News and BusinessSubmarine fibre optic consulting and project management company Pioneer Consulting, has been contracted by the Zemax-Planova Consortium to provide expertise related to the various oil and gas (O&G) aspects of the Petrobras Malha Óptica project in Brazil. The 1,200 km trunk-and-branch fibre system will link 13 floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSO) and one […]
News and BusinessZayo has launched its new Zeus subsea route connecting the UK and continental Europe via access points in Lowestoft, UK and Zandvoort, Netherlands. The cable in the North Sea includes terrestrial backhaul connectivity to London and Amsterdam. At 192 fibres, Zeus contains the highest fibre count connecting the UK and mainland Europe. Zayo utilised Ultra […]
News and BusinessInfinera says the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) Consortium, owner of one of the largest consortium cable systems in the world, has selected Infinera’s ICE6 coherent 800G solution to increase its submarine network capacity and provide diverse, resilient connectivity across European, Asian, African, and Middle Eastern markets. AAE-1’s submarine upgrade will more than double the current capacity, providing […]
Technologies and ProductsChinese submarine communications specialist HMN Tech has announced the completion of a 32-fibre pair optical amplifier/repeater prototype considerable, following what it says was considerable research and development. The company says the next-generation submarine product will achieve capacity transmission at a petabit-level, aligning with the rising demand for increased fibre count on SDM systems and the […]
News and BusinessInternational service provider Sparkle, part of Italy’s TIM Group, is to build two new submarine cable systems in collaboration with Google and other companies. Blue will connect Italy, France, Greece and Israel, while Raman will connect Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Oman and India. Each system will be equipped with 16 fibre pairs and utilise concepts […]
News and BusinessTPG Telecom has announced a major upgrade of its submarine cable connecting Australia and Guam to significantly boost cable capacity and improve reliability using Infinera’s ICE6 800G solution. PPC-1, TPG Telecom’s ultra-long-haul cable system connecting Australia, Guam and Papua New Guinea, has two fibre pairs spanning approximately 7,000 kilometres, with 78 repeaters spaced approximately 92 […]
News and BusinessData infrastructure company Teraco says the ACE (Africa Coast to Europe) submarine cable is now live and available for interconnection at three of Teraco’s data centres across South Africa, expanding access to broadband connectivity and digital services on the continent. ACE is the eighth submarine cable system to connect at Teraco, spanning approximately 17,000 km […]
News and BusinessThe Asia-Africa-Europe-1 Consortium (AAE-1), one of the largest consortium cable systems in the world, has recently completed a significant upgrade with Infinera to boost capacity on its subsea network connecting East Asia to Europe via Egypt. AAE-1 has proved to be vital infrastructure in the Eurasia corridor which includes the European, Asian, and Middle Eastern […]
News and BusinessChina Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC are to partner to build 2Africa, the most comprehensive subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East region. At 37,000km, 2Africa will be one of the world’s largest subsea cable projects and will interconnect Europe (eastward via Egypt), the Middle […]
Applications and ResearchNJFX, an intercontinental cable landing station (CLS) based in New Jersey, US, offering Tier 3 carrier-neutral data centre capabilities, and Telxius, Telefónica’s communications infrastructure firm, have announced significant developments at their CLS sites: NJFX is now the location of the first CLS-to-CLS terrestrial interconnection, connecting NJFX in Wall, NJ to Telxius’s facility at the CLS in Virginia Beach, VA. […]
Technologies and ProductsSubsea optical network component and module specialist II-VI Inc has unveiled an 800 mW high reliability pump laser product line for next generation undersea networks. According to II-VI, its undersea pump lasers achieve the highest commercially available output power of 800 mW, with record-high electrical-to-optical conversion efficiency, enabling a significantly lower cost per bit of […]