Telecoms Tech News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Nokia and ZCorum have developed a DOCSIS Provisioning Adapter (DPA) application for streamlining cable operators’ fibre transition. This development comes as cable operators increasingly. Read more » The post Nokia and ZCorum streamline cable operators’ fibre transition appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

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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Telecom Talk

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Indian telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has landed the SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-West Europe-6, or SMW6) submarine cable in

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AUGUST 7, 2024

Read more » The post NATO funds satellite backup for subsea internet cables appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

News The Asia Direct Cable (ADC) spans approximately 10,000km, connecting China, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam Today, Japanese tech giant NEC Corporation has announced the activation of the long-awaited ADC submarine cable system.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

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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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The advisory group currently includes 40 members, including government ministers, telecom regulators, and industry experts. A physical meeting at the Submarine Cable Resilience Summit in Nigeria will follow in February.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

News The Asia Direct Cable (ADC) system is now fully operational, two months ahead of schedule The ADC, developed by a consortium of companies including China Telecom, China Unicom, Singtel, SoftBank, Tata Communications, and Viettel, is the first new submarine cable introduced in the Asia-Pacific in over eight years.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

Liberty Networks and Gold Data announced on Wednesday that Telecom Italia’s international telecoms arm Sparkle has joined their plan to construct a new subsea cable system – renamed MANTA – connecting the US, Mexico, Panama and Colombia.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Keep up to date with the latest international telecoms news by subscribing to the Total Telecom newsletter Also in the news: Navigating the depths: Strategies for delivering successful subsea cable projects VodafoneThree reveals leadership team French energy giant EDF offers up land for data centre projects

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JANUARY 6, 2025

News The tanker is believed to have damage submarine telecoms and electricity cables by dragging its anchor across the lines late last year Late last month the subsea cable Estlink 2, which connects Finland and Estonia, was severed, causing significant disruption to data transport between both countries.

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Total Telecom

MARCH 4, 2025

Telecoms are the biggest digital distributors in the world. Once completed, these LLMs can be integrated into a range of digital products, from entertainment to healthcare. Our primary responsibility is to create local language models to support local communities and economies, said Tabidze. AI should be an equaliser for society.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

News The deal will support the extraction and recycling of copper cable from BT’s network until 2028 BT has secured £105 million from the sale of its surplus copper cables, according to a Guardian article published today. Post-pandemic, the price of copper has risen by nearly 50%, and this is set to grow even more by 2040.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions announced on Thursday that the South-East Asia Hainan-Hong Kong Express Cable System (SEA-H2X) subsea cable has officially landed in the Philippines.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

News The investigation was launched after two cables were severed in the Baltic Sea last week Swedish Prime Minster Ulf Kristersson has requested that a Chinese ship return to Swedish waters as part of an ongoing investigation into the damage of two s ubsea cable systems in the Baltic Sea last week.

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Telecoms Tech News

AUGUST 19, 2024

SK Telecom and Nokia are joining forces to implement fibre sensing technology, an innovative approach to detecting environmental changes that could affect optical cables in fixed networks. Read more » The post SK Telecom and Nokia introduce fibre environment sensing appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2025

UAE-based telco du said on Monday it has signed a partnership deal with PEACE Cable International Network Co Limited to extend the PEACE subsea cable system into the UAE and Gulf region.

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 7, 2024

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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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Bangladesh Private Cable System (BPCS) consortium is ready to start work on building the country’s first privately-owned subsea cable, according to subsea cable consulting and project management company Pioneer Consulting, who is advising the project.

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MARCH 10, 2025

The PEACE subsea cable cut in the Red Sea, reported by a number of news outlets early last week, could be a long-term issue, with repairs taking months.

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DECEMBER 24, 2024

Telin, a provider of premium international carrier voice, data services, and business solutions, and subsidiary of Telkom Indonesia, and Citra Connect, an Indonesian provider of connectivity services and digital solutions, have officially held a ceremony for a new cable landing station (CLS) at Nongsa Digital Park, Batam, the largest city in the Indonesian (..)

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JANUARY 30, 2025

Safaricom has reportedly sought permission from the Communications Authority of Kenya to build its own subsea cable, aiming to reduce reliance on third-party providers and enhance network resilience following last years major cable cuts.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

To be precise, it’s about submarine cables. A timely announcement from the ITU, the United Nations specialised agency for digital technology, is aimed at enhancing efforts to protect the world's digital infrastructure and secure global connectivity.

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Developing Telecoms

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Chilean regulator Subtel says it has received four offers to carry out a feasibility study of a project to implement the first submarine fibre optic cable between Chile and Antarctica.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Saudi Arabian telco Mobily and Telecom Egypt announced on Monday that they have signed a cooperation deal to land the first subsea cable directly linking Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

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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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AUGUST 22, 2024

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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OCTOBER 30, 2024

Malaysia’s Hexa Capital Consultancy said on Wednesday it has chosen Globe Telecom to serve as the landing party in the Philippines for its trans-Pacific Malaysia-US (MYUS) Cable System.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

FTTH network builders can significantly reduce the amount of expensive optical fibre they throw away thanks to a new initiative from French cabling experts, ACOME Group. ACOMEs QR-Drum assigns a QR code to each cable drum which works as its digital twin, keeping a record of cable lengths, locations and deployment history.

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Developing Telecoms

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Indonesian operator Super Sistem, which is developing the Indonesian Barat Timur Indonesia (BTI) submarine cable system, has engaged consulting firm APTelecom to engage prospective customers on its behalf to undertake presales for the system.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

Telkom Indonesia’s international arm Telin said on Wednesday it has signed a strategic partnership with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison to develop ICE System 2, the latest announced leg of Telin’s Indonesia Cable Express subsea cable project.

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Telecom Talk

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Telecom Egypt and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) have announced the successful landing of the Africa-1 subsea cable system at the Ras Ghareb cable landing station on Egypt's Red Sea coast. This marks the first of two planned landings in Egypt, with the second set for the Mediterranean coast, linking East…

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Developing Telecoms

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

PLDT announced on Friday it has successfully completed its two subsea cable branches connecting the Philippines to the intra-Asian Apricot cable system that will run between Japan and Singapore.

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Developing Telecoms

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Mobily) announced on Tuesday it has successfully landed the Africa-1 subsea cable in Duba, which it says will position the country as a key international data exchange hub. Saudi Arabian telco Etihad Etisalat (a.k.a.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

ASN announced on Wednesday it is collaborating with seismic instrumentation company Nanometrics and environmental monitoring firm RBR to integrate climate-change monitoring tech into subsea cables, starting with a new cable project underway in the Pacific Islands.

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DECEMBER 13, 2024

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in collaboration with other UN departments established a new body aimed at strengthening the resilience of submarine cables in response to rising outages.

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