Undersea cables stories - Page 8
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.
Vocus to spend US$58.5m to beef up Southern Cross Cable
Fri, 20th Feb 2015
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It will increase the firm's existing capacity by almost 10 times to ensure it will continue to meet the rapid growth in internet data demand.
Southern Cross welcomes video streaming demands brought by Netflix
Fri, 16th Jan 2015
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Southern Cross Cable delivers a network boost, ensuring NZ can enjoy Netflix's Ultra HD streaming with 85% capacity increase.
Metro cloud: growing opportunity for high speed data centre interconnect
Thu, 15th Jan 2015
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New metro cloud market set to revolutionize data centre interconnects, promising high-speed, low-latency services for SMEs.
Southern Cross Cable CEO slams 'total nonsense' spy claims
Tue, 16th Sep 2014
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Southern Cross undersea cables untouched by surveillance, says CEO Anthony Briscoe, refuting claims made by journalist Glenn Greenwald.
Redundancy - How will a new international cable benefit NZ?
Tue, 2nd Sep 2014
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DTS CEO Brendan Ritchie writes the third of his three part series of posts on the subject of the additional undersea cables planned for New Zealand in.
Pricing: How will a new international cable benefit NZ?
Wed, 13th Aug 2014
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DTS CEO Brendan Ritchie writes the second of his three part series of posts on the subject of the additional undersea cables planned for New Zealand i.
How will a new international cable benefit NZ?
Tue, 12th Aug 2014
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DTS CEO Brendan Ritchie writes the first of his three part series of posts on the subject of the additional undersea cables planned for New Zealand in.
Plan B pounces on changing ICT market with bold data centre move
Wed, 2nd Jul 2014
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Plan B is branching out to offer production data centre hosting, via a new independent, connected data centre network, and has committed $30 million.
New Hawaiki Cable contract set to increase capacity
Fri, 17th Jan 2014
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Vibe Communications inks deal with Hawaiki Cable, set to boost NZ's internet with faster, cheaper services across the Pacific.
Southern Cross cable set to boost Kiwi high speed broadband
Tue, 14th Jan 2014
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Southern Cross Cable Network's major 500Gb/s broadband boost set to power up internet speed in NZ and beyond by July 2024.
Infinera wins submarine network deal Down Under
Tue, 14th Jan 2014
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Infinera secures a submarine network deal in Australia, boosting Japan Cable's capacity with sophisticated tech for superior connectivity.
Hawaiki Cable secures US landing site
Mon, 18th Nov 2013
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The New Zealand owner and developer of Hawaiki submarine cable system will land its proposed 14,000 km trans-Pacific cable in Oregon, USA.
NZET Podcast #26: Glacier the tip of the iceberg.
Sun, 13th Oct 2013
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Gen-i becomes NZ's first ICT provider to achieve the global ISAE 3402 security standard, marking a significant milestone.
Telecom claims satellite station contract
Fri, 27th Sep 2013
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Telco awarded contract to establish and manage one of Inmarsat's Pacific Ocean Region (POR) satellite access stations (SAS) for Global Xpress (GX).
New US$350m fibre optic cable heads to Northland
Mon, 29th Jul 2013
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Northland set to score a major technological and economic coup with US$350m undersea cable deal with Hawaiki, coming ashore in Whangerai.
Mobile business props up dwindling Telecom sales
Fri, 22nd Feb 2013
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Telecom eked out a 3.7 percent lift in first-half underlying earnings as revenue from its mobile business propped up otherwise disappointing sales.
NZ needs new Fibre Optic cable says Orcon CEO
Fri, 10th Aug 2012
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Orcon CEO Scott Bartlett calls for a new submarine cable following Pacific Fibre's project's cancellation, warning NZ's economy may suffer without it.
Alcatel-Lucent bringing broadband to Tonga
Fri, 11th May 2012
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Tonga teams up with Alcatel-Lucent to forge broadband links via undersea cable, enhancing connectivity for its 100,000 residents.
Pacific Fibre's sunken treasure
Thu, 2nd Feb 2012
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Pacific Fibre eyes a lucrative venture, adding climate and disaster predicting sensors to its undersea cables between Australia, NZ, and the US.
Southern Cross completes first stage of cable upgrade
Wed, 18th Jan 2012
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Southern Cross boosts trans-Pacific cable's capacity to 1.4TBps, paving the way for faster broadband in Australia and NZ.