Total Telecom

JUNE 11, 2025

News The Asia–Africa–Europe-2 (AAE-2) will provide “seamless, reliable connectivity across the three continents” to support the growing data demand across the regions This week, a consortium comprising PCCW Global, Sparkle, Telecom Egypt, and ZOI have announced plans to construct a new submarine cable system spanning Asia, Africa, and Europe.

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MAY 29, 2025

Philippines-based operator Globe Telecom has deepened its partnership with government agencies to prevent fibre cuts caused by roadworks, following a spate of accidental cable damage.

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JANUARY 24, 2025

The 45,000 kilometre 2Africa subsea cable systems interconnecting Europe, Asia and Africa is back in the news again, this time thanks to an announcement from Telecom Egypt and Cisco.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Telia Lietuva has announced the repair of a major subsea cable running between Lithuania and Sweden in the Baltic Sea. Another cable that connects Helsinki, Finland and Rostock, Germany, was also severed on the same day. Another cable that connects Helsinki, Finland and Rostock, Germany, was also severed on the same day.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

News The 19,000km cable system is set to connect Malaysia to the US This week, Philippines operator Globe Telecom has announced that it has been selected to build and manage the local section of the MYUS cable system, including building a landing station at Davao City. The submarine cable industry is evolving rapidly.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The adoption of Wi-Fi 7 promises to extend ultra-fast connections beyond the cable line, promising improved speeds, latency, and reliability. Read more » The post Wi-Fi 7 adoption: Transforming multi-gigabit internet in Europe appeared first on Telecoms Tech News. But, with ISPs often.

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MARCH 6, 2025

News The MoU was signed during this years MWC Barcelona Sparkle and Turkcell have announced a new partnership to develop a subsea cable in the Mediterranean. This week, at MWC Barcelona, the two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a 4,000 km subsea cable linking Turkey and Europe.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

News The two companies first signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the cable in 2022 Saudi Arabian telco Mobily has partnered with Telecom Egypt to launch the first submarine cable connecting Saudi Arabia and Egypt through the Red Sea. The cable will land at two stations: Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt and Duba in Saudi Arabia.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Telecom Egypt and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) announced on Wednesday they have successfully landed the Africa-1 subsea cable system at the first of two planned landing points in Egypt.

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Telecoms Tech News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Nokia and ZCorum have developed a DOCSIS Provisioning Adapter (DPA) application for streamlining cable operators’ fibre transition. This development comes as cable operators increasingly. Read more » The post Nokia and ZCorum streamline cable operators’ fibre transition appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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Telecoms Tech News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Meta has unveiled one of the most ambitious subsea cable infrastructure initiatives to date: Project Waterworth. Once completed, the colossal infrastructure project will stretch over 50,000 kilometressurpassing the Earth’s circumference and making it the world’s longest subsea cable deployment.

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Total Telecom

APRIL 10, 2025

In a joint letter , signatories including GlobalConnect, Vodafone, Orange, Telecom Italia Sparkle, and Alcatel Submarine Networks emphasised the importance of a coordinated response to recent hybrid threats, including recent incidents in the Baltic and North Seas. Most damage, they point out, is still caused by accidents.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

News The patents relate to an “ocean towing type cutting device” that can be used to severe cable on the seabed On Friday, a report from Newsweek shared the news that Chinese engineers had logged multiple patents for anchor-like devices specifically designed to sever submarine cables.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Cable Landing Station will act as an interconnectivity node providing carrier and hosting facilities to anchor international subsea optical fiber cable systems from Europe and the Middle East crossing the Eastern Mediterranean, connecting Cyprus with Greece, Israel, Egypt and other East and West destinations.

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Developing Telecoms

MAY 11, 2025

Sri Lankan service provider Dialog Axiata has announced the launch in the country of the IAX (India Asia Xpress) submarine cable system, which it describes as a significant part of its total investments in international connectivity infrastructure (said to be over US$100 million) aimed at bolstering Sri Lankas international network and future-proofing (..)

