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Work begins on E2A transpacific subsea cable

Total Telecom

SK Broadband, and Verizon Business has announced the start of construction of the East Asia to North America (E2A) submarine cable system. Photo courtesy of Chunghwa Telecom The system will be deployed by subsea cable specialist Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and is expected to be ready for service in H2 of 2028.

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Broadband Breakfast on July 9, 2025 - Undersea Cables and Global Conflict

Broadband Breakfast

Amid rising global tensions, the flow of information through subsea cables has been a prime target for sabotage. This Broadband Breakfast live session will consider the impacts that global conflict has on subsea broadband infrastructure and global connectivity. Ted Hearn is Managing Editor for Broadband Breakfast.

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Experts Debate Real, Perceived Threats to Global Subsea Cable Infrastructure

Broadband Breakfast

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2025 –  As global tensions rise across multiple regions, the security of submarine cables carrying 99% of international internet traffic has become a focal point for policymakers and industry leaders. "It's an expensive undertaking to repair the cable. Remaley noted that the foundational U.S.

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Six Lakh Villages in India to Be Connected with Fibre Network in Three Years: Report

Telecom Talk

The Centre plans to connect as many as six lakh villages with high-speed optical fibre-based broadband over the next three years, a senior government official said on Monday. He further highlighted that India’s median broadband speed stands at approximately 138 Mbps and that 99.6 5G Footprint Almost Nationwide “We cover 99.6

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How MDU connectivity is becoming more competitive

Total Telecom

Podcasts Adlane Fellah, of Maravedis, joined Beyond the Cable to discuss why MDU connectivity has become attractive for market disruptors. Subscribe to the Broadband Communities newsletter. To listen to the full interview with Fellah on Spotify, click here. Get content like this delivered to your inbox.

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Sebastian Sassi: 3 Rules Broadband Disruptors Follow to Win the Bandwidth Battleground

Broadband Breakfast

The broadband industry is at a turning point. It will only keep growing as fiber continues to be the broadband infrastructure transmission method of choice. It will only keep growing as fiber continues to be the broadband infrastructure transmission method of choice. In 2024, fiber deployment reached a record 10.3

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Cable One Loses 4,200 Subs, Liberty’s GCI Down 700

Broadband Breakfast

28, 2025 – Cable One lost 4,200 broadband subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2024, the company announced Thursday. The cable operator ended the year with 1,055,200 residential and business broadband customers. Liberty, which is owned by cable billionaire John Malone , itself owns nearly 26 percent of Charter.