telecommunications and Nevill Holdings to transfer ownership of its cable operations in Texas. pressrelease

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VoIP Review

AUGUST 23, 2024

Grid Telecom of Greece and Tamares Telecom of Israel have announced a strategic alliance to establish open-access cable landing infrastructure in Cyprus. The joint venture will utilize the Cable Landing Station owned by Tamares Telecom Cyprus on the western coast of Cyprus.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 18, 2024

18, 2024 — As traditional cable TV subscriptions decline, a debate over the appropriate compensation from communication services using public rights of way took center stage during a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event Wednesday. WASHINGTON, Oct. “The law is clear,” said Amunson.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 2, 2024

2, 2024 - Cable operators that need satellite services to receive TV programming are concerned about SES's proposed $3.1 a critical platform that enables 35 million cable customers nationwide to receive TV programming. "As Telecommunications Service Sector. WASHINGTON, Oct. billion purchase of Intelsat.

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