Undersea cables stories - Page 6
Submarine communications cables provide essential links between countries and continents, carrying
telecommunications signals across oceans and seas. Undersea cables are of particular significance in
New Zealand, providing the primary internet links to the world via Australia and the United States. While
protected by multiple layers keeping the salt and pressure of the ocean out, the core of every undersea
cable is an optic fibre no thicker than a human hair.
Colt to upgrade subsea network globally and expand to North America
Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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Colt to supercharge its global subsea network and bolster its North American presence, enhancing digital connectivity for multinational firms.
Facebook, Amazon & NTT Com build Japan - Philippines subsea cable
Mon, 30th Oct 2017
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NTT Com's Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE), Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) and Pacific Crossing-1 (PC-1) cables will connect with Jupiter cable.
NZ-AU subsea cable names data center for U.S point of presence
Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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Hawaiki Submarine Cable chooses Peak 10 + ViaWest's Oregon data center as its US point of presence for its high-speed submarine cable system.
New Singapore subsea cable available from Equinix's AU data centers
Thu, 7th Sep 2017
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The cable will enhance connectivity between Australia and Singapore, especially considering Singapore is Australia's 5th largest trading partner.
PCCW Global restores global undersea cable connectivity via online portal
Tue, 29th Aug 2017
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Despite submarine cables being an essential component of an international network, they are vulnerable to lengthy service outages.
Work begins on first ever direct subsea link between Africa and South America
Wed, 23rd Aug 2017
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The subsea cable has 40 Tbps of capacity that will extend more than 6,500 kilometres providing a paradigm shift in Africa's comms sector.
Equinix talks how to handle the subsea cable building boom
Tue, 15th Aug 2017
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It took the world a couple decades to reach a zettabyte in annual traffic, but Cisco projects we'll more than double that by 2020.
A $42 million investment - Equinix expands Sydney data center
Fri, 14th Jul 2017
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The investment is the latest in a series of expansions for Equinix in APAC, with other recent expansions in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore.
SubCom wins agreement to monitor 51,000 km of south pacific cable
Fri, 9th Jun 2017
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TE SubCom secures major deal to maintain vital 51,000 km of South Pacific subsea cables, bolstering regional telecoms infrastructure.
It's official - Hong Kong cable construction has commenced
Wed, 26th Apr 2017
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Construction has begun on the Hong Kong - Guam Cable system, which aims to deliver a design capacity of over 48 terabits per second.
Taking subsea cable systems to the heart of interconnection
Fri, 3rd Mar 2017
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Equinix revolutionises subsea cable deployment, landing cables directly in colocation data centres, boosting performance and reducing costs for cloud giants.
NEC readies itself for Hong Kong-Guam submarine cable build
Mon, 23rd Jan 2017
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Hong Kong & Guam will be linked through a new high-capacity optical submarine cable after NEC and RTI Connectivity signed a supply contract last week.
Asia-US submarine cable finds new access point in Los Angeles data centers
Tue, 17th Jan 2017
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The trans-Pacific submarine cable connecting Indonesia, the Philippines, Guam & Hawaii to the west coast of the United States now has an access point.
China Telecom Global looks to African data center for intercontinental connectivity
Thu, 8th Dec 2016
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The Dijbouti Data Center will support China Telecom Global's expansion and the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe (SEA-ME-WE 5) cable.
Yahoo! Japan bumps up data center capacity through Infinera solutions
Wed, 7th Dec 2016
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Yahoo! Japan's Osaka data centers are now being interconnected by Infinera's Cloud Xpress, bringing hyper-scale density and operational simplicity.
Vocus inks deal with Alcatel Submarine Networks for the Australia Singapore Cable
Wed, 7th Dec 2016
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Vocus teams up with Alcatel Submarine Networks to build the 4,600km Australia Singapore Cable, costing USD $170m and finishing by August 2018.
The changing demand for data center services
Fri, 2nd Dec 2016
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As technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, businesses are looking at how they can use IT to benefit their organization.
HKT to build fiber 'super highway' to help Hong Kong become Asia's data center hub
Fri, 25th Nov 2016
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HKT is planning to build a super high capacity fiber optic cable linking the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate to Chai Wan in Hong Kong.
NEC hopes for further partnerships as APG Submarine Cable project wraps up
Fri, 25th Nov 2016
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NEC delighted to be part of project launching submarine cable internet connection to Asia. APG cable is 10,900km long.
PCCW chooses Dijbouti Data Center to connect AAE-1 undersea cable
Thu, 17th Nov 2016
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Hong Kong telco PCCW Global has chosen an African data center to further colocation and undersea fibre networks in Asia, Africa, Middle East & Europe.