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MAY 29, 2025

Zain Omantel International (ZOI), a Middle Eastern regional wholesale business with access to more than 20 international submarine cables in the region, has announced a partnership that will enable it to create a digital telecommunications corridor stretching from the Middle East to Europe through Iraq.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

News Telefnica has announced the sale of its Argentina to Telecom Argentina for $1.25 In a short statement released yesterday, the company said that it has reached an agreement with Telecom Argentina to sell all of its shares in the share capital of Telefnica Argentina.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

Read more » The post NATO funds satellite backup for subsea internet cables appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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APRIL 10, 2025

A coalition of key European telecoms and infrastructure companies, including Vodafone and Orange , is urging intensified efforts to protect subsea cable infrastructure. These cables are vital for maintaining Europe’s connectivity, economic stability, defense readiness, and competitiveness.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

By February this year, the ‘Red Sea crisis’ had escalated to become a major issue for the international telecoms community, with submarine cables in the region being badly damaged, severely disrupting data traffic in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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Total Telecom

DECEMBER 19, 2024

News The Asia Direct Cable (ADC) spans approximately 10,000km, connecting China, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam Today, Japanese tech giant NEC Corporation has announced the activation of the long-awaited ADC submarine cable system.

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Telecom Talk

MARCH 27, 2025

Indian telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has landed the 2Africa Pearls subsea cable in India, connecting India to Africa, and

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The National Communications Authority of Somalia (NCA) partnered with the International Finance Corporation to prepare new regulations for submarine cable landings aimed at bolstering Somalia’s connectivity sector.

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Telecom Talk

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Indian telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has landed the SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-West Europe-6, or SMW6) submarine cable in

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The advisory group currently includes 40 members, including government ministers, telecom regulators, and industry experts. A physical meeting at the Submarine Cable Resilience Summit in Nigeria will follow in February.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2024

News The governments of Germany and Finland fear the damage is the result of deliberate sabotage A pair of submarine cables in the Baltic sea were severed this week in a move European governments fear is the result of deliberate sabotage by malicious actors. Investigations are ongoing, but deliberate sabotage is strongly suspected.

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Telecom Talk

APRIL 30, 2025

Indias telecom and internet service providers are accelerating efforts to move 120 million cable TV households to IPTV. Despite challenges the shift to IPTV is gaining momentum.

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Telecom Talk

MAY 6, 2025

Digital network infrastructure solutions provider Lightstorm has announced the completion of the integration of assets acquired from RTI Cables to

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 6, 2025

News The tanker is believed to have damage submarine telecoms and electricity cables by dragging its anchor across the lines late last year Late last month the subsea cable Estlink 2, which connects Finland and Estonia, was severed, causing significant disruption to data transport between both countries.

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Developing Telecoms

MARCH 31, 2025

In the rapidly evolving world of telecommunications, Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable (YOFC) company has emerged as a global leader.

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Liberty Networks and Gold Data announced on Wednesday that Telecom Italia’s international telecoms arm Sparkle has joined their plan to construct a new subsea cable system – renamed MANTA – connecting the US, Mexico, Panama and Colombia.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 1, 2024

News The deal will support the extraction and recycling of copper cable from BT’s network until 2028 BT has secured £105 million from the sale of its surplus copper cables, according to a Guardian article published today. Post-pandemic, the price of copper has risen by nearly 50%, and this is set to grow even more by 2040.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions announced on Thursday that the South-East Asia Hainan-Hong Kong Express Cable System (SEA-H2X) subsea cable has officially landed in the Philippines.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

News The investigation was launched after two cables were severed in the Baltic Sea last week Swedish Prime Minster Ulf Kristersson has requested that a Chinese ship return to Swedish waters as part of an ongoing investigation into the damage of two s ubsea cable systems in the Baltic Sea last week.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

SK Telecom and Nokia are joining forces to implement fibre sensing technology, an innovative approach to detecting environmental changes that could affect optical cables in fixed networks. Read more » The post SK Telecom and Nokia introduce fibre environment sensing appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

Burundi and Zambia are to be connected via an underwater fibre optic cable, following an agreement at the second Digital Government Africa Summit, which took place from 2-4 October 2024 in Zambia’s capital Lusaka.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Bangladesh Private Cable System (BPCS) consortium is ready to start work on building the country’s first privately-owned subsea cable, according to subsea cable consulting and project management company Pioneer Consulting, who is advising the project.

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