With the start of winter comes the start of the final phase of the PEACE project, an investment by GO of €25 million in a 3rd submarine cable which will directly connect Malta to France, Egypt, and beyond.
NO-UK Com AS and Altibox announced that Provisional Acceptance has been granted for the NO-UK submarine cable system linking Newcastle and Stavanger.
A joint Venture of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Electricité de France (EDF) and Kyushu Electric Power Japan has awarded a HVDC cable installation and convertors package for the ADNOC-TAQA Lightning Project to a consortium composed of Jan De Nul Group and Samsung C&T.
Cinia and Far North Digital announced a joint effort to build a fiber optic cable system linking Europe and Asia through the Arctic. Alcatel Submarine Networks will take the lead on project design and installation.
Peak Marine Tech AS has awarded Norwegian Electric Systems AS (NES) a contract to supply the battery and control systems to enable zero emission cable lay operations from the converted Fjord Connector cable lay vessel owned by Seaworks Kabel AS.
Chile’s Desarrollo País announced the selection of H2 Cable LP, a subsidiary of BW Digital, as a strategic partner for the development of the first submarine cable that will connect Latin America with Asia-Pacific and Oceania.
Dong Fang Offshore Co., Ltd. (DFO), a subsidiary of Hung Hua Construction Co., Ltd. announces the purchase of the construction and flex lay vessel Polar Onyx from, GC Rieber and has commenced its conversion into a cable laying vessel.
An effort to advance a global network of SMART seafloor cables and develop early warning systems for tsunamis and earthquakes around Vanuatu and New Caledonia is being led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Southern Cross Cable Network (SX) announced that it has successfully completed the marine lay portion of its new Southern Cross NEXT (SX NEXT) cable branch into Kiritimati, Kiribati.
On December 9, 2021, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, on behalf of the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the United States Telecommunications Services Sector (Committee), filed a Petition to Adopt Conditions to Authorization and License.
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