Meta to build around-the-world subsea cable - report
Data Center Dynamics | October 24, 2024
Meta Is Reportedly planning to build a new around-the-world subsea cable, running from one side of the US to the other, via the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.
EllaLink and SPLANG begin subsea cable extension to French Guiana
October 19, 2024
EllaLink and SPLANG of French Guiana have begun the construction of the EllaLink cable extension to Cayenne, French Guiana.
Sparkle to Partner with Liberty Networks and Gold Data in New Pan-Regional Subsea Cable System
October 16, 2024
Sparkle will join the MANTA project as a new partner, with Liberty Networks and Gold Data. MANTA will provide high-capacity and low-latency routes between Mexico, Panama, Colombia, and the United States.
Submarine cables: the Achilles’ heel of cyberspace in the Asia-Pacific
October 16, 2024
Between perceived Chinese encroachment in the region, the complex national regulations that control the authorisation of repairs, and the crippled state of the cable-maintenance industry, cables are both a boon and an inescapable vulnerability for Asia-Pacific states.
DFAT puts $51m into Google Pacific cable
itnews | October 2, 2024
The federal government has handed $51 million to US firm Manta Ray Solutions LLC to develop a new Pacific subsea cable. Forming part of Google’s Central Pacific Connect initiative, the cable will land at Funafuti, Tuvalu
Italy, Asterion Make New Bid on Telecom Italia Subsea Cable Unit
BNN Bloomberg | October 2, 2024
Italy has made a new offer for Telecom Italia SpA’s Sparkle submarine cable unit. The bid is valued at 700 million euros (774 USD)
Officials are worried about Internet blackouts
EuroNews | September 21, 2024
US officials expressed concern over possibility of Russia sabotaging cables, with a 2022 EU assessment naming Ireland, Malta, and Cyprus as areas of concern.
Inside the US push to steer Vietnam's subsea cable plans away from China
Reuters | September 17, 2024
The United States is urging Vietnam to avoid Chinese cable-laying firm HMN Technologies and other Chinese companies in its plans to build 10 new undersea cables by 2030.
The West has a plan to keep China, Russia out of subsea data pipes
Politico | September 12, 2024
The U.S. is drafting a “New York Joint Statement,” obtained by POLITICO, that is set to be signed in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 22-25.