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Google is set to construct three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea, in a project funded by Australia as part of a mutual defense treaty. The initiative aims to boost the digital infrastructure of Papua New Guinea, which is the largest Pacific Island nation,…
Globe Telecom has announced plans to implement a new submarine cable system in Mindanao, set to begin in early 2026. This advancement highlights the ongoing commitment to strengthen network resilience and extend capacity in Southeast Asia’s archipelagic…
Google Cloud has unveiled TalayLink, an innovative subsea cable system that connects Australia and Thailand. This system represents a significant move towards bolstering digital infrastructure and network resilience throughout the Asia Pacific region.…
The majority of today’s internet traffic is transmitted via undersea fiber-optic cables, rather than through satellites or overland networks. The National Bureau of Asian Research reports that over 97% of transoceanic telecommunications—including financial,…
“In this digital age, data has become the world’s most valuable resource, and subsea cables are the arteries through which it flows,” said Najib Khan, Chief Business Services Officer at Ooredoo Group. This vivid characterization underscores the escalating…
The company is increasing its investment in undersea cable infrastructure, allocating up to TWD 2 billion (USD 60.9 million) in 2025. The SJC2 system, spanning 10,500 kilometers, links 11 cable landing stations across Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam,…
Currently, there are four operational submarine cable systems linking Vietnam to the rest of the world: AAE-1, AAG, TGN-IA, and APG. The SEA-ME-WE 3 cable system previously connected with Vietnam, however, it was retired in early December. Three new cables…
Huawei is reportedly planning to sell its subsea cable business according to a buyer’s filing. Made on 31 May 2019 to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the filing showed that Hengtong Optic-Electric Co, an optical telecoms network vendor, had signed a letter of…
Indonesia’s XL Axiata has engaged Infinera to modernize both its South Sumatra terrestrial network and its Singapore-to-Jakarta subsea network for the 5G era. Under the agreement, Infinera will provide its XTC platform for the South Sumatra terrestrial…
Solomon Islands Submarine Cable Company Limited (SISCC) has contracted prefabrication consultant and critical infrastructure building design builder XSite Modular to build four modular cable landing stations in the Pacific nation. The new cable landing…
Huawei Marine has commenced the second phase of its Sorsogon-Samar Submarine Fiber Optical Interconnection Project (SSSFOIP) for the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). The phase two rollout, which involves the deployment of a 12.8Tbps subsea…
Repair work on the broken international cable won’t start until July 3 and will take at least 10 days to complete. International internet connections in Vietnam are likely to remain slow for another three weeks with repair work to a major internet cable which…
IOX Cable Ltd and Nokia’s Alcatel Submarine Networks last week announced plans to build the IOX Cable System in the Indian Ocean. The new submarine cable will connect the eastern coast of South Africa with the eastern coast of India, hooking up the islands of…
Japan’s NEC has announced it has become the first vendor to achieve a transmission capacity of over 50Tbps over a distance greater than 10,000km using a single optical fiber. The new development could pave the way for significantly faster subsea cables…
A new subsea cable connecting Malaysia, Cambodia and Thailand has been launched in Cambodia, adding at least 30Tbps of regional capacity. The Malaysia-Cambodia-Thailand (MCT) cable system was designed and deployed by Huawei Marine for Cambodia’s EZECOM,…
Cable manufacturer Prysmian Group has supplied what it says is the densest and highest fiber count subsea cable ever made. The company has delivered a FlexTube cable containing 1,728 optical fibers for Australia’s Superloop for the TKO Express project. TKO…
