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Work begins on E2A transpacific subsea cable

Total Telecom

News The E2A system, linking Japan and the USA, is expected to be ready for service in 2028 Today, an international consortium including Chunghwa Telecom, SoftBank Corp., SK Broadband, and Verizon Business has announced the start of construction of the East Asia to North America (E2A) submarine cable system.

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Submarine cable damage in the Red Sea ‘severely underestimated’

Total Telecom

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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Grid Telecom of Greece and Tamares Telecom of Israel Join Forces to Spearhead Open-Access Cable Landing Infrastructure in Cyprus

Total Telecom

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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Baltic subsea cable cuts feared to be act of ‘hybrid warfare’

Total Telecom

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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Finnish court rejects calls to release tanker suspected of subsea cable damage

Total Telecom

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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TRAI Flags Misreporting in Jio and Airtel 5G AirFiber Subscriber Data: Report

Telecom Talk

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ( TRAI ) has issued official notices to Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel over alleged discrepancies in subscriber data reporting, according to a report by NDTV Profit citing Department of Telecommunications (DoT) sources.

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Nokia supports OFC aims of Pakistan’s Cybernet

Developing Telecoms

Technology vendor Nokia has announced that Cybernet, Pakistans leading fibre broadband provider, has chosen Nokias optical transport solution for its new long-haul optical fibre cable (OFC) network.