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PLDT continues bid to be APAC’s new favorite hyperscaler hub
PLDT is building a new cable landing station for the ADC subsea system in its ongoing quest to transform the Philippines into a regional hyperscaler hub. Read more…
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India needs more capacity to handle coming international traffic demand
International bandwidth usage in India is expected to grow tenfold between 2021 and 2028. The one thing missing is the capacity to match it. Read more…
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Telstra and Converge to expand enterprise services in Philippines
Telstra partners with Converge ICT Solutions to offer its enterprise customers a wider range of services in the Philippines. Read more…
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African subsea cables controlled by Big Tech – what could go wrong?
Google and Meta’s African subsea networks are raising questions about how much control Big Tech should have over internet infrastructure. Read more…
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SX NEXT cable connecting Australia and US lights up in July
Stakeholder Telstra says SX NEXT packs 72 Tbps of capacity and is the shortest subsea route connecting Australia to the US. Read more…
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Airtel backs new SEA-ME-WE 6, Maldives gov’t backs Jio’s IAX
Airtel and Reliance Jio reveal separate deals involving two subsea cable projects – the new SEA-ME-WE 6 consortium and Jio’s IAX project. Read more…
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Tonga gets voice back but internet connectivity at least a month away
Voice links between Tonga and the wider world are being reconnected, but restoring full internet connectivity could take a month or more. Read more…
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Tonga cut off from the world after volcano ruptures its only subsea cable
Tonga could spend days, or even weeks, cut off from the rest of world because of difficulties in repairing its damaged subsea cable. Read more…
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Excluding Hong Kong leg of PLCN cable redraws SE Asia connectivity map
Although not irreversible, the decision to exclude the Hong Kong leg of the 12,800 km PLCN cable is likely to remain amid US-China tech wars. Read more…
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FCC approves Google request to use part of US-Asia subsea cable
The FCC has approved Alphabet Inc unit Google’s request to use part of an US-Asia subsea telecommunications cable. Read more…
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Seismologists use dark fiber to detect undersea earthquakes
Researchers say they’ve worked out a potential new use case for all the dark fiber crisscrossing the ocean floors – detecting undersea earthquakes. Read more…
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US-China subsea terror! The curious case of Dr Peng and PLCN
The US DoJ suddenly thinks the Pacific Light Cable Network (PLCN) connecting LA and Hong Kong will compromise national security. It’s all about Dr Peng. Read more…
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Now Huawei is fiddling with your subsea cables, supposedly
An op-ed claims with no evidence Huawei is helping China spy on subsea cables. True or not, it’s an easy problem to fix – except the US opposes the solution. Read more…
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PCCW Global, Hengtong and Huawei get cracking on PEACE cable
PCCW Global and Hengtong Group have signed a cooperation agreement to connect China to Europe and Africa via the Pakistan East Africa Cable Express (PEACE) undersea cable project, a new high-speed subsea cable system which Read more…
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US aims to block Huawei PNG project with competitive offer
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The US is working on a counter-offer to stop Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies from building internet infrastructure in Papua New Guinea, its top diplomat to Australia said on Friday. The bid Read more…
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Hawaiki deploys Ciena gear to boost capacity to 67 Tbps
Ciena announced that carrier-neutral subsea bandwidth supplier Hawaiki Submarine Cable has deployed its GeoMesh Extreme solution based on Waveserver Ai and various packet-optical networking platforms to deliver connectivity to Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands Read more…
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Vocus switches on ASC cable early as SMW-3 fails again
Vocus has confirmed that it has switched on its Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) ahead of schedule – before final tests had been completed – following a major service disruption on the SEA-ME-WE3 (SMW-3) submarine cable Read more…
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Australia skunks Huawei again with PNG/Solomon Islands cable project
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Pacific nations Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have signed on to a joint undersea internet cable project, funded mostly by Australia, that forestalls plans by Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Read more…
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NEC tapped to build BtoBE subsea cable connecting Frisco and HK
The Bay to Bay Express Cable System (BtoBE) consortium – which includes China Mobile International, Facebook and Amazon Web Services – has signed an agreement with NEC to build a submarine cable connecting Singapore, Hong Read more…
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Australia scuppers Huawei’s Solomon Islands cable project
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has agreed to fund underwater internet cables and a cyber security center for the Solomon Islands, forestalling plans by Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies that could have compromised Australian internet security. Read more…
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