Undersea cables stories - Page 4
Submarine communications cables provide essential links between countries and continents, carrying
telecommunications signals across oceans and seas. Undersea cables are of particular significance in
New Zealand, providing the primary internet links to the world via Australia and the United States. While
protected by multiple layers keeping the salt and pressure of the ocean out, the core of every undersea
cable is an optic fibre no thicker than a human hair.
Superloop is now a direct customer of the Southern Cross cable system
Mon, 9th Jul 2018
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The agreement will provide Superloop with high capacity connectivity between its locations in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Google expands Asia Pacific cloud network with new subsea cable
Thu, 5th Apr 2018
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The cloud giant's investment in the JGA cable system adds to its portfolio of existing cable investments, which include HK-G and SJC subsea cables.
TE SubCom to build new cable depot in Samoa
Mon, 5th Feb 2018
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TE SubCom partners with Samoa Submarine Cable to build a new depot in Apia, enhancing maintenance for over 20 cable systems and 51,000 km of cables.
Google Cloud looking to hire local channel talent
Mon, 22nd Jan 2018
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Google Cloud has posted job listings for partner success managers in Australia and New Zealand indication further expansion into the region.
Google beefs up data center and subsea cable portfolio
Fri, 19th Jan 2018
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Havfrue, which is the Danish word for mermaid, will be built by TE SubCom and is expected to come online by the end of 2019.
Vocus ASC set to support Indonesian information infrastructure
Tue, 12th Dec 2017
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Vocus Communications' Australia Singapore Cable was officially launched in Indonesia, highlighting its strategic and economic opportunities for the country.
Facebook, Amazon & NTT Com build Japan - Philippines subsea cable
Mon, 30th Oct 2017
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NTT Com's Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE), Asia Pacific Gateway (APG) and Pacific Crossing-1 (PC-1) cables will connect with Jupiter cable.
NZ-AU subsea cable names data center for U.S point of presence
Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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Hawaiki Submarine Cable chooses Peak 10 + ViaWest's Oregon data center as its US point of presence for its high-speed submarine cable system.
PCCW Global restores global undersea cable connectivity via online portal
Tue, 29th Aug 2017
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Despite submarine cables being an essential component of an international network, they are vulnerable to lengthy service outages.
Work begins on first ever direct subsea link between Africa and South America
Wed, 23rd Aug 2017
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The subsea cable has 40 Tbps of capacity that will extend more than 6,500 kilometres providing a paradigm shift in Africa's comms sector.
Plans for $350m cable project in motion following successful seabed survey
Tue, 15th Aug 2017
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Southern Cross Cables and EGS complete seafloor survey for $350m undersea cable to connect Australia, New Zealand and US.
SubCom wins agreement to monitor 51,000 km of south pacific cable
Fri, 9th Jun 2017
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TE SubCom secures major deal to maintain vital 51,000 km of South Pacific subsea cables, bolstering regional telecoms infrastructure.
Four heavyweights partner up to release new Transport SDN solution
Wed, 31st May 2017
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NEC, Netcracker, Infinera and Juniper have announced a partnership to release a new solution to transform how networks are managed and controlled.
On track and on time: Hawaiki undersea cable route survey completed
Tue, 17th Jan 2017
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The route survey for the long-awaited Hawaiki cable has now been completed, and details have been revealed about how far production has progressed.
Mangawhai to Sydney to mainland USA - NZ's fourth international cable on its way
Mon, 28th Nov 2016
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New Zealand's fourth international cable build, the Hawaiki cable, has begun construction, aiming to increase internet speed and connectivity.
HKT to build fiber 'super highway' to help Hong Kong become Asia's data center hub
Fri, 25th Nov 2016
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HKT is planning to build a super high capacity fiber optic cable linking the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate to Chai Wan in Hong Kong.
NTT Communications opens gateway into Asia Pacific with new undersea network cable
Mon, 7th Nov 2016
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NTT Communications' Asia Pacific Gateway was launched last week, bringing together Asian countries through a high-bandwidth optical submarine cable.
Pit stop in Auckland for undersea cable ship en route to Tasman Sea
Fri, 21st Oct 2016
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Specialised undersea cable ship, Ile de Re, arrives in Auckland to lay final section of Tasman Global Access cable. #technology #Broadband.
Infinera massively increases speed on data center interconnect product
Thu, 22nd Sep 2016
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Infinera unveils the second-gen Cloud Xpress, boosting data throughput to 1.2 Tb/s per rack, enhancing Metro connectivity, and reducing operational costs.
The company behind our exploding datacenter to datacenter traffic
Wed, 21st Sep 2016
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Infinera, a key player in data network growth, sees stock plunge despite 16 quarters of revenue growth amid the boom in IoT and autonomous cars